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  2. Music of Detroit - Wikipedia

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    The genesis of blues music in Detroit occurred as a result of the first wave of the Great Migration of African Americans from the Deep South.In the 1920s, Detroit was home to a number of pianists who performed in the clubs of Black Bottom and played in the boogie-woogie style, such as Speckled Red, Charlie Spand, William Ezell, and most prominently, Big Maceo Merriweather.

  3. Honorific nicknames in popular music - Wikipedia

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    The Emo Trinity My Chemical Romance: United States [493] Fall Out Boy: Panic! at the Disco: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost Buddy Holly: United States [494] Richie Valens: The Big Bopper: The Five Mighty Pop Divas of the Sixties Aretha Franklin: United States [495] Martha Reeves: Diana Ross: Dusty Springfield: United Kingdom Dionne ...

  4. Hip-hop culture - Wikipedia

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    Rapper Ice-T. With the commercial success of gangsta rap in the early 1990s, the emphasis in lyrics shifted to drugs, violence, and misogyny.Early proponents of gangsta rap included groups and artists such as Ice-T, who recorded what some consider to be the first gangsta rap single, "6 in the Mornin'", [68] and N.W.A whose second album Niggaz4Life became the first gangsta rap album to enter ...

  5. Hip-hop - Wikipedia

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    He dubbed his dancers "break-boys" and "break-girls", or simply "b-boys" and "b-girls". According to Herc, "breaking" was also street slang for "getting excited" and "acting energetically". [69] 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the Bronx, a venue used by Kool Herc that is often considered the birthplace of hip-hop on August 11, 1973 [58] [70]

  6. List of people from Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Ken Berry, actor, F Troop, Mayberry, R.F.D., Mama's Family; Marcheline Bertrand, actress, mother of Angelina Jolie; Dick Bertell, catcher for Cubs 1960–67; Jay Berwanger, football star for University of Chicago, first winner of Heisman Trophy (born in Iowa) Michael Beschloss, historian and author

  7. Lake Stevens, Washington - Wikipedia

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    The area around the lake was used for berry gathering by the indigenous Skykomish, who also used most of the Pilchuck River basin for hunting. [5] The first homesteads around the lake were established by emigrants in the 1880s, beginning with Joseph William Davison's 160-acre (0.65 km 2 ) claim along the east shore filed in 1886. [ 6 ]

  8. List of 2021 albums (January–June) - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in the first half of 2021.These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.

  9. I'm on Fire - Wikipedia

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    "I'm on Fire" – 2:36 "Johnny Bye Bye" (Springsteen, Chuck Berry) – 1:50 The B-side of the single, "Johnny Bye Bye" - Just before he was sentenced to three years for violating the Mann Act in 1962, Chuck Berry wrote "Bye Bye Johnny", a sequel to "Johnny B. Goode", where a mother sent her musician son off to Hollywood to be a star.