Some Interesting Facts you dont know about Music

Birthdays are known to be a costly affair and for a reason! Did you know that if you sang “Happy Birthday to You” for commercial purposes, you could be sued!
Yes, The song “Happy Birthday To You” is not a public-domain composition. The publishing rights are owned by a subsidiary of Warner Communications, and a performance fee must be paid every time it is used for commercial purposes.
 
Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.
 

Pop Music is the shortened form of Popular Music. The term was coined in 1926.

Justin Bieber’s YouTube Play Count is Greater than the Combined Population of China and India.

 Harry Belafonte's 1956, Calypso, was the first album to sell 1,00,000 copies.

American composer John Cage (1912–1992) composed a work in 1952 titled 4′ 33″, which consists of four minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence.

Frank Sinatra, an American singer, was named Entertainer of the Century in 2000. His tombstone reads “The best is yet to come“.

Before composing Beethoven often dipped his head in cold water.

At only four lines long, the Japanese national anthem is the shortest national anthem. The longest is the Greek national anthem at 158 verses long.

The world's official fastest rapper is Ricky Brown. He holds the Guinness World Record by rapping 723 syllables in 41.27 seconds on his track No Clue, in January 2005, in front of a licensed speech therapist.


Since their inception, Guns N’ Roses have had 21 full-time band members… and counting. Could you pick them all out in a police line-up?

Tap dancing originates from Irish clog dancing and what is called the Irish reel and jig.

Timbaland has claimed to have the sounds from every drum machine ever made.

No one knows where Mozart is buried.

Michael Jackson's Bad Album had 5 number one songs, more than any other album. (1987-1988)

Snow Patrol was originally called Polar Bear. They changed their name in 1995.

The song with the longest title is 'I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin’ Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues' written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1943. He later claimed the song title ended with "Yank" and the rest was a joke.

Michael Jackson is said to have spent three weeks working on the bassline for Billie Jean.

Elvis Presley’s house Graceland was named after original owner SE Toof’s daughter, Grace.
 It is the second most visited private residence in the United States outside the White House.

According to all-known recorded sales data, the harmonica is the world’s best-selling musical instrument.

David Bowie has a lizard tattooed on his ankle

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Michael Jackson's Thriller, is the biggest selling album of all time.

Make music not war! Monaco’s orchestra is bigger than its army.


Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by up to 25%.

Music is used in waiting rooms and when you get put on hold because it gives the illusion that less time has passed by.

 MTV went live August 1st, 1981. The first video was "Radio Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.

 
The name of the only member of ZZ Top without a beard is Frank Beard.

John Lennon’s eyesight was so poor that he was legally blind without his glasses.