Luther’s Small Catechism (German: Der Kleine Katechismus) is a catechism written by Martin Luther and published in 1529 for the training of children. What is the importance of Martin Luther’s Small Catechism? In fact, Luther says this is the most important reason to read and study the Catechism, because it…
In 1788 the Robert Burns sent the poem ’Auld Lang Syne’ to the Scots Musical Museum, indicating that it was an ancient song but that he’d been the first to record it on paper. Auld Lang Syne is a song which thrilled the soul of Robert Burns in the 1780s,…
Shanny from Detroit, Mi Barracuda’s lyrics were written by Ann Wilson of Heart out of rage and and disgust of an incident that happened backstage at a show in Detroit early in Heart’s career. Basically a dirt-bag reporter who thought he was the king of kings asked Ann how her…
Hailee Steinfeld shared a sweet video of herself singing the Pitch Perfect 2 original song “Flashlight.” In the movie, Steinfeld’s character Emily wrote the song, and it’s sung multiple time throughout the movie. In addition, on the soundtrack Jessie JJessie JJessica Ellen Cornish (born 27 March 1988), known professionally as…
“I Drive Your Truck” is a song written by Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, and Jimmy Yeary and recorded by American country music artist Lee Brice. It was released in December 2012 as the third single from his album Hard 2 Love . W hen Lee Brice released “I Drive Your…
Forced to tolerate, deal with, or manage someone or something. Who first sang Hurt myself today? Although it is a deeply personal song, “Hurt” has become distanced from its author, Trent Reznor, frontman with the industrial-rock band Nine Inch Nails. Did Trent Reznor write Hurt? But Cash was convinced by…
Sometimes credited as John Keane. Keane is probably best well known at current for his work on the CBS show “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”. He has also composed the theme for another CBS show “The Amazing Race”. Follow Corey Blakeborough and others on SoundCloud. My family wrote very complex lyrics…
It’s still the first PhD thesis lying on the thesis shelf in the Physics library of Imperial College, London. There it is: a short 80 pages with his blue fountain pen typo corrections in his unmistakable handwriting. What’s the longest time it took someone to get a Ph.D.? The longest…
Charles Strouse originally wrote this as as “The Way We Live Now” for the 1970 short film Replay. It was reworked as “Tomorrow,” with lyrics by Martin Charnin, for the Broadway musical Annie in 1977. Andrea McArdle originated the role of the scrappy title orphan, derived from the 1924 comic…
Touching the Void is a 1988 book by Joe Simpson, recounting his and Simon Yates’s near fatal descent after climbing the 6,344-metre (20,814 ft) peak Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. Approximately 15% of the book is written by Yates. It has sold over a million copies and has been…