Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Delta blues [100] Bessie Smith: 1894 1937 Tennessee Classic female blues [101] Clara Smith: 1894* 1935 South Carolina Classic female blues [102] J. T. "Funny Papa" Smith: 1885* 1940* U.S. Country blues [103] Mamie Smith: 1883 1946 Ohio Vaudeville blues [45] Pinetop Sparks: 1910 1935 Mississippi Boogie woogie [104] Speckled Red: 1892 1973 ...
The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum operated by the Blues Foundation at 421 S. Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame" was not a physical building, but a listing of people who have significantly contributed to blues music. Started in 1980, it honors people who have performed, recorded, or documented blues.
Pages in category "American blues singer-songwriters" ... Byther Smith; Preston Smith (musician) ... Stevie Ray Vaughan; Adia Victoria; Eric Von Schmidt; W.
Guitarist Buddy Guy performing at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2006. Chicago blues is a form of blues music developed in Chicago, Illinois, in the 1950s, in which the basic instrumentation of Delta blues—acoustic guitar and harmonica—is augmented with electric guitar, amplified bass guitar, drums, piano, harmonica played with a microphone and an amplifier, and sometimes saxophone.
J. T. Smith – (c. 1890 – c. 1940), variously known as the Howling Wolf, "Funny Paper" Smith, "Funny Papa" Smith, and Howling Smith, was a blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. [93] [94] He released around ten singles in his own name or variants thereof, and recorded with Bernice Edwards, Black Boy Shine, Magnolia Harris, and Dessa Foster ...
Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the " Empress of the Blues ", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s.
Maurice John Vaughn (born May 10, 1952) [1] is an American blues musician from Chicago, Illinois, United States. [2] He is a guitarist, saxophonist, keyboardist and singer. [ 1 ]
The rhythm and blues singer LaVern Baker released a version of the song in 1955 as the "A" side of a release on Atlantic Records. Jerry Lee Lewis recorded an unreleased solo version at Sun Studios in 1956 or 1957 and again in 1989 on the Great Balls of Fire soundtrack album. A version by Sam Cooke appeared on his debut LP Sam Cooke (1958) [8]