who came up with the kazoo
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Kazoo The modern day kazoo was invented by Alabama Vest during the 1840s. He drew up the plans for the instrument and had it made by a clockmaker named Thaddeus Von Clegg. In 1852, they demonstrated their kazoo at the Georgia State Fair, and it became a popular instrument in that region.
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The Story Of Charlie Parker's 'Ko Ko' Gary Giddins. The story Parker set out to tell in Ko Ko was actually not new. Parker wanted to record his version of Cherokee, a popular dance tune by Ray Noble that was a huge hit for Charlie Barnet in 1939. It was recorded that same year by Parker's idol, tenor player Lester Young, with the Count Basie band.
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After 20 years, Keith Lockhart keeping the Pops youthful The year was 1995, and the name attached to the grin was Keith Lockhart, the baby-faced young gun hired to lead the Boston Pops. “I was greeted by taxicab drivers and people driving garbage trucks and people washing windows on Mass.
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- Definition of KAZOO. : an instrument that imparts a buzzing quality to the human voice and that usually consists of a small metal or plastic tube with a side hole covered by a thin membrane.ADVERTISEMENT.imitative.First Known Use: 1884. an instrument that imparts a buzzing quality to the human voice and that usually consists of a small metal or plastic tube with a side hole covered by a thin membrane. ADVERTISEMENT. imitative. First Known Use: 1884.
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- Larry LaPrise (Roland L. LaPrise) (Born: 11 November 1912 Detroit Michigan Died: 4 April 1996 Gooding Idaho)was the writer of the Hokey Pokey. LaPrise wrote the song in the late 1940's for an aprise-ski club in Sun Valley Idaho.
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The Great Gazoo 1 The Great Gazoo had a major role in the second live-action film, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, which was a prequel, where he is played by Alan Cumming.
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Kazoo Kazoo. A kazoo is a type of instrument known as a mirliton, which uses a resonating membrane to amplify sound. It belongs in the percussion family of instruments and can be made in a number of ways.Derived from the ancient African mirliton, the kazoo was first manufactured during the 1800s.Today, it is primarily a plastic, toy instrument, which is fun and relatively easy to play.ssembly of parts. 1  3 The kazoo parts are then transported to an assembly line. 2  In this phase of production, the resonating membrane is first glued to the turret section. 3  This membrane may be supplied to the manufacturer as a pre-cut film or as a large, continuous sheet.
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Scarecrow: The Music and Murder of Stringbean Akeman Akeman won a local talent show where he earned the nickname he would carry the rest of his life. Unable to remember the lanky 6’5 banjo player’s name, the MC called him onto the stage, “Come here Stringbean and play us a tune.”. Shortly thereafter, Stringbean landed his first gig in Bill Monroe’s band.
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- Kemp's Jig variation. The hurdy-gurdy is the first stringed instrument to which the keyboard principle was applied. The French name, Viella a Roue (wheel fiddle), describes the method by which sound is produced. The bowing action of the fiddle is replaced by a wheel cranked by a handle.The outer rim of the wooden wheel is coated with resin.he hurdy-gurdy is the first stringed instrument to which the keyboard principle was applied. The French name, Viella a Roue (wheel fiddle), describes the method by which sound is produced.
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- Riperton wrote this with her husband, Richard Rudolph. Maya Rudolph of Saturday Night Live is their daughter, and Riperton mentions her in the lyrics. In the end, she sings Ma-ah-aha-aha-ah-ya. (thanks, Cher-Ny, NY). Riperton worked with Stevie Wonder as a backup singer, and Stevie produced this track for her.
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- Who wrote the band played waltzing Matilda? 'Banjo' Paterson wrote 'Waltzing Matilda'. It is suitable for a band or solo performer. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda was written by Scottish-born Eric Bogle in 197…1 two years after moving to Australia. During an ANZAC Day (25th April) parade in Canberra, a military band had played Paterson's 'Waltzing Matilda' as veterans marched past.
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- Welcome to the FUN world of Kazoos! Kazoobie Kazoos are the highest quality plastic kazoos available. They are 100% produced in the USA. Check out our NEWEST PRODUCTS. Through efficiency and hard work, we are able to sell our kazoos at a price near to and often lower than the cheap imported product. When you compare, we think you'll agree.
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The Great Gazoo The Great Gazoo is a tiny, green, floating alien who was exiled to Earth from his home planet Zetox as punishment for having invented a doomsday machine, a weapon of immense destructive power.
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The Loco-Motion King and Goffin wrote The Loco-Motion in hopes to have it recorded by Dee Dee Sharp who had a smash hit with Mashed Potato Time. Sharp passed on the song leaving the opportunity open for Eva Boyd who had recorded the demo. Her version was released and her name was changed to Little Eva.
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- George D. Smith of Buffalo, NY patented the first metal kazoo in 1902 and production soon began at the Great American Kazoo Company which continued making kazoos for nearly 100 years. Informal kazoo bands made of children and adults alike started sprouting up across the nation from Washington, D.C to Hawaii.HE KAZOO MUSEUM. Beaufort, SC. Mystery surrounds the story of the kazoo's creation, though it was undoubtedly invented in the United States of America. Legend has it that Alabama Vest, an African American, conceived of the kazoo and brought the idea to German-American clockmaker Thaddeus Von Clegg.
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12 Bizarre True Stories Behind Famous Band Names Pearl Jam. The boys in Pearl Jam have floated a couple suggestions for the origination of their band name. It was either based on the famous peyote jam made by Eddie Vedder's great grandmother, Pearl. Alternately, it may have derived from the nickname of NBA star Mookie Blaylock.
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- Bachman claims the song took him just 15 minutes to write once he sat down with his bandmate Burton Cummings to put it together. (thanks, Nathan-Winkler, Canada). The Guess Who had some big hits under their belt in their native Canada, but this song earned them international acclaim and a US record deal with RCA.
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- WATER AND AIR. The concept of the organ appears to have been created in 246 BCE by Ctesibius of Alexandria. He invented a mechanical flute-playing instrument with wind pressure regulated by means of water pressure, called a hydraulis.
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- Twin brothers Chuck (guitar) and John Panozzo (drums) first got together with their neighbor Dennis DeYoung (vocals and keyboards) while living on the East Side of Chicago, eventually taking the band name The Tradewinds. Chuck Panozzo left to attend seminary school for a year but returned to the group by 1964.he band followed DeYoung's lead with their next project, Kilroy Was Here (1983), another more fully realized concept album, embracing the rock opera form. It is set in a future where performing and playing rock music has been outlawed due to the efforts of a charismatic evangelist, Dr. Evert Righteous.
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When Did People Start Saying âBucket Listâ? Develop a catch phrase. The luge.” When I tweeted about this, @magazinemama reminded me that on last week’s Parks & Recreation, doofus Andy was also working on a bucket list. His items included winning the lottery, making the best grilled-cheese sandwich ever, and remaking Kazaam (this time getting it right).
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- First of all it was up wid the windy in a jiffy, and thin she threw open her two peepers to the itmost, and thin it was a little gould spy-glass that she clapped tight to one o' them and divil may burn me if it didn't spake to me as plain as a peeper cud spake, and says it, through the spy-glass: Och.merican financier and speculator who with James Fisk and Daniel Drew wrested control of the Erie Railroad from Cornelius Vanderbilt in the late 1860s. With Fisk, he caused the financial panic of September 24, 1869, with an attempt to corner the gold market.
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Harmonica The harmonica first appeared in Vienna, where harmonicas with chambers were sold before 1824 (see also Anton Reinlein and Anton Haeckl). Richter tuning, invented by Joseph Richter (who also is credited with inventing the blow and draw mechanism), was created in 1826 and was eventually adopted nearly universally.
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- THE KAZOO MUSEUM. Beaufort, SC. Mystery surrounds the story of the kazoo's creation, though it was undoubtedly invented in the United States of America. Legend has it that Alabama Vest, an African American, conceived of the kazoo and brought the idea to German-American clockmaker Thaddeus Von Clegg.Vest may have been inspired by African mirlitons made of gourds or bones that were used in sacred ceremonies to channel messages from the spirit world.Vest and Von Clegg completed the first kazoo in the 1840s and introduced it to the world at the 1852 Georgia State Fair.HE KAZOO MUSEUM. Beaufort, SC. Mystery surrounds the story of the kazoo's creation, though it was undoubtedly invented in the United States of America. Legend has it that Alabama Vest, an African American, conceived of the kazoo and brought the idea to German-American clockmaker Thaddeus Von Clegg.
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- why waka waka? You might be wondering why this blog carries the title waka waka waka. The name has nothing to do with the Muppet known as Fozzie Bear, but comes instead from the lyrics to the Fela Kuti song “Coffin for Head of State, Part 2”. Fela, who died of AIDS in 1997 at age 59, was a Nigerian musician , activist, and political gadfly (and founder of the musical style known as “Afrobeat“).
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- Long ago (1969) and far, far away (San Jose, California) the seeds for the Doobies were planted. It all started with a power trio of John Hartman, Tommy Johnston, and Dave Shogren. They would play and play. Along came Pat Simmons and the Doobies were born.
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- 1 With a little practice you will be playing jazz and blues riffs that will amaze your friends and neighbors. 2  When you start out, you shouldn't play the kazoo too much. 3  You can become hoarse.