Who's heard Little Richard sing "Shake a Hand"?

Wow. I did not realize he lived that long. 89! I also did not realize he only passed in 2017.

Here's another of his wonderful pieces.
 
And to take us back to something classical; most people know Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, though they may not know the name. What most people DON'T know, is the famous part is just the first movement of an IMO brilliant composition.

 
I did not realize that Michael went on to a career after The Monkees. This is certainly a different genre of music for him, but it sounds like he found his 'style'.

 
It's really hard to go wrong with Tsaikovski, IMO. Capriccio Italien is not one of his better known pieces, especially compared to e.g "The 1812 Overture" or "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from "The Nutcracker Suite".

Here's another one that I particularly like:
 
Here's something I played at State music competition my Junior year in High School. This is written for flute, but I played it on my Alto Sax. These are two separate pieces here, but imagine them played back-to-back. The arrangement I played is called Sicilienne and Allegro from Bach's Flute Sonata #2:

 
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