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(May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968) was a blues singer, harmonica player ... the standard vocabulary for blues and blues-rock harmonica players for more ...

Rockabilly is one of the earliest forms of rock and roll as a distinct ... brash, lively, unselfconscious hybrid of blues and country," characterized ...

(March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was a blues guitar musician, from Houston ... highly influential among the young blues musicians who went on to ...

– June 21, 2001) was an influential American post-war blues singer ... roots. It also strongly influenced the rock scene of the 1960s and 1970s ...

|Genre = Blues |Occupation = Singer-songwriter, Guitarist ... – December 1929) was an influential early blues singer and guitarist from ...

1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American blues singer, guitarist, pianist ... in the early 1960s. He burst onto the blues-revival scene at the Newport ...

known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered ... of music genres: blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, folk, jazz, ...

6, 1925 – August 2, 1976) was an American blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica ... Reed was a major player in the early days of electric blues, whose ...

Elmore James (January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues ... in the Durant area. Like several other blues players of the era, his first ...

#039;s earlier hit, "That's the Blues, Old Man." Another example ... quot;working description" for riffs in rock: "A riff is a short, ...

Etta James (January 25, 1938 - January 20, 2012) was an American blues ... Award winner, James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. ...

Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music, which has its earliest ... bands with a more hard-edged form of blues rock. Led Zeppelin's eponymous ...

(April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972), was an blues and gospel singer, as well ... became an active player in the Piedmont blues scene. He was ordained as ...

that created some of the defining sounds of rock and roll. They are best known ... Yak." Earlier, they had written the blues song "Hound Dog" ...

Roy Orbison, and other early pioneers of rock and roll. Often referred to ... Orbison, and Carl Perkins synthesized the blues, southern gospel, and country ...

– October 19, 1988) was an American blues singer and guitarist. ... the church's firm stand against blues music and the sinful lifestyle ...

3, 1938 - April 17, 1960) was an American rock-and-roll musician and an important ... in the early 1950s. After learning to play blues guitar, he teamed up with ...

| Genre = Blues | Occupation = | Years_active = ... 1915 – January 29, 1992) was an American blues singer-songwriter, many of ...

Folk Rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and ... Folk rock had antecedents in the labor movement of the 1930s, notably ...

The Howlin' Wolf, was an influential blues singer, songwriter, guitarist ... #039; Wolf London Sessions LP. British blues/rock musicians Eric Clapton ...

Soccer League and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. became America's top rhythm-and-blues record company, featuring ...

10, 2010) was an American rhythm and blues performer and songwriter ... and the soundtrack of the hit movie The Blues Brothers. ...

| Genre = Hard rock, blues-rock, psychedelic rock, acid rock ... Cream was a 1960s British rock band consisting of bassist/vocalist ...

Soul music is a musical genre that combines rhythm and blues and gospel ... Rhythm and blues (a combination of blues and jazz) arose in the 1940s ...

groups such as the Carter Family and Gospel blues by such performers as Blind ... melded traditional religious themes with blues and boogie-woogie techniques ...

| Genre = Delta bluesCountry blues | Notable_instruments = Gibson L-1 ... August 16, 1938) was a legendary American blues musician and, arguably, one ...

old and his mother took him to Little Rock, Arkansas where she taught ... in four movements. It combines themes from blues music with a symphonic dimension ...

White Sport Coat," "Singing the Blues," "Don't Worry ... Robbins' first number one hit was "Singing the Blues" ...

16, 1925 - May 14, 2015), was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter ... the 1950s and early 1960s, including such blues classics as "Sweet Little ...

of rockabilly music, a mix of rhythm and blues and country music, recorded ... he enjoyed a degree of success through the rock and roll revival movement ...

Otha Bates, was an influential American rock and roll singer, songwriter ... 50 years in music. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. ...

in the styles of doo-wop, R&B, pop, blues, rock, and soul. Ten of their ... sales. After living what she called "a rock & roll lifestyle" ...

a seminal role in the emergence of the blues and African American folk ... world’s music heritage, from anguished blues to orchestral masterworks ...

The Coasters are a rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll vocal group that had a string of memorable hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin ...

one of, if not the greatest of the pioneer rock-and-roll artists. His catalog ... Known as the "Poet Laureate of Rock and Roll," Berry's ...

a fusion of popular styles such as R&B, rock and roll and soul music with ... of styles of music, including 'jump blues', R&B and doo wop ...

and band leaders. His 1915 "Jelly Roll Blues" was perhaps the first ... style combined varying musical strands of blues, stomps, and ragtime, plus ...

Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a highly ...

on to form the instrumental nucleus of the Blues Brothers Band, and the band ... their era. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 ...

thus had a major impact on the evolution of rock and roll. His many recording ... quot;How High the Moon," "Bye Bye Blues," and "Vaya Con ...

marches, French quadrilles, ragtime, and blues with polyphonic improvisation ... French quadrille dance music, ragtime, and blues with collective polyphonic ...

While the electric guitar may be the center of attention in rock and ... jazz and continued through the rhythm and blues of Louis Jordan and soul ...

figure in the transition from rhythm & blues to rock and roll in the 1950s ... work was a mix of boogie-woogie, rhythm and blues, and gospel music, with a ...

his death, Monroe was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... #039;s mandolin playing already displayed a blues-influenced, hard-driving ...

songs, field hollers, traditional songs, blues, and popular Tin Pan Alley tunes. ... (ARC). However, the ARC insisted he record blues songs rather than the folk ...

Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965, in the San ... influences varied widely, including blues, rock and roll, country music ...

place among the displaced African-American blues tradition. ... the dominant instrument for solos in blues rock. However, it still found ...

Scottish traditional music, and a notable blues influence. Unusual if not ... abandoned by those groups (in favor of blues and jazz ensembles) when ...

was the most popular and successful female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s ... Ma Rainey, Smith emerged as a formidable blues singer at a time that coincided ...

Award and posthumous induction into the Rock and Roll and Gospel Halls ... gospel songs in the 1958 film, St. Louis Blues and singing "Trouble ...

19, 2006) was an American Rhythm and Blues, Rock and Roll and soul singer ... resulted in his 1991 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[http://www ...

" began to graft yodeling into the blues and country music. He influenced ... rocky gorges, anywhere with a distant rock face, the outdoor areas between ...

(who would later become a renowned jazz and rock trumpeter in his own right ... him to drop easily into the earthiest of blues, rock or funk bands. In his ...

known as Ritchie Valens, was a pioneer of rock and roll and, as a Mexican ... some very influential songs of the 1950s rock and roll era. His best known ...

rise in popularity of African American blues and jazz. As well as the ... time was a developing genre called "rock and roll," whose exponents ...

singer, songwriter, and pioneer of early rock and roll. Although his career ... of musical styles that would define early rock and roll when he attended ...

9, 1981) was one of the first American rock and roll musicians, brought ... Rattle, and Roll" in 1954. When "Rock Around the Clock" appeared ...

followed the pattern of traditional 12-bar blues, although he also sang ballads ... paralleled and intersected African American blues and folk music in racially ...

the specific nature of the Swing era, the blues tradition, with its strong ... The other is the development of rhythm and blues and jump blues in the black ...

but more reminiscent of the grayish blues and greenish blues sometimes ... most often in granite pegmatite and allied rock types and in certain low grade ...

of ragtime, jazz, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, hip-hop, country ... commonly used in many postwar electric blues, rock-and-rolls, or early bebops ...

is a Grammy Award-winning American early rock and roll guitarist famous ... worldwide and won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental. His playing ...

Charles found his vocation as a rhythm and blues artist early in his life ... for himself in clubs, playing in the jazz-blues trio format. It was around ...

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band whose blues and rhythm and blues-infused music propelled them to the heights of popularity during ...

The Band was an influential rock music group active from 1967 to 1976 ... elements, primarily country music and early rock and roll, although its rhythm ...

in ragtime, jazz, big bands, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and country ... Heavy metal is a development of blues, blues rock and rock. Its origins ...

Alternative rock (also called alternative music The term "alternative ... or simply alternative) is a branch of the rock music genre that became ...

since the early 1950s, such as Chicago blues, rockabilly, rock and roll ... in the development of Chicago-style urban blues in the early 1950s, and became ...

in the genre, which blended rhythm and blues and gospel music. His reflective ... was not approving of Otis wanting to sing rock and roll, "the devil ...

was an influential American country and rock and roll singer and songwriter ... “I Walk the Line,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Ring of Fire,” and ...

of styles from jazz, reggae, and roots rock to heavy metal. He also toured ... Blues-legend Robert Johnson and hardcore punk also became his special ...

and actress, known as the "Queen of Rock & Roll." Her records ... Beginning her career as a rhythm and blues singer with her future ...

Geologically, lapis is classified as a rock, not a mineral, because ... Many of the blues used in painting, from medieval illuminated manuscripts ...

of the most influential guitar players in rock music history. ... Hendrix was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 ...

included instrumentals of the R&B, rock, pop, and jazz genres, especially ... Windham Hill Records under the title Ballads and Blues 1972. ...

their career and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. ... backing vocals from members of The Moody Blues. The song did not fare well ...

spare time, Franklin listened to records by blues singers Blind Lemon Jefferson ... the associate pastor of St. Peter's Rock Baptist Church in Cleveland ...

Nina Simone lifted jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues singing to a ... Simone played and sang a mixture of jazz, blues and classical music ...

time, heavy metal's deep roots in blues rock contribute a more realistic ... a louder and more dissonant sound. Where blues-rock drumming styles had been ...

national celebrity prior to the advent of rock and roll. Williams' poignant ... where he met Rufus Payne, a black blues musician living in the nearby ...

in the evolution of gospel and rhythm and blues into soul and eventually ... #039;s sound towards secular rhythm and blues. Now called The Famous Flames ...

as Elvis but also called "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" or ... borrowing songs from both rhythm and blues (R&B) and country. Even ...

Pop music may include elements of rock, hip hop, reggae, dance, R ... where such a practice is usual (such as rock bands, rap MCs, or singer ...

she was also adept at gospel, jazz, rock, blues, pop, and even opera ... her lifetime include induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in ...

Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Tommy Flanagan, and blues pianists Charles Brown and ... song can be seen as anticipating the first rock and roll records. ...

freedom of expression enjoyed by pop and rock and roll. He also was the ... nights a week singing a variety of folk, rock, pop, country R&B and ...

Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music inspired by or attempting ... From a blues rock background, the British supergroup Cream debuted ...

Bechet) and a series of accompaniments for Blues singers. Seven, with such hits as "Potato Head Blues," "Muggles" ...

unlike most venues in the contemporary rock and soul genres. On the other ... classic train song, "The Pan American Blues." After Bailey's ...

at the same time announcing the advent of rock and roll. ... Cobb in 1946, is sometimes deemed the first rock and roll record and remained ...

Clyde Jackson Browne (October 9, 1948 - ) is an American rock singer ... "Doctor My Eyes" and "Rock Me on the Water." His ...

known for his brand of "heartland rock," infused with pop hooks ... alternate between commercially accessible rock albums and somber folk-oriented ...

Wills himself largely sang western style blues and sentimental ballads. ... Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 ...

copies. She has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and ... Four Poster Bed" (1974); and "Rock On Baby" and "He ...

John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially ... of all time. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. ...

and the lead guitarist and vocalist for the rock and roll band Grateful Dead ... that were available to him; folk, blues, rock, bluegrass and developed ...

In music, rock group Grateful Dead featured a skeletal Uncle Sam as one of the band's symbols. Uncle Sam, referred to in their song U.S ...

of American song, from folk and country/blues to gospel, rock and roll ... to the radio—first to the powerful blues and country stations broadcasting ...

often used for solo melodies. Unlike in rock, a lead guitar is rarely used. ... Stone magazine titled "Discotheque Rock '72: Paaaaarty!" ...

quot; Cooke released a critically acclaimed blues-inflected LP in 1963, "Night ... was among the original inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in ...

of playing for little money (compared to rock and roll stars). As there ... The group played blues as much as they did fugues, but the result ...

popular music, big band music, jazz, and rock and roll, but it was originally ... music, but is often utilized in jazz, blues, rock and roll and other popular ...

in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, and old-time ... One example is the tune "Milk Cow Blues," an early blues tune ...

folk music, country music, jazz, blues, rock and roll and rhythm and ... allows them to be used in relatively loud rock, blues, and jazz ensembles ...

Me (The Ecology)" and "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)," ... In 1987, Marvin was inducted posthumously to the Rock & Roll Hall ...

most charismatic frontmen in the history of rock music. He has been referenced ... Doors had become one of the most popular rock bands in America. Their blend ...

In 2000, Taylor was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the ... *2000—Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2000. ...

it is used in other genres such as jazz, blues, rock and roll, psychobilly ... are the double basses sometimes used by blues, rockabilly, or bluegrass ...

audio engineer. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing ... Who Fell to Earth. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the ...

culture as the primary instrument in blues, country, flamenco, pop, ... beginning in the 1950s, when its use in rock and roll made it both fashionable ...

The Beach Boys are one of the most successful American rock and roll ... The Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in ...

by generations of folk, country, pop, and rock artists. After his discovery ... many times, learning traditional songs and blues and creating new folk songs ...

Pink Floyd is an English progressive rock band that initially earned ... Pink Floyd evolved from an earlier rock band, formed in 1964, ...

Ruby married blues singer Frankie Dee Brown in 1941, and began using ... Together they had three children: son, blues musician Guy Davis, and ...

success, he was much admired by his fellow rock and R&B performers, receiving ... * Wilson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. ...

success: As a harmonic "soft rock" act in the late 1960s ... January 2003. They were inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 ...

idiom of one or more musical styles—e.g. blues, rock, folk, jazz—and work within the idiom to express ideas with creativity and originality. Improvisation ...

included adventurous, though distinctly blues-oriented musicians, especially ... by Davey Graham on his album "Folk, Blues, and Beyond." Trumpeter ...

Davis was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ... to learn the violin—she was a capable blues pianist, but kept this hidden ...

Rock's Backpages is an online library of popular music journalism ... Rock's Backpages was founded in 2000 by British music journalist ...

gospel music, country music, jazz, blues, and rock and roll. All were ... significant to the development of the Blues. Their laments arose out ...

wider audience with hilarious charm in The Blues Brothers 1980 motion picture ... of duets with a number of country, pop and rock and roll performers, including ...

Song and has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Songwriters hall ... Pretty Music, But The Old People Call It The Blues." ...

(jazz), Mel-o-dy (country), and Rare Earth (rock). Under the slogan "The ... Holliday biographical film Lady Sings the Blues (1972), and Mahogany (1975 ...

folk music brought from the British Isles. Blues was developed in the rural ... on the folk music of white southerners, and blues and rhythm and blues are ...

also used both songs in their 1968 country-rock album, Roots. ... # "Workin' Man Blues" (1969) # "Okie From Muskogee ...

every musical genre and wrote music for rock bands, jazz ensembles, synthesizers ... Zappa was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...

Jimmie Rodgers' "Mule Skinner Blues," complete with yodels ... for Me," "Tennessee Homesick Blues" (both 1984), "Don ...

that year. That single, "Guitar Blues," was progressive by ... suffering as a result of the success of rock and roll, Atkins and Bob Ferguson ...

into the new millennium. In the 1940s, blues artist John Lee Hooker became ... Detroit's musical history includes many popular rock bands from ...

Ford's first record was Milk 'Em In The Morning Blues. Many ... with the sugary pop ballads and the new rock and roll songs just starting ...

his own brand of country music, featuring rock and roll, jazz, western swing ... singers like Hank Williams with a hard, rock-and-roll influenced edge. ...

realism in a palette of whites, blues, and greens. There is little ... he is famous for his strong reds and blues, and grayish mountainscapes. ...

1943 – November 29, 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter ... at the age of 58. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a ...

upon Latin American music styles more than rock music. On their first two ... the earlier Latin music elements with rock and funk-oriented sounds partially ...

known as paraiba tourmaline, came in unusually vivid blues and greens. These colors were often described as "neon" because they appeared to ...

and certainly in their ability to play the blues. Goodman’s strength was ... swing and what Elvis Presley would do for rock and roll. Both helped bring ...

century the global appeal of jazz, blues, folk music, and rock and ... a group being a musical ensemble such as a rock band or symphony orchestra. ...

back to the early days of opera, jazz, and blues music. The first known bootlegs ... coinciding with the era of stadium or arena rock. The large followings of bands ...

styles such as jazz, R&B, hip hop, rock ’n' roll, country, ... styles, including what we know today as blues and jazz. These styles have ...

tenth, and is used as such, particularly in blues and other jazz standards. ... electric guitar and are used extensively in rock music, especially heavy metal ...

During the early 1960s, Britain's new generation of blues rock ... towards an electric, psychedelic version of rock. In 1962, The Beatles ("Please ...

* Actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, as The Blues Brothers, with ... * Rolling Stones fiery cover of punk rock singer/songwriter Patti ...

international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is ... Morning Rain", "Steel Rail Blues", "Ribbon of Darkness ...

popular music. Hip hop, R&B, funk, rock and roll, soul, blues, and other contemporary American musical forms originated in Black communities ...

Philip Sousa and comedic routines to contemporary Rock and Roll and Rhythm and Blues. ==History== [[Image:1893sousaband.jpg|thumb|270px|John Philip ...

The combination of industry and cultures, jazz, blues, and rock and roll led to an outpouring of musical creativity in the Midwest, including new ...

duo/groups in various genre fields (pop, rock, rhythm and blues [R&B ... the most popular music genres (i.e., pop, rock, country, and rap) – are ...

year, the club traded Speaker to the Little Rock Travelers of the Southern ... a part owner and manager of the Kansas City Blues.[https://news.google.com/newspapers ...

spanned multiple genres: jazz, folk, pop, rock, and country. ... to the 1950s, Rogers moved from teenage rock and roll through psychedelic ...

in the city, and the predominant surface rock, St. Louis Limestone, is used ... St. Louis has long been associated with great ragtime, jazz and blues ...

malachite, and chrysocolla is found. This rock is called Eilat stone and ... crystals, forming a druse over the mother rock, are very small—1 millimeter ...

*The Blues (formerly known as the 'Auckland Blues'), that ... used mainly for speedway races, rock and pop concerts. ;Landmarks ...

to the musical styles of jazz and blues as well as for its famous ... ;Rock/Blues/Hip-Hop Kansas City's local music scene enjoyed a ...

some hits during this time--Birth of the Blues, Goodnight Irene, Castle ... of introspective saloon songs and blues-tinged ballads, this album ...

he reveals a fondness for both jazz and rock and roll. The character McClintic ... #039;s Cool, the second album of indie rock band Lotion, in which he states ...

from the Big Band Era and jazz, from punk rock to goth and hip-hop (the latter ... city's premier destination for music (rock, blues, jazz, dance), art ...

, (1958), From the Terrace (1960), Paris Blues (1961), A New Kind of Love ... competed into his 80s, winning at Lime Rock in what former co-driver Sam ...

of Latin American popular music, rhythm and blues, jazz, and rock—is a Panamanian ... generation), Kompa, Colombian, jazz, blues, salsa, reggae and rock performances ...

sound is produced by striking metal bars. In blues music, the harmonica is often casually referred to as a "blues harp" or "harp" ...

romance, has similarities with American blues music. Western artists including ... and the Point G hill, containing caves with rock paintings. Bamako has hosted ...

arm, the toes of the right foot grip the rock for …" Vibrance emanates ... an occasional touch of red, soft grays and blues in the pearly sky, grays ...

of outdoor activities, such as rafting, rock climbing and hiking. ... * Tinsley Ellis - blues singer * Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar ...

White Rock Lake, a reservoir constructed at the beginning of the twentieth ... the 1920s and 1930s as the prime jazz and blues hot spot in the South. Today ...

that provided news and short features to FM rock stations. ... successful dramas, including Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and ER. ...

Rock musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Allan Holdsworth ... *My Favorite Things, Coltrane Plays the Blues, Coltrane's Sound ...

Kicking Bear was forced to leave Standing Rock, but when the dances continued ... the Lakota, Iktomi is the son of Inyan, the rock spirit. His appearance is ...

materials including sky, earth, sunrays, rock crystal, and sheet lightning ... the genres of including punk, hip hop, blues, rock, country, and even traditional ...

part of the city's cultural heritage include blues, soul, jazz, and gospel. The city is the birthplace of House Music and is the site of an influential ...

#039;s largest recording labels, 1970s Romanian rock bands, boy bands, and hip hop genres. While many discos play manele, a Turkish-influenced type ...

s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and on The Rock & Roll Hall ... a billion people tuned in worldwide as the rock concert raised over $1 million ...

popular music), has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice ... and played guitar with a local rhythm and blues band, the Falcons, to supplement ...

'labor opera' The Cradle Will Rock, but due to Congressional ... #039;s autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues, she saw the film nine times ...

[[Image:Woodstock_redmond_crowd.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Woodstock Rock ... world, and it is the sire of such forms as blues and jazz and had a primary ...

The United States introduced American blues, folk, R&B and rock and roll. This American influence taught the Filipinos how to create and ...

folk, the surfing craze, and the British rock boom which gave the world ... a song condemning Stalin, "Big Joe Blues." The song was accompanied ...

through the Atlantic slave trade to modern samba, blues, jazz, reggae, rap, and rock and roll. Modern music of the continent includes the highly complex ...

a topic used repeatedly by musicians for decades. Blues artists incorporated it heavily; it is the topic of B.B. King's "Lucille" and ...

it firsthand. The documentary movie Genghis Blues (1999) mentions some of his ... the beginning of the book. Outraged by many Rock and Roll and drug connections ...

Indian ghazal and filmi are popular, as is rock and roll, an American style ... * Wilson, Brandon. Yak Butter Blues: A Tibetan Trek of Faith. Heliographica ...

masterpiece volume of poetry Mexico City Blues here. Another American author ... the Spanish and English-language pop and rock artists, as well as many of ...