Curated playlist
MGM Records artists
- Louis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong fired a blank from his stepfather's gun and spent the night in juvenile court.
- The BeatlesIn 1964, an estimated 73 million Americans watched the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show.
- Bette DavisBette Davis's tombstone reads, "She did it the hard way." A director suggested the epitaph after All About Eve.
- Bing CrosbyBing Crosby had to re-record "White Christmas" in 1947 because the 1942 master had worn out.
- Hank WilliamsHank Williams was already dead in a car's back seat when the driver noticed. He was 29.
- Roy OrbisonRoy Orbison died weeks after finishing the best-selling album of his career. He never heard Mystery Girl released.
- Petula ClarkPetula Clark's photo was plastered on British Army tanks as a good-luck charm. She was a child singer during the Blitz.
- Herman's HermitsHerman's Hermits got their name from a pub owner's joke about their singer.
- Tommy RoeTommy Roe's song "Sheila" got its name because his Aunt Sheila was visiting. It began as a poem for Freda.
- Brigitte BardotBrigitte Bardot, known to the world by her initials B.B., was once praised by French president Charles de Gaulle as “the French export as important as Renault cars.” That is a striking thing to say about an actress. It is stranger still…