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  2. Harlem Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    For musicians, Harlem, New York's cabarets and nightclubs shined a light on black performers and allowed for black residents to enjoy music and dancing. However, some of the most popular clubs (that showcased black musicians) were exclusively for white audiences; one of the most famous white-only nightclubs in Harlem was the Cotton Club , where ...

  3. Lawrence Gellert - Wikipedia

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    Lawrence Gellert (1898-1979?), was a music collector, who in the 1920s and 1930s amassed a significant collection of field-recorded African-American blues and spirituals and also claimed to have documented black protest traditions in the South of the United States.

  4. Jazz Age - Wikipedia

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    It was not until the 1930s and 1940s that many women jazz singers, such as Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday, were recognized as successful artists in the music world. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] Another famous female vocalist who attained stardom at the tail-end of the Jazz Age was Ella Fitzgerald, one of the more popular female jazz singers in the United ...

  5. Black Vaudeville - Wikipedia

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    Spanning the years between the 1880s and early 1930s, these acts not only brought elements and influences unique to American black culture directly to African Americans but ultimately spread them beyond to both white American society and Europe. [1] Vaudeville had what were known as "circuits", venues that booked touring entertainers.

  6. African-American music - Wikipedia

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    According to The Political economy of Black Music By Norman Kelley, "Black music exists in a neo-colonial relationship with the $12 billion music industry, which consist of six record companies." African-American entrepreneurs embraced record stores as key vehicles for economic empowerment and critical public spaces for black consumers at a ...

  7. Black singers from the 1950s: Influence, legacy, and cultural ...

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    Famous for his trademark dark sunglasses, skillful piano playing, and resonant voice, Ray Charles (1930-2004) is still considered one of the most influential American artists of all time.

  8. Race record - Wikipedia

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    The control of white owned music companies was tested in the 1920s, when Black Swan Records was founded in 1921 by the African American businessman Harry Pace. Black Swan was formed to integrate the black community into a primarily white music industry, issuing around five hundred race records per year. [6]

  9. The influence of Black culture on fashion - AOL

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    From bold-colored scarves to the zoot suit in Harlem to the mass popularity of bold acrylic nails, Black culture in […]