| A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood! |
| To win a gold disc, an album needs to sell 100,000 copies in Britain, and 500,000 in the United States. |
| Melba toast is named after Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931). |
| Music was sent down a telephone line for the first time in 1876, the year the phone was invented. |
| The CD was developed by Philips and Sony in 1980. |
| About 2,4 billion CDs are sold annually. The number of recorded CDs and blank CDs sold has been about equal. |
| About one-third of recorded CDs are pirated. |
| 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 British anthem was performed the most times in a single performance. In 1909, while waiting for King Edward VII who was getting dressed a German band played the anthem 17 times. |
| Tap dancing originates from Irish clog dancing and what is called the Irish reel and jig. |
