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Local Historia: The Central PA Legend Who Taught America to Sing

Summary by statecollege.com
This column originally appeared in the May 2026 issue of Town&Gown magazine. In the era of snap orchestras, swing, and the Big Band, one personality rose from the industrial heart of Pennsylvania to captivate audiences across the country and “taught America how to sing”: Fred Waring. When he was born in Tyrone in 1900, Fred Waring would have seen an industrial town at its peak. Waring’s father, a banker, and his mother, a local choir leader, wer…
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statecollege.com broke the news in State College, United States on Thursday, May 28, 2026.
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