“Yankee Doodle” was a well-known song in the New England colonies before the battles of Lexington and Concord, but only after the skirmishes there was it appropriated by the American militia.

Tradition holds that the colonials began to sing the tune as they forced the British back to Boston on April 19, 1775. Read More About This…

Looking for music to enjoy with family and friends this Passover? Here at the Recorded Sound Archives at FAU Libraries, we would like to highlight the voices of Ariel Silber, Avi Hadas, Yaron Bar, Ralph Levitan a few artists out of several available in the Passover Collection off the album, Passover Sing-A-Long.

This album was produced by The Children’s Village of Jerusalem which was founded in 1994 by Rabbi Weingarten. The music on these albums,created by CVOJ, feature delightful holiday sing-a-long songs for children. Read More About This…

Today, April 12, 1861 was the beginning of the American Civil War. Here at the Recorded Sound Archives as a bit of music history we wanted to share a piano roll of a song from that time period “Just before the Battle, Mother” which was a popular song during the American Civil War, particularly among troops in the Union Army. It was originally written and published by George F. Root in 1863.

Enjoy the video below of Ben Roth, Sound Archivist for the Recorded Sound Archives as he plays a piano roll featuring this song. Read More About This…

In celebration of Black History Month, our Sound Archivist Ben Roth wanted to share “Heebie Jeebies” one of Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five’s first recordings on a piano roll using his player piano. Please enjoy this video we put together.

You can listen to the original recording played by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five by visiting: https://rsa.fau.edu/album/6591 Read More About This…

Did you know that FAU Libraries has a sound archive which you can access and listen to recordings for research from the comforts of your own home?

Last year, the Recorded Sound Archives digitized 473 albums along with 3,912 songs for those to access reaching over 128 countries, and receiving 168,085 hits from all over the world.
 
As a New Year’s gift and a welcome to the FAU community we wanted to share a few staff favorites from 2021.
 

Discover Staff Favorites from 2021

1. Bolero by Larry Adler
2. There’s a Lull in My Life by Ella Fitzgerald
3. Baby, You’ve Got What It Takes by Belford Hendricks’s Orchestra; Dinah Washington
4. Berceuse by Ruby Helder
5. The Wedding Samba by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians; Kenny Gardner
6. Out O’ Breath by Gloria De Haven; Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians; The Lombardo Trio
7. Kiss of Fire by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians; Kenny Gardner
8. Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight by The Lombardo trio; Kenny Gardner; Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
9. Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay) by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians; The Lombardo Trio; Kenny Gardner
10. Tales of the Olympian Gods by Ronald Colman

 

 

And let us know in the comments, some of your favorite vintage artists, albums and songs.

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