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"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.
The National Blues Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit museum in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, dedicated to exploring the musical history and impact of the blues.It exists as an entertainment and educational resource focusing on blues music.
VanderCook Cornet School (later VanderCook College of Music) was founded in 1909 by Hale Ascher VanderCook (1864–1949) to train professional musicians, directors and teachers. The year 1909 is given as the founding date of VanderCook College because, in that year, Mr. VanderCook purchased the home, school and studios of his teacher, Alfred F ...
An allegorical figure of music is on The Arts Fountain at the Missouri State Capitol. Music of Missouri has a storied musical history. 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.
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Handy credited Bernard with helping his own career by recording a number of his songs, notably "St. Louis Blues". Bernard recorded the song for nine different record labels, the most successful being what Handy called "the sensational Victor recording in which he sang with the Dixieland Jazz Band " .
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.
Originally concentrating on jazz while at college and later rock music, Johnson met blues playing musicians in Soulard, St. Louis. [4] For most of his performing career, Johnson has also worked in his day job as a billboard labourer. [3] He spent a decade living and working on the Gulf Coast in Texas. Johnson was a first place finalist in the ...