September Fifteenth: Tears, Anthems, and Schoolhouse Rock Genius

On September fifteenth in 1978, the disco era found one of its brightest and most bittersweet chapters when the world was reminded just how fast fame could rise and fracture, as the Village People were riding an enormous wave of popularity that had begun to reshape the sound of American radio. But if we zoom into this date specifically within the broader arc of music history, one truly delicious event to sink into happened in 1990, when Sinead O'Connor's cover of Prince's song Nothing Compares Two U had already spent months as a global sensation, and around this point in September she continued dominating conversations in the music press for her raw vocal performance and the now iconic single tear music video that made her one of the most talked about artists of the year. That stark black and white video, filmed in tight close up, turned a simple ballad into a cultural touchstone, proving that a single unblinking shot of unfiltered emotion could rival any elaborate production of the era. Sticking with the theme of artists who turned vulnerability into spectacle, September fifteenth also holds a fun and often overlooked nugget from the world of rock, since it was on this date in 1984 that Bruce Springsteen was deep into the sessions and promotional storm surrounding his blockbuster album Born in the USA, which had been released earlier that summer and was steadily climbing toward becoming one of the defining rock records of the decade. Springsteen's marathon tours during this era were legendary for their sheer stamina, often stretching past three hours, and by mid September of that year he was firmly in the mode of transforming arena rock into something closer to a communal marathon, blue collar catharsis session. And if we want to sprinkle in a little extra flavor, born on this very day in 1946 was Oliver Stone, wait, let's swap that out for someone squarely in music, because born on September fifteenth in 1929 was jazz pianist and composer Bob Dorough, a wonderfully offbeat figure whose whimsical, quirky voice became the sound of an entire generation's education thanks to his work on Schoolhouse Rock. Dorough wrote and performed classics like Three Is a Magic Number, blending bebop sensibilities with sing along simplicity, sneaking sophisticated jazz harmony into cartoons that were ostensibly just teaching kids their multiplication tables. It is a strange and delightful piece of music history trivia, that a hip jazz cat who once collaborated with Miles Davis ended up shaping the melodic imagination of millions of Saturday morning cartoon watching kids. So whether your taste runs toward the soul baring intensity of Sinead O'Connor, the highway anthems of Bruce Springsteen, or the sneaky jazz genius hiding inside Schoolhouse Rock, September fifteenth offers a little something for every kind of music lover to celebrate. Some great Deals https://amzn.to/49SJ3Qs For more check out http://www.quietplease.ai