Did You Know?

Music Factoids:

• The CD was developed by Philips and Sony in 1980.
• 40 billion songs are downloaded illegally every year, that’s some 90% of all music downloads.
• The Star-Spangled Banner became the US national anthem in 1931. Prior to that, it was My Country ‘Tis of Thee,” which had the same melody as Britian’s national anthem God Save the Queen, which is based on music written by John Bull in 1619. Bull’s melody has been used more than any song in national anthems.
• The harmonica is the world’s best-selling music instrument.
• The first pop video was Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, released in 1975.
• U2 was originally known as Feedback. To date, U2 have sold more than 70 million records, grossing $1,5 billion.