The beloved ballad was not on Savage Garden’s second album initially.
In the late 1990s, every other song played on the radio was from Savage Garden. The band exploded onto the scene with their flirty, feisty single “I Want You.” …
He helped develop Vegas, but what happened to him didn’t stay there
From a young age, Bugsy Siegel was entangled in the mafia life. Before he was 20 years old, he ran a profitable protection racket in his Brooklyn neighborhood. His rap sheet was longer than his arm and included crimes like rape, robbery, and even a murder charge.
He also had…
Not many people know that it almost ended a marriage
“Baby It’s Cold Outside” is one of the most controversial pieces in the American songbook. Every holiday season, the debate rages about whether the song is about date rape or not. It seems that everyone has an opinion on what the song is about.
But the story behind the creation…
An epic fantasy of what could happen on vacation
In a few weeks, I’ll be heading to Las Vegas. It’s my first time going there, and all sorts of scenarios are playing in my head about what could happen. Or perhaps I’m listening to my spirit guides and manifesting these situations. Only time will tell.
One of the loveliest…
Greenday’s song was a hit and became a meme, but its backstory is no laughing matter.
American Idiot is a landmark album for Greenday. Not only did it win the Best Rock Album Grammy award but many others as well. It also spawned a hit Broadway show that won two Tony awards.
As if that wasn’t enough, the album spawned several massive hits for the band…
The enduring mystery still makes scholars scratch their heads
On August 31, 1888, the body of Mary Ann Nichols was found mutilated in Buck's Row. The damage done to the body was more shocking than the murder. It was the first in a series of murders that would shape the history of the East London district, Whitechapel.
And it's not the first time politics changed the course of a book
I'm a hardcore liberal. Anyone who knows me or has read anything I've written knows this. Hell, everyone's grandma on Facebook knows this. It's true; I might be a bit outspoken about my political leanings.
I'm not one to turn away from a person because they are conservative. But I…
Everyone knows the nursery rhyme but do they know the backstory to the beloved song?
Nine-year-old Mary Elizabeth Stewart found a lamb that had been abandoned by its mother in 1815. She begged her father to allow her to keep the young animal. …
She said she was going dress shopping but was never seen again
Everyone who knew Dorothy Arnold believed her to be a happy woman. Her father was a successful perfume importer, so she did not want for anything. …
His name was given to schemes that have brought down very wealthy men and women.
Nobody truly knew Charles Ponzi. Perhaps he didn’t even know himself. He told the New York Times that his family hailed from Parma, Italy. An area rich in art and culture. It was uncovered that he was actually from Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. …
