PopaHALLics

PopaHALLics #30 Those Songs Everybody Knows

March 25, 2021 Steve & Kate Hall Season 2 Episode 30
PopaHALLics
PopaHALLics #30 Those Songs Everybody Knows
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Those Songs Everybody Knows
"Happy Birthday to You." "Jingle Bells." "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." "Auld Lang Syne." We have sung these songs countless times at birthdays, holiday gatherings, and other events. But WHERE did they come from? In this informative, amusing episode, Steve tracks down the origins of some of the best-known songs in the world.

Surprises, Scandals, and Downright Thievery
Did you know that one of these songs earned millions in royalties every year until recently? That another was popularized by Marie Antoinette? Or that the author of "Auld Lang Syne" liberally "borrowed" to create the original poem, and admitted it? You'll learn plenty of trivia to impress family and friends.

Check Out These Videos
See great clips such as a Birmingham choir's "Auld Lang Syne" set against the heart-wrenching events of 2020, Marilyn Monroe crooning to JFK, Frank Sinatra singing "Jingle Bells," and a killer performance of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" from the classic "Some Like It Hot."

The Song's the Thing
Our Popahallics #30 Playlist includes cool renditions of the songs we discuss—as well as tunes with "song" in the title by Phoebe Bridgers, the 1975, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Florence and the Machine, and more.

Our beer this episode: Dayfall, Stone Brewing Co.

"Poppin' Rocks" theme and "Bitty Bump" bumper music are by Mike Bode