Kyle Gray Young
@kylegrayyoung.bsky.social
Singer-songwriter
Music educator
Music historian
Sheet music engraver
Cat servant
Star Trek fan
Vegan
Chicago ✈️ Minneapolis
🇫🇮🇺🇸
bio.link/kyle
Music educator
Music historian
Sheet music engraver
Cat servant
Star Trek fan
Vegan
Chicago ✈️ Minneapolis
🇫🇮🇺🇸
bio.link/kyle
Chuck Mangione. RIP. 😢
July 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Chuck Mangione. RIP. 😢
Reposted by Kyle Gray Young
You can put Cat Tour 2026 on your calendar for Wednesday, June 24.
wedgelive.com/cat-tour/
wedgelive.com/cat-tour/
2026 Wedge LIVE Cat Tour! » The Wedge Times-Picayune
DATE: Thursday, June 24, 2026. Register for your free ticket. SHOW US YOUR CATS: If you want to have your cat featured on the tour, and you live in or near the Wedge neighborhood, register your cat.…
wedgelive.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
You can put Cat Tour 2026 on your calendar for Wednesday, June 24.
wedgelive.com/cat-tour/
wedgelive.com/cat-tour/
June 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Got a nice selection of produce at the Uptown Farmers Market today. Free bag too!
#rhubarb #farmersmarket #uptown #mpls
#rhubarb #farmersmarket #uptown #mpls
June 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Got a nice selection of produce at the Uptown Farmers Market today. Free bag too!
#rhubarb #farmersmarket #uptown #mpls
#rhubarb #farmersmarket #uptown #mpls
Even after living here for seven years, it’s still jarring to hear a native Minnesotan say the word ‘bag’
#minnesota
#minnesota
May 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Even after living here for seven years, it’s still jarring to hear a native Minnesotan say the word ‘bag’
#minnesota
#minnesota
The verse/bridge in Uptown Girl where the intro vocals come back is one of my favorite moments in pop music.
#billyjoel #uptowngirl
#billyjoel #uptowngirl
May 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The verse/bridge in Uptown Girl where the intro vocals come back is one of my favorite moments in pop music.
#billyjoel #uptowngirl
#billyjoel #uptowngirl
How long do you keep your high school yearbooks? It seems weird getting rid of them. But I never really look at them anymore.
#yearbooks
#yearbooks
May 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
How long do you keep your high school yearbooks? It seems weird getting rid of them. But I never really look at them anymore.
#yearbooks
#yearbooks
Reposted by Kyle Gray Young
I hate it when people threaten to come over. Now I’ve got to do 2 yrs of housework in 30 minutes
March 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I hate it when people threaten to come over. Now I’ve got to do 2 yrs of housework in 30 minutes
Can anyone identify this #melody? It's from Frank Converse's Analytical #Banjo Method from 1886. He had a bad habit of not always including the original composers' names with his banjo arrangements.
#sheetmusic #1800s
#sheetmusic #1800s
March 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Can anyone identify this #melody? It's from Frank Converse's Analytical #Banjo Method from 1886. He had a bad habit of not always including the original composers' names with his banjo arrangements.
#sheetmusic #1800s
#sheetmusic #1800s
Reposted by Kyle Gray Young
#LETSDOIT25
Discourse!
19.
JACKIE BRENSTON AND HIS DELTA CATS (1/1)
'ROCKET 88'
USA 1951
Points: 205! (1 x 12, 3 x 11)
12: @kylegrayyoung.bsky.social
USA 18/223
1951: 1/19🥇
1950-53: 3/62🥉
Even says THE LINE in its YouTube blurb :)
(No 'expert' picks btw...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbfn...
Discourse!
19.
JACKIE BRENSTON AND HIS DELTA CATS (1/1)
'ROCKET 88'
USA 1951
Points: 205! (1 x 12, 3 x 11)
12: @kylegrayyoung.bsky.social
USA 18/223
1951: 1/19🥇
1950-53: 3/62🥉
Even says THE LINE in its YouTube blurb :)
(No 'expert' picks btw...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbfn...
February 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
#LETSDOIT25
Discourse!
19.
JACKIE BRENSTON AND HIS DELTA CATS (1/1)
'ROCKET 88'
USA 1951
Points: 205! (1 x 12, 3 x 11)
12: @kylegrayyoung.bsky.social
USA 18/223
1951: 1/19🥇
1950-53: 3/62🥉
Even says THE LINE in its YouTube blurb :)
(No 'expert' picks btw...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbfn...
Discourse!
19.
JACKIE BRENSTON AND HIS DELTA CATS (1/1)
'ROCKET 88'
USA 1951
Points: 205! (1 x 12, 3 x 11)
12: @kylegrayyoung.bsky.social
USA 18/223
1951: 1/19🥇
1950-53: 3/62🥉
Even says THE LINE in its YouTube blurb :)
(No 'expert' picks btw...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbfn...
Add Blood, Sweat, & Tears to that list.
When you write the band name “Earth, Wind & Fire”— do you include the Oxford comma, or not?
Questions like this one keep me up late at night. 🤔😫
Questions like this one keep me up late at night. 🤔😫
a man singing into a microphone while playing a keyboard
ALT: a man singing into a microphone while playing a keyboard
media.tenor.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Add Blood, Sweat, & Tears to that list.
“What I’m trying to say is no one gives a fuck about your poems but write them anyway.”
Great poem by Zaina Alsous
#poemaday #zainaalsous
Great poem by Zaina Alsous
#poemaday #zainaalsous
To a Young Poet
I don’t usually write because I’m too busy being afraid of it. Not of writing but the it.
poets.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“What I’m trying to say is no one gives a fuck about your poems but write them anyway.”
Great poem by Zaina Alsous
#poemaday #zainaalsous
Great poem by Zaina Alsous
#poemaday #zainaalsous
Rorschach test, cat edition.
February 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Rorschach test, cat edition.
While doing research for my next banjo book, I came across these ads from 1894. Musical cats! Those were the days.
#musicalcats #cats #banjos
#musicalcats #cats #banjos
February 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
While doing research for my next banjo book, I came across these ads from 1894. Musical cats! Those were the days.
#musicalcats #cats #banjos
#musicalcats #cats #banjos
I have submitted three grant applications this month! Now to look for more due in February...
January 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I have submitted three grant applications this month! Now to look for more due in February...
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1951 - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88
12 POINTS!
This was the moment that jump blues made the leap to rock ’n roll. Ike Turner on piano, Jackie Brenston on vocals, Willie Kizart on guitar, Willie Simms on drums, and Raymond Hill on sax.
1951 - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88
12 POINTS!
This was the moment that jump blues made the leap to rock ’n roll. Ike Turner on piano, Jackie Brenston on vocals, Willie Kizart on guitar, Willie Simms on drums, and Raymond Hill on sax.
1951 Jackie Brenston Rocket "88" (#1 R&B hit)
YouTube video by The78Prof
youtu.be
January 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1951 - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88
12 POINTS!
This was the moment that jump blues made the leap to rock ’n roll. Ike Turner on piano, Jackie Brenston on vocals, Willie Kizart on guitar, Willie Simms on drums, and Raymond Hill on sax.
1951 - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88
12 POINTS!
This was the moment that jump blues made the leap to rock ’n roll. Ike Turner on piano, Jackie Brenston on vocals, Willie Kizart on guitar, Willie Simms on drums, and Raymond Hill on sax.
Reposted by Kyle Gray Young
#LetsDoIt25
47. The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man (Federal ‘51)
11 POINTS
Man entices potential suitor with promises of duration, stamina. That's Bill Brown singing lead, Clyde McPhatter on ecstatic shrieks, and pianist Billy Ward calling the shots and stiffing his singers.
Billboard#17 R&B#1
47. The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man (Federal ‘51)
11 POINTS
Man entices potential suitor with promises of duration, stamina. That's Bill Brown singing lead, Clyde McPhatter on ecstatic shrieks, and pianist Billy Ward calling the shots and stiffing his singers.
Billboard#17 R&B#1
January 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#LetsDoIt25
47. The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man (Federal ‘51)
11 POINTS
Man entices potential suitor with promises of duration, stamina. That's Bill Brown singing lead, Clyde McPhatter on ecstatic shrieks, and pianist Billy Ward calling the shots and stiffing his singers.
Billboard#17 R&B#1
47. The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man (Federal ‘51)
11 POINTS
Man entices potential suitor with promises of duration, stamina. That's Bill Brown singing lead, Clyde McPhatter on ecstatic shrieks, and pianist Billy Ward calling the shots and stiffing his singers.
Billboard#17 R&B#1
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1945 - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Caldonia
When he was a teenager in the mid to late 40s, Little Richard was known to perform covers of this song despite his parents calling it “devil music."
1945 - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Caldonia
When he was a teenager in the mid to late 40s, Little Richard was known to perform covers of this song despite his parents calling it “devil music."
1945 HITS ARCHIVE: Caldonia (aka Caldonia Boogie) - Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five (#1 R&B hit)
YouTube video by The78Prof
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1945 - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Caldonia
When he was a teenager in the mid to late 40s, Little Richard was known to perform covers of this song despite his parents calling it “devil music."
1945 - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Caldonia
When he was a teenager in the mid to late 40s, Little Richard was known to perform covers of this song despite his parents calling it “devil music."
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1941 - Ink Spots - Java Jive
I can’t think of a single reason to not enjoy this song. Waiter, waiter, percolator!
youtu.be/YjOX9HZjJag?...
#inkspots #javajive
1941 - Ink Spots - Java Jive
I can’t think of a single reason to not enjoy this song. Waiter, waiter, percolator!
youtu.be/YjOX9HZjJag?...
#inkspots #javajive
1941 HITS ARCHIVE: Java Jive - Ink Spots
YouTube video by The78Prof
youtu.be
January 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1941 - Ink Spots - Java Jive
I can’t think of a single reason to not enjoy this song. Waiter, waiter, percolator!
youtu.be/YjOX9HZjJag?...
#inkspots #javajive
1941 - Ink Spots - Java Jive
I can’t think of a single reason to not enjoy this song. Waiter, waiter, percolator!
youtu.be/YjOX9HZjJag?...
#inkspots #javajive
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1937 - Count Basie & His Orchestra - One O’Clock Jump
A simple, straightforward 12-bar blues, solid groove, and catchy riffs. Count and his band trade solos like kids tossing a ball around at recess. Three minutes of the most joyful jazz sounds.
#countbasie
1937 - Count Basie & His Orchestra - One O’Clock Jump
A simple, straightforward 12-bar blues, solid groove, and catchy riffs. Count and his band trade solos like kids tossing a ball around at recess. Three minutes of the most joyful jazz sounds.
#countbasie
1937 HITS ARCHIVE: One O’Clock Jump - Count Basie (original Basie version)
YouTube video by The78Prof
youtu.be
January 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1937 - Count Basie & His Orchestra - One O’Clock Jump
A simple, straightforward 12-bar blues, solid groove, and catchy riffs. Count and his band trade solos like kids tossing a ball around at recess. Three minutes of the most joyful jazz sounds.
#countbasie
1937 - Count Basie & His Orchestra - One O’Clock Jump
A simple, straightforward 12-bar blues, solid groove, and catchy riffs. Count and his band trade solos like kids tossing a ball around at recess. Three minutes of the most joyful jazz sounds.
#countbasie
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1937 - Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago
In addition to a blues guitar masterclass, we also get questionable geography and solid arithmetic from Mr. Johnson.
11 points for RJ!
#blues #guitar #robertjohnson #illinois
1937 - Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago
In addition to a blues guitar masterclass, we also get questionable geography and solid arithmetic from Mr. Johnson.
11 points for RJ!
#blues #guitar #robertjohnson #illinois
Sweet Home Chicago (SA.2582-1)
YouTube video by Robert Johnson - Topic
youtu.be
January 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1937 - Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago
In addition to a blues guitar masterclass, we also get questionable geography and solid arithmetic from Mr. Johnson.
11 points for RJ!
#blues #guitar #robertjohnson #illinois
1937 - Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago
In addition to a blues guitar masterclass, we also get questionable geography and solid arithmetic from Mr. Johnson.
11 points for RJ!
#blues #guitar #robertjohnson #illinois
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1933 - Ethel Waters - Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen was one of the greatest melodists of the 20th century. Ethel Waters was the first to sing this song and I’m not sure of anyone who has done it better.
1933 - Ethel Waters - Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen was one of the greatest melodists of the 20th century. Ethel Waters was the first to sing this song and I’m not sure of anyone who has done it better.
1933 HITS ARCHIVE: Stormy Weather - Ethel Waters
YouTube video by The78Prof
youtu.be
January 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1933 - Ethel Waters - Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen was one of the greatest melodists of the 20th century. Ethel Waters was the first to sing this song and I’m not sure of anyone who has done it better.
1933 - Ethel Waters - Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen was one of the greatest melodists of the 20th century. Ethel Waters was the first to sing this song and I’m not sure of anyone who has done it better.
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1932 - Bing Crosby with Isham Jones' Orchestra - Sweet Georgia Brown
Bing sang on at least 60 hit singles before this record. And this was still relatively early in his career.
#bingcrosby
1932 - Bing Crosby with Isham Jones' Orchestra - Sweet Georgia Brown
Bing sang on at least 60 hit singles before this record. And this was still relatively early in his career.
#bingcrosby
1932 HITS ARCHIVE: Sweet Georgia Brown - Bing Crosby
YouTube video by The78Prof
youtu.be
January 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1932 - Bing Crosby with Isham Jones' Orchestra - Sweet Georgia Brown
Bing sang on at least 60 hit singles before this record. And this was still relatively early in his career.
#bingcrosby
1932 - Bing Crosby with Isham Jones' Orchestra - Sweet Georgia Brown
Bing sang on at least 60 hit singles before this record. And this was still relatively early in his career.
#bingcrosby
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1931 - The Mills Brothers - Tiger Rag
The original label of the 78 had the following disclaimer: “No musical instruments or mechanical devices used in this recording other than one guitar.” I believe it’s a tenor guitar. Convincing mouth trumpet solo.
1931 - The Mills Brothers - Tiger Rag
The original label of the 78 had the following disclaimer: “No musical instruments or mechanical devices used in this recording other than one guitar.” I believe it’s a tenor guitar. Convincing mouth trumpet solo.
1931 HITS ARCHIVE: Tiger Rag - Mills Brothers (Brunswick version)
YouTube video by The78Prof
youtu.be
January 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
#LetsDoIt25 - pop singles before 1954
1931 - The Mills Brothers - Tiger Rag
The original label of the 78 had the following disclaimer: “No musical instruments or mechanical devices used in this recording other than one guitar.” I believe it’s a tenor guitar. Convincing mouth trumpet solo.
1931 - The Mills Brothers - Tiger Rag
The original label of the 78 had the following disclaimer: “No musical instruments or mechanical devices used in this recording other than one guitar.” I believe it’s a tenor guitar. Convincing mouth trumpet solo.
January 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM