Clifton Webb and Ruth Hussey as Mr. and Mrs. Sousa standing with the High School Cadets Band during filming in 1951. Scott Schwartz Clifton Webb posing as John Philip Sousa for a promotional ...

On July 4, a new march by The Record's Jim Beckerman will make its debut for USA Today. But can Beckerman really conduct?

On Aug. 15, 1928, the Manitowoc Herald-News reported “America’s March King” John Philip Sousa and his band was to play “Two Golden Jubilee Concerts” at the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 15. The ...

What would the Fourth of July be without the music of John Philip Sousa? From his iconic “The Stars & Stripes Forever” to stirring marches such as “The Washington Post,” “Semper Fidelis” and “The ...

Think of holiday parades, think of strutting bands and John Philip Sousa’s stirring martial music such as “Stars and Stripes Forever” and “Semper Fidelis.” “John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) has traveled ...

Jane van Middlesworth Sousa, ca. 1880s. Scott Schwartz John Philip Sousa at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in 1917. Sigmund 'The Great Lafayette' Neuberger as John Philip Sousa in 1911. The ...

In the months before the start of the Revolutionary War, John Behrent (also spelled Berent) built the first piano sold ...

One hundred years ago this week, Milwaukee threw a birthday bash for the biggest rock star in America. Well, maybe not a rock star — 1924 was a few decades before rock 'n' roll. But John Philip Sousa ...