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  • from Texas. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s ... that Lemon left a deep impression on his music. Jefferson was soon one of ...
    16 KB (2,469 words) - 18:13, 31 October 2023
  • among his contemporaries, and his music has remained an inspiration ... and intellectual, rather than just a popular entertainer. The music was ...
    17 KB (2,690 words) - 00:38, 5 December 2023
  • Sam Cooke (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964) was a popular and ... against gospel singers performing secular music. Cooke's first pop single ...
    19 KB (3,031 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
  • in history. Caruso was also the most popular singer in any genre in the ... to traditional Italian folk songs and popular songs of the day. The most ...
    13 KB (1,957 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
  • piano concerto in the history of Western music has its antecedent in the ... century in Italy to describe vocal music with instrumental accompaniment; ...
    16 KB (2,475 words) - 16:41, 14 November 2021
  • While never achieving Louis Armstrong’s popular appeal, Hawkins acquired ... whatever their status in the world of music. In Europe, they were not ...
    16 KB (2,455 words) - 22:29, 7 January 2024
  • Manouches, Reinhardt developed a taste for music early on under the influence ... Paris, spending carefree days immersed in music. Gypsies, frequently on the ...
    19 KB (3,034 words) - 16:27, 29 January 2024
  • Pictorialism was a popular movement in the early years of the twentieth ... Color photography is now a popular medium, and its validation was ...
    7 KB (1,047 words) - 19:49, 26 March 2024
  • to opera, but lighter in terms of both music and subject matter. Because ... plots than with the caliber of the music. Topical satire is a feature ...
    19 KB (2,844 words) - 00:52, 18 November 2022
  • wop/R&B band, who helped create soul music with gospel-style vocals ... * I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing (1966) ...
    11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:35, 30 April 2023
  • The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...
    35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
  • historians, however, believe that this popular account of warlike Caribs ... and street vendors. The islands are a popular destination for U.S. citizens ...
    19 KB (2,753 words) - 02:45, 22 November 2023
  • and operas. He was also a highly regarded music conductor. ... his father in his youth, writing his first music at the age of six. He continued ...
    15 KB (2,261 words) - 01:47, 14 December 2022
  • century, though one can argue that his music was not as groundbreaking ... that featured various styles of dance music. Since he needed new charts ...
    22 KB (3,480 words) - 10:10, 28 September 2023
  • performed in films and recorded jazz and popular works. ... the national fraternity for men in music, by the fraternity's ...
    17 KB (2,485 words) - 09:58, 1 April 2024
  • it is generally agrees that it became popular in America near the turn ... Rabbit's feet became popular in America starting in the early ...
    12 KB (1,865 words) - 00:08, 15 April 2023
  • |Genre = Pop Music, Country Music |Occupation = ... country-pop singer, who was immensely popular during the 1950s and 60s ...
    15 KB (2,162 words) - 22:58, 20 November 2023
  • "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. Originally called ... most prestigious, significant awards in the music industry worldwide. ...
    32 KB (4,540 words) - 18:50, 24 May 2024
  • subjects he showed avid interest in were music and sports. Bix began going ... to the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, the most popular and highest paid band of ...
    14 KB (2,109 words) - 18:01, 31 October 2023
  • sound where there are no rests in the music. Primarily because of this ... flutes with them. The bagpipes then became popular in Europe, especially with ...
    25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023

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