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| | |  W. C. Handy: Encyclopedia II - W. C. Handy - Transition: popularity fame and businessIn 1909 he and his band moved to Memphis, Tennessee and established their presence on Beale Street. At that time, American society and culture was distinctively segregated and Handy's observations of Whites responses to native Black music in conjunction with his own observations of his habits, attitudes and music of his ethnicity served as the foundation for what was later to become the style of music popularized as "the Blues".
The genesis of his "Memphis Blues" was as a campaign tune originally entitled as "Mr. Crump" which he had written for Edward Crump, a Memphis, Tennessee mayoral candidate in ...
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| | | | W. C. Handy: Encyclopedia - Blues The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. The form evolved in the United States in the communities of former African slaves from spirituals, praise songs, field hollers, shouts, and chants. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of the blues' West African pedigree. The blues has been a major influence on later American and Western popular music, finding expression in ragtime, jazz, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, hip-hop, and count ...
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Blues - Origins.
Main articles: Origins of the blues, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]], ...
See also:Blues, Blues - Characteristics, Blues - Origins, Blues - Lyrics, Blues - Musical style, Blues - History, Blues - Origins, Blues - Prewar blues, Blues - Early postwar blues, Blues - Blues in the '60s and '70s, Blues - Blues from the 1980s to the present, Blues - Musical impact, Blues - Social impact, Blues - Notes Read more here: » Blues: Encyclopedia II - Blues - History |
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| | | | W. C. Handy: Encyclopedia II - St. Louis Blues hockey - Franchise history The Blues were one of the six teams added to the NHL in the 1967 expansion, along with the Minnesota North Stars, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Oakland Seals, when the league doubled in size. The newcomers were, however, hampered by restrictive rules that kept virtually all the top players with the existing teams.
The Blues, originally coached by Lynn Patrick and then Scotty Bowman, proved to be the class of the new Western Division and made the Stanley Cup finals in each of their first three years o ...
See also:St. Louis Blues hockey, St. Louis Blues hockey - Facts, St. Louis Blues hockey - Franchise history, St. Louis Blues hockey - Season-by-season record, St. Louis Blues hockey - Notable players, St. Louis Blues hockey - Current Squad, St. Louis Blues hockey - Team captains, St. Louis Blues hockey - Hall of Famers, St. Louis Blues hockey - Retired numbers Read more here: » St. Louis Blues hockey: Encyclopedia II - St. Louis Blues hockey - Franchise history |
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| | | | W. C. Handy: Encyclopedia II - Blues - History
Blues - Origins.
Main article: Origins of the blues
Blues has evolved from the spare music of poor black laborers into a wide variety of complex styles and subgenres, spawning regional variations across the United States and, later, Europe, Africa and elsewhere. What is now considered "blues" as well as modern "country music" arose at approximately the same time and place during the nineteenth century in the southern United States. Recorded blues and country can be found from as far bac ...
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| | | | W. C. Handy: Encyclopedia II - Bessie Smith - Biography Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States on April 15, 1894, Bessie Smith was one of six surviving children of William and Laura Smith. According to Smith's biographer Chris Albertson in his seminal book Bessie (1972, revised in 2003), William Smith was a laborer who also worked as a part-time Baptist preacher, but he died before Bessie could remember him. By the time Bessie was nine, she had lost her mother as well, and her older sister Viola was left in charge of caring for the younger sisters and brothers. As a way of earning m ...
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| | | | W. C. Handy: Encyclopedia II - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University - History One of its most influential presidents and the longest serving was its fourth, Joseph Fanning Drake, who served from 1927 until 1962. Drake's appointment request by the legislature was made when he was previously Dean of the College at Alabama State College in Montgomery, Alabama.
The first library on the campus was built with funds from the Carnegie Foundation in 1904 for $12,000, and was named for its benefactor, Andrew Carnegie. In the 1940's it was remodeled at a cost of $70,000 and provided additional book stacks and reading room ...
See also:Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University - History, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University - Historical milestones & events by year, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University - Recent events & modern history, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University - Famous alumni, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University - External link Read more here: » Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University: Encyclopedia II - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University - History |
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| | | | W. C. Handy: Encyclopedia II - 1910s - Events and trends The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginings during the second half of the 19th Century. The conservative lifestyles during the first half of the decade, as well as the legacy of military alliances, would forever be changed by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne, on 28 June 1914. The murder would trigger a chain of events in which, within 30 days, war would break out in Europe, as well as other regions of the world. The long, wide, and protracted conflict ...
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| | | | W. C. Handy: Encyclopedia II - List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - List Entries are listed with the following syntax: "Song Title" by musical artist(s) most associated with song references musicians and/or bands referred to.
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List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - 0-9.
"1/15/96" by The Ataris references The Descendents
"1974" by Robyn Hitchcock references David Crosby, Syd Barrett, and Led Zeppelin. (as well as covertly referencing Da ...
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| | | | W. C. Handy: Encyclopedia II - Nat King Cole - Childhood and Chicago Cole was born Nathaniel Adams Coles in Montgomery, Alabama. The year of his birth has been reported as 1917 and 1915, but according to Daniel Mark Epstein's biography of Cole, the 1920 Census reported Nat as an infant. In addition, the census for Chicago dated April 5, 1930 lists Nat as 11 years old as of his last birthday.
Nat's father was a butcher in Montgomery and a deacon in the Baptist church. His family moved to Chicago, Illinois while he was still a child. There, his father became a minister; Nat's mother Perlina was th ...
See also:Nat King Cole, Nat King Cole - Childhood and Chicago, Nat King Cole - Los Angeles and the King Cole Trio, Nat King Cole - Singing career, Nat King Cole - Samples, Nat King Cole - Notable songs Read more here: » Nat King Cole: Encyclopedia II - Nat King Cole - Childhood and Chicago |
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| | | | W. C. Handy: Encyclopedia II - Blues - Musical impact As the origin of the blues scale, the blues has exerted a profound influence on many styles of music. Many jazz, folk or rock performers, such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan and The Red Hot Chili Peppers, have performed significant blues recordings. The blues scale frequently is found in non-blues musical forms, such as popular songs like Harold Arlen's "Blues in the Night", blues ballads like "Since I Fell for You" and "Please Send Me Someone to Love", and even orchestral works like George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in ...
See also:Blues, Blues - Characteristics, Blues - Origins, Blues - Lyrics, Blues - Musical style, Blues - History, Blues - Origins, Blues - Prewar blues, Blues - Early postwar blues, Blues - Blues in the '60s and '70s, Blues - Blues from the 1980s to the present, Blues - Musical impact, Blues - Social impact, Blues - Notes Read more here: » Blues: Encyclopedia II - Blues - Musical impact |
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| | | | W. C. Handy: Encyclopedia II - Missionary Generation - Prominent Americans The Missionaries had four U.S. Presidents:
1865 Warren G. Harding, 1921-1923 (1923)
1872 Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929 (1933)
1874 Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933 (1964)
1882 Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945 (1945)
They held a plurality in the House of Representatives from 1909 to 1937, a plurality in the Senate from 1917 to 1943, and a majority of the Supreme Court from 1925 to 1943.
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