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Archive
The portal used to display one featured article at a time; a new selection was chosen every month or so. An archive of the old selections is at Portal:Music/Featured articles.
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Did You Know...
- ... that the bagpipe (pictured) was most likely designed not in Scotland, but in the Middle East?
- ... that AFI is an acronym for A Fire Inside?
- ... that "Pop Goes the Weasel" was originally a darkly humorous vignette of the cycle of poverty among workers in the East End of London?
- ... that Ashlee Simpson's single "Invisible" is a cover of a song by non-commercial rock band Jaded Era, which became famous thanks to Simpson's cover?
- ... that K-Pop, an abbreviation of Korean Pop, generally refers to the popular music of South Korea, as North Korea has no popular music industry?
- ... that Godsmack took its name from the song of the same name by Alice in Chains?
- ... that musician Hank Williams III started his career as a drummer?
- ... that "Yankee Doodle" was written to ridicule Oliver Cromwell, and used again by the British to ridicule Americans during the American Revolution?
Today's Birthdays
- Birthdays in Music: July 3
- Betty Buckley, American musical theatre actress, turns 77.
- Mick Hanly, Irish singer & songwriter, turns 75.
- Michael Corby, Brit keyboardist and guitarist for The Babys, turns 69.
- Stephen Pearcy, American singer with Ratt, turns 68.
- Vince Clarke, Brit songwriter with Depeche Mode, Erasure, and The Assembly, turns 64.
- Kevin Hearn, Canadian keyboardist for Barenaked Ladies, turns 55.
- Shane Lynch, Irish mime artist and boy band vocalist of Boyzone fame, turns 48.
Music News
Sound Of The Day
Connections
WikiProjects connected with music: WikiProject Music – Songs – Albums – Alternative music - Classical music – Composers – Contemporary Christian music – Contemporary music – Electronic music – Emo music – Hip hop – Instruments – Led Zeppelin - Metal music – Jazz – Musicians – Opera – Panic at the Disco – Powderfinger (band) – Punk music – Record Labels – Record Production – Rock music – R&B and Soul Music – Terminology – The Beatles
Create a requested article: See the list of Requested articles.
Improve an article: See the Music Noticeboard for a list of tasks.
Start a music course: School of Music at Wikiversity
