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- History - William Christopher Handy (1873-1958) Father of the Blues. William Christopher (known as “W.C.”) Handy, known to the world as the Father of the Blues, was born in Florence, Alabama on November 16, 1873. Handy was exposed to music in the Great St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church where his father and his grandfather served as pastors.
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Miles Davis Biography Miles Dewey Davis III was born to Miles Davis Jr. and Cleota Henry in Alton, Illinois, on May 25, 1926.There were also two other children, an older sister and a younger brother. In 1928 the family moved to East St. Louis, Illinois, where Davis's father became a successful oral surgeon.iles Davis Biography. Born: May 25, 1926 Alton, Illinois. Died: September 28, 1991 Santa Monica, California. African American musician, composer, and trumpeter. A jazz trumpeter, composer, and small-band leader, Miles Davis was the leading jazz musician for more than two decades.
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Floyd Taylor, blues singer and son of Johnny Taylor, dies at 60 Floyd Taylor, blues singer and son of Johnny Taylor, dies at 60. Floyd Taylor, the son of the legendary Johnny Taylor and a noted blues singer in his own right, has died of a heart attack at age 60. Taylor, who was born in Chicago as Floyd Singletary, began singing in church as a toddler.
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The Effects of Blues Music on Civil Rights Blues Music|. Influences on Civil Rights in the United States|. Addy Phillips|. Eddie James “Son” House, Jr., an American blues singer and guitarist once stated, People keep asking me where the blues started and all I can say is that when I was a boy we always was singing in the fields.
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Willie Brown Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny. One of the most influential of the early Delta blues guitarists, Willie Brown was arguably the quintessential accompanist of his era, most notably backing legends including Charley Patton and Son House.
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Delta blues The Delta blues style of blues is one of the earliest. It originated in the Mississippi Delta, a region of the United States stretching from Memphis, Tennessee, in the north to Vicksburg, Mississippi, in the south and from Helena, Arkansas, in the west to the Yazoo River in the east. The Mississippi Delta is famous for its fertile soil and for its poverty.
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- I formed a band in 1963 in London. I play the blues. I have played with the likes of Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood, Aynsley Dunbar and Jack Bruce just to name a few. I came to be known as the father of the British blues movement. I started playing guitar and ukulele at age twelve. In 1982, I had a reunion with my old band.
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- Maybe it seems strange that a man of the cloth would become known as “The Father of Bourbon,” but Reverend Elijah Craig was given that title because of something he did with whiskey barrels at the distillery he built in 1789.
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- Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” is a sharp and still stinging essay on absent fathers–to be exact, absent black fathers.
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Thomas A. Dorsey Is Dead at 93; Known as Father of Gospel Music Thomas A. Dorsey, who was widely known as the father of gospel music, died on Saturday at his home in Chicago. He was 93 years old. He had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease, said his daughter, Doris.
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Elvis sings 'The Blues' In the late 1980s a string of Elvis blues albums (licensed from RCA) were released in Europe on vinyl. Titles included the 24 track double album, Elvis-Blue Rhythms from Everest Records, and from Premier Records, Elvis-Mess O' Blues Volume One and Elvis-Mess O' Blues Volume 2.hat Elvis was heavily influenced by the blues is dramatically apparent by the ongoing accusation that he was the white boy who stole the blues. Click here to read a more detailed examination of how Elvis was influenced by the blues.
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Environmental emergency Environmental emergencies are defined as “sudden-onset disasters or accidents resulting from natural, technological or human-induced factors, or a combination of these, that causes or threatens to cause severe environmental damage as well as loss of human lives and property.” (UNEP/GC.22/INF/5, 13 November 2002.).
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POP SONGS Often called the Father of Chicago Blues, he was discovered by Allan Lomax in 1941. Waters sang in a country style and was a charismatic performer. He played both acoustic and electric slide guitar and was the single greatest influence on the British blues boom.
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A Short Blues History The blues form was first popularized about 1911-14 by the black composer W.C. Handy (1873-1958). However, the poetic and musical form of the blues first crystallized around 1910 and gained popularity through the publication of Handy's Memphis Blues (1912) and St. Louis Blues (1914). Instrumental blues had been recorded as early as 1913. During the twenties, the blues became a national craze. Mamie Smith recorded the first vocal blues song, 'Crazy Blues' in 1920. The Blues influence on jazz brought it into the mainstream and made possible the records of blues singers like Bessie Smith and later, in the thirties, Billie Holiday
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Biography Performed a composition written by his father, John L. Nelson, in the music of Purple Rain (1984); called Father's Song the main melody was also part of a song from the Purple Rain (1984) soundtrack, called Computer Blue.
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Blind Lemon Jefferson Biography Blind Lemon Jefferson Biography. July 1897, Wortham (Couchman), Texas, USA, d. December 1929, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Jefferson was one of the earliest and most influential rural blues singers to record. He was one of seven children born to Alex Jefferson and Classie Banks (or Bates) and was either blind or partially blind from early childhood.
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- Miles Dewey Davis III was born on May 26, 1926, to an affluent African American family in Alton, Illinois. His father, Miles Dewey Davis, Jr. , was a dentist. In 1927 the family moved to East St. Louis, Illinois.
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- <br /><br /> Better known perhaps as the Father of Rock n Roll or Originator of Rock n Roll is Bill Haley of Bill Haley and his Comets. Bill Haley started Rock and Roll in 1953 when Elvis Presley was still in the 11th grade. Some people refer to him as the Real King of Rock and Roll.
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- Elizabeth Bessie Smith The Empress Of Blues. One of the most influential women of blues and jazz was Bessie Smith. Born Elizabeth Smith on April 15 around 1894, actual year is unknown (Britannica). Her father, William was a preacher and her mother, Laura was a homemaker. She was one of eight children born of a poor black family.
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The Blues Brothers Related Tags. The Blues Brothers are an American blues band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively in character as lead vocalist Joliet Jake Blues and harpist/vocalist Elwood Blues, fronted the band, which was composed of well-known and respected musicians.
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The Blues Brothers For other uses, see The Blues Brothers (film) and Blues Brothers (disambiguation). The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live.
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Jimmie Rodgers: The Father of Country Music The brakeman. Jimmie Rodgers was born James Charles Rodgers outside Meridian, Mississippi, on September 8, 1897. Since his father, Aaron Rodgers, worked on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Jimmie Rodgers grew up traveling, especially after his mother, Eliza Rodgers, died when Jimmie was only five or six.t is also the home of Jimmie Rodgers, described by many as “The Father of Country Music.” Rodgers had two other nicknames during his career, “The Singing Brakeman,” which referred to his work on trains, and “America’s Blue Yodeler,” which described one of his distinctive contributions to country music.
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Jimmie Rodgers: The Father of Country Music The brakeman. Jimmie Rodgers was born James Charles Rodgers outside Meridian, Mississippi, on September 8, 1897. Since his father, Aaron Rodgers, worked on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Jimmie Rodgers grew up traveling, especially after his mother, Eliza Rodgers, died when Jimmie was only five or six.ince his father, Aaron Rodgers, worked on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Jimmie Rodgers grew up traveling, especially after his mother, Eliza Rodgers, died when Jimmie was only five or six.
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The Blues Brothers  (film) The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from The Blues Brothers musical sketch on the NBC variety series Saturday Night Live. The film's screenplay was written by Aykroyd and Landis. It features musical numbers by rhythm and blues, soul, and blues singers James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and John Lee Hooker. The film is set in and arou
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Bill Monroe: Celebrating The Father Of Bluegrass At 100 Bill Monroe: Celebrating The Father Of Bluegrass At 100. A poor, cross-eyed boy from Kentucky, Bill Monroe created the hard-driving, high-lonesome genre known as bluegrass. Bill Monroe, known as the Father of Bluegrass Music, was born 100 years ago this week in rural Kentucky. He influenced early country music and rock 'n' roll, as well as the hard-driving, high-lonesome genre he created — bluegrass.