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Pages in category "St. Louis blues musicians" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Tommy Bankhead;
Blind Blues Darby: 1906 1975 Kentucky St. Louis blues [29] Reverend Gary Davis: 1896 1972 South Carolina Piedmont blues [30] Walter Davis: 1911* 1963 Mississippi St. Louis blues [31] Tom Delaney: 1889 1963 South Carolina Urban blues [32] Georgia Tom Dorsey: 1899 1993 Georgia Urban blues [33] Little Buddy Doyle: 1911* 1960* Tennessee Memphis ...
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Missouri has had major developments in several popular music genres and has been the birthplace or career origin of many musicians. St. Louis was an important venue for early blues, jazz, country, and bluegrass. Kansas City has had famous performers such as Charlie Parker, Count Basie (New Jersey), Lester Young, and the distinct style of Kansas ...
Bennie Smith (October 5, 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri – September 10, 2006 in St. Louis, Missouri) was an American, St. Louis blues guitarist, considered to be one of the city's patriarchs of electric blues. [1] His sound was emblematic of a St. Louis blues music that he helped define in over half a century practicing his trade.
Max C. Starkloff (1858–1942), St. Louis Health Commissioner who introduced social distancing during the 1918 flu pandemic; Paul Stastny (born 1985), hockey player for St. Louis Blues; Yan Stastny (born 1982), hockey player for St. Louis Blues; Harry Steinfeldt (1877–1914), Major League Baseball player [9] Edward Steinhardt (born 1961), poet ...
In 1925, Johnson entered and won a blues contest at the Booker T. Washington Theatre in St. Louis, the prize being a recording contract with Okeh Records. [10] Between 1925 and 1932 he made about 130 recordings for Okeh, many of which sold well (making him one of the most popular OKeh artists).
"The Saint Louis Blues" (or "St. Louis Blues") is a popular American song composed by W. C. Handy in the blues style and published in September 1914. It was one of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song and remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians' repertoire.