Music Facts & Trivia Thread

Hello music lovers!

We realized that there are lot of people interested in learning &/or sharing trivia about music and musicians and thought why not have a single thread that would have all these facts and anecdotes?

This thread is for just that.

What you can post:

• Facts about the making of a piece of music, or the origins of it.
• You are welcome to post facts/ trivia about the lives of musicians but keep it relevant to their music & not delve too much into their personal lives - unless it relates to a song. 
  
• Photographs, videos and interviews are welcome.
• Trivia on all music and musicians from any era or genre is welcome.
• Please keep it as factual as you can and quote a source.
• Tweets/ other Social media posts, interviews, Internet articles, TV shows, books are all allowed as sources.
• Often facts are contrary depending on the source and unless the source is an authorized/ official one, we cannot trust its authenticity. So, although you're welcome to post such sources, bear in mind that they can be refuted as well.
• Try not to post speculation/ hearsay or gossip.
• Avoid judging / bashing musicians or music, and state your criticism politely. 
• Let's be kind to everyone's preferences and try not to yuck anyone's yum. 
• At all times, IF CoC and forum rules should be followed.

Edited by LizzieBennet - 1 months ago

More tags! Share some interesting music trivia folks! 

awesome thread lizzie.assuming this is not just for bollywood I found some interesting trivia that I want to start the topic with 

The Oldest Gharana of Hindustani Music is the Gwalior Gharana. There are many Gharanas that actually originated from Gwalior Gharana. Nathan Peer Baksh and Nathe Khan were the two people who founded Gwalior Gharana in the 16th century.

The first Music School in India is the “Gandharva Mahavidyalaya” in Lahore (which was then a part of India). It was set up by “Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar” on 5th May 1901. The Music school was run by funds raised by concerts, public support and donations from the richer class of the society. Vishnu Digambar returned to Mumbai in September 1908 to start a branch of the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. Eventually, the Lahore school was shifted to Mumbai after Independence.

The first Musician to receive Padma Bhushan Award is MS Subbulakshmi. She received Padma Bhusan Award in the year 1954, Padma Vibhushan Award in 1975, Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public service in 1974.

First Indian to compose Symphony is Illayaraja. In July 1993 Illayaraja composed a full length western classical symphony. It took one month to compose this one-hour symphony. Illayaraja is the first Asian whose symphony was performed by John Scott of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The Orchestra is patronized by Queen Elizabeth.

First Gramophone Record in India was made in Kolkata in the year 1898. Thomas Edison invented the sound machine which was called the Phonograph in 1877. Hemendra Mohan Bose of Kolkata who was an Indian entrepreneur imported the Phonograph machine and made the cylinder gramophone record. The records were popularly known as Bose’s Records. The Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd recorded the first Indian song in their Beliaghata factory in 1898.

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

More tags! Share some interesting music trivia folks! 

Will do when I remember any.

The last one I heard was that Shaan originally sang the O Mahi song in Dunki, idk why they removed it and made Arijit sing it instead. Anyone got more details?

Originally posted by: average-student

awesome thread lizzie.assuming this is not just for bollywood I found some interesting trivia that I want to start the topic with 

The Oldest Gharana of Hindustani Music is the Gwalior Gharana. There are many Gharanas that actually originated from Gwalior Gharana. Nathan Peer Baksh and Nathe Khan were the two people who founded Gwalior Gharana in the 16th century.

The first Music School in India is the “Gandharva Mahavidyalaya” in Lahore (which was then a part of India). It was set up by “Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar” on 5th May 1901. The Music school was run by funds raised by concerts, public support and donations from the richer class of the society. Vishnu Digambar returned to Mumbai in September 1908 to start a branch of the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. Eventually, the Lahore school was shifted to Mumbai after Independence.

The first Musician to receive Padma Bhushan Award is MS Subbulakshmi. She received Padma Bhusan Award in the year 1954, Padma Vibhushan Award in 1975, Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public service in 1974.

First Indian to compose Symphony is Illayaraja. In July 1993 Illayaraja composed a full length western classical symphony. It took one month to compose this one-hour symphony. Illayaraja is the first Asian whose symphony was performed by John Scott of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The Orchestra is patronized by Queen Elizabeth.

First Gramophone Record in India was made in Kolkata in the year 1898. Thomas Edison invented the sound machine which was called the Phonograph in 1877. Hemendra Mohan Bose of Kolkata who was an Indian entrepreneur imported the Phonograph machine and made the cylinder gramophone record. The records were popularly known as Bose’s Records. The Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd recorded the first Indian song in their Beliaghata factory in 1898.

Thanks for sharing, M! 

I knew about MS and Ilaiya Raja but the others were new to me. 

Is Bose connected in any way to the Bose audio systems of these days? Would be awesome if he was!

Also wonder if Pandit Digambar Paluskar had any connection with D.V. Paluskar.

And yes, this is not just for Bollywood, but all music.

Edited by LizzieBennet - 1 months ago

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

Thanks for sharing, M! 

I knew about MS and Ilaiya Raja but the others were new to me. 

Is Bose connected in any way to the Bose audio systems of these days? Would be awesome if he was!

Also wonder if Pandit Digambar Paluskar had nay connected with D.V. Paluskar.

And yes, this is not just for Bollywood, but all music.

great question.found some trivia on Bose we are all familiar with..good to learn something new every day and so proud

https://www.bose.com/about/our-history

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

 

Also wonder if Pandit Digambar Paluskar had any connection with D.V. Paluskar.

Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar is the father of  Dattatreya Vishnu (DV) Paluskar 

Edited by Satrangi_Curls - 1 months ago

https://x.com/historyrock_/status/1763683867892875742?s=20

Jimmy Page is da man!

https://x.com/americanfernand/status/1646891347339776002?s=20

 The Beatles' Paul McCartney wrote "Yesterday" — the most- covered song in popular music history — literally in his sleep.

 

Paul woke one day with the melody in his head and went to the piano to find the chords. He then played it for everyone he came across for months to make sure he hadn't remembered some other song, but no one had heard it before. He had, indeed, written one of rock's most timeless songs in his sleep.

(Source: Buzzfeed)

ETA: He just had the tune in his head and wanted to play it for his bandmates, so he used filler lyrics  -  'Scrambled eggs'  that later became 'Yesterday'! 

Although The Beatles' "Yesterday" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 1966 Grammy Awards, it lost out to Tony Bennett's "The Shadow of Your Smile". More than 2,500 cover versions of "Yesterday" exist, making it one of the most recorded songs in history. In 2012, the BBC reported that it was the fourth-most-successful song of all time in terms of royalties paid, having earned a total of 19.5 million Pounds in payments.

Source X

Edited by LizzieBennet - 1 months ago