The Great Richard Thompson, an absolute treature of a musician, performed/toured a show back in 2000 titled "1,000 Years of Popular Music". You can read about the genesis of the show, but suffice to say he played songs from the year ~800 up to the present day.
One early pop hit was about Young King Henry and the King of France. According to TGRT, the song was "collected" -- i.e. recorded and documented -- in US Appalacia in the 1930's. "People still singing about tennis balls and ancient battles, some 600 years later, very strange...<WINK>"
This YouTube link should be cued up to the song itself. The whole evening is fantastic, btw:
Dear Mary Pat,
The Great Richard Thompson, an absolute treature of a musician, performed/toured a show back in 2000 titled "1,000 Years of Popular Music". You can read about the genesis of the show, but suffice to say he played songs from the year ~800 up to the present day.
One early pop hit was about Young King Henry and the King of France. According to TGRT, the song was "collected" -- i.e. recorded and documented -- in US Appalacia in the 1930's. "People still singing about tennis balls and ancient battles, some 600 years later, very strange...<WINK>"
This YouTube link should be cued up to the song itself. The whole evening is fantastic, btw:
https://youtu.be/DDZdU-snqTs?t=470
Great to see you're getting recognized by the main stream media! I'm glad they have found a source we can all trust!