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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 ...9 KB (1,411 words) - 07:45, 9 March 2023
- Rockabilly is one of the earliest forms of rock and roll as a distinct ... brash, lively, unselfconscious hybrid of blues and country," characterized ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 21:31, 16 April 2023
- (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was a blues guitar musician, from Houston ... highly influential among the young blues musicians who went on to ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- – June 21, 2001) was an influential American post-war blues singer ... roots. It also strongly influenced the rock scene of the 1960s and 1970s ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 20:45, 1 May 2024
- |Genre = Blues |Occupation = Singer-songwriter, Guitarist ... – December 1929) was an influential early blues singer and guitarist from ...16 KB (2,469 words) - 18:13, 31 October 2023
- 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 ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 22:46, 29 January 2023
- known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered ... of music genres: blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, folk, jazz, ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- 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 ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 13:23, 1 August 2022
- 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 ...13 KB (2,113 words) - 17:34, 13 February 2024
- #039;s earlier hit, "That's the Blues, Old Man." Another example ... quot;working description" for riffs in rock: "A riff is a short, ...6 KB (949 words) - 01:36, 15 December 2022
- 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. ...20 KB (2,949 words) - 04:39, 22 March 2024
- 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 ...19 KB (3,125 words) - 00:43, 27 January 2021
- (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 ...11 KB (1,811 words) - 19:59, 8 December 2022
- 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" ...10 KB (1,625 words) - 08:02, 3 April 2024
- Roy Orbison, and other early pioneers of rock and roll. Often referred to ... Orbison, and Carl Perkins synthesized the blues, southern gospel, and country ...13 KB (2,092 words) - 01:58, 23 December 2022
- – October 19, 1988) was an American blues singer and guitarist. ... the church's firm stand against blues music and the sinful lifestyle ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 01:11, 4 February 2023
- 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 ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 18:05, 12 February 2024
- | Genre = Blues | Occupation = | Years_active = ... 1915 – January 29, 1992) was an American blues singer-songwriter, many of ...19 KB (2,749 words) - 15:21, 14 May 2023
- Folk Rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and ... Folk rock had antecedents in the labor movement of the 1930s, notably ...14 KB (2,208 words) - 06:14, 1 April 2024
- The Howlin' Wolf, was an influential blues singer, songwriter, guitarist ... #039; Wolf London Sessions LP. British blues/rock musicians Eric Clapton ...14 KB (2,286 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- 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 ...12 KB (1,872 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- 10, 2010) was an American rhythm and blues performer and songwriter ... and the soundtrack of the hit movie The Blues Brothers. ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 01:00, 4 February 2023
- | Genre = Hard rock, blues-rock, psychedelic rock, acid rock ... Cream was a 1960s British rock band consisting of bassist/vocalist ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 06:17, 11 January 2024
- 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 ...11 KB (1,733 words) - 01:19, 4 February 2023
- groups such as the Carter Family and Gospel blues by such performers as Blind ... melded traditional religious themes with blues and boogie-woogie techniques ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 00:04, 3 January 2024
- | Genre = Delta bluesCountry blues | Notable_instruments = Gibson L-1 ... August 16, 1938) was a legendary American blues musician and, arguably, one ...22 KB (3,598 words) - 21:27, 16 April 2023
- 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 ...8 KB (1,154 words) - 12:14, 8 May 2023
- White Sport Coat," "Singing the Blues," "Don't Worry ... Robbins' first number one hit was "Singing the Blues" ...8 KB (1,289 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- 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 ...26 KB (3,986 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- 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 ...15 KB (2,405 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- 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. ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 05:43, 16 November 2023
- 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" ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- a seminal role in the emergence of the blues and African American folk ... world’s music heritage, from anguished blues to orchestral masterworks ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 04:32, 17 June 2023
- 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 ...13 KB (1,946 words) - 15:33, 30 April 2023
- 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 ...20 KB (3,002 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- 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 ...5 KB (835 words) - 16:13, 15 March 2023
- and band leaders. His 1915 "Jelly Roll Blues" was perhaps the first ... style combined varying musical strands of blues, stomps, and ragtime, plus ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 18:02, 2 April 2024
- Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a highly ...20 KB (3,184 words) - 09:39, 1 April 2024
- 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 ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 19:23, 20 November 2023
- 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 ...17 KB (2,630 words) - 22:00, 25 October 2022
- marches, French quadrilles, ragtime, and blues with polyphonic improvisation ... French quadrille dance music, ragtime, and blues with collective polyphonic ...17 KB (2,609 words) - 16:20, 29 January 2024
- 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 ...12 KB (1,982 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- 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 ...23 KB (3,362 words) - 00:37, 3 November 2022
- his death, Monroe was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... #039;s mandolin playing already displayed a blues-influenced, hard-driving ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 16:06, 31 October 2023
- 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 ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965, in the San ... influences varied widely, including blues, rock and roll, country music ...21 KB (3,133 words) - 17:52, 20 January 2023
- place among the displaced African-American blues tradition. ... the dominant instrument for solos in blues rock. However, it still found ...28 KB (4,396 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- Scottish traditional music, and a notable blues influence. Unusual if not ... abandoned by those groups (in favor of blues and jazz ensembles) when ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 05:41, 16 November 2023
- 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 ...21 KB (3,265 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- Award and posthumous induction into the Rock and Roll and Gospel Halls ... gospel songs in the 1958 film, St. Louis Blues and singing "Trouble ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:25, 5 November 2022
