Roland Smeets

Many of the spirituals composed by the black slaves who worked on plantations before and during the American Civil War are well know and influential in America's pop music. When the Saints Go Marchin'...

The well-known adventure-movie specialist, John Sturges, made an excellent war film in 1963 about the failure of a mass-escape attempt from a German prisoner-of-war camp. The film has a star-studded c...

Born in 1922 in New York, Elmer Bernstein is one of the most remarkable composers in Hollywood. After studying at the University of New York, he worked, during his military service, for Glenn Miller....

In 1980 the film 'La Boum' introduced a new French movie star, Sophie Marceau, in a great role. The French composer Vladimir Cosma, who is well know for all his film music and lovely melodies, compose...

Euphonium solo

What is know is that Yankee Doodle was first sung on the shores with a British accent, for during the 1760's the British would needle the colonists with the song's derisive lyrics. British troops sang...

In the sixties, an English singer captivated the French and Belgium people with her seductive style of singing. Petula Clark enjoyed a lot of success with her English and French versions of many songs...

This lyricist/composer trio are part of the basis behind the international success by 'Diana Ross and the Supremes'. From their pens flowed hits such as 'Baby Love' and 'Where did our love go'. In 196...