All Blog Posts Tagged 'american' (2)

I've grown very curious about how American politics has played out over the time since WW2 that I've been alive. Although a student of politics during my college days, the recent U.S. Presidential election campaign re-engaged me in reading and thinking about American politics and how it might be a subject for exploration constructively even by students of elementary school age. I've just begun reading Rick Perlstein's… Continue

On February 25, 1930, Harry Richman introduced “On the Sunny Side of the Street” in Lew Leslie’s International Revue at the Majestic Theater in New York City. The show ran for ninety-five performances, and, although a flop, the Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh score will long be remembered for producing the two hits, “On the Sunny Side of the Street” and “Exactly Like You,” both of which became jazz standards. Here's a YouTube video featuring Harry Connick Jr. playing the tune as an instrumental… Continue