2 Do you know the name of the third most-often sung song in America? (Hint: Numbers one and two are the "Star Spangled Banner" and "Happy Birthday.") You've probably sung it scores of times. Too bad you don't know the words.
Music
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In Episode 56, Out Of My Mind podcast host Jay Douglas takes a trip to Tin Pan Alley for the story of how the third-most often sung song in America is so misunderstood that few people singing it even know the words.
Episode 056—Hit Music
Whose idea it was to sing the call letters of your favorite radio stations? Episode 49 tells the story of Bill Meeks and the modern radio jingle.
Episode 049—Always On Your Mind
2 Remember the radio station jingles you grew up with? Of course you do. They're still stuck in your head. Who's responsible for that? Actually, Bill Meeks.
Always On Your Mind
4 How did "Pomp and Circumstance" become the national anthem for high school and college graduations? Mostly by accident.
A Little Traveling Music
4 Alan Freed contributed a great deal to integration in this country. By getting white teenagers to listen to music by black artists, he drew people together.