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DeFord Bailey (December 14, 1899 – July 2, 1982) [4] was an American old-time musician and songwriter considered to be the first African American country music star. He started his career in the 1920s and was one of the first performers to be introduced on Nashville radio station WSM's Grand Ole Opry, [5] and becoming, alongside Uncle Dave Macon, one of the program's most famous performers.
6 Country music. 7 Irish music. 8 Jazz. 9 Classical music. 10 Tango. ... Johnny Puleo's Harmonica Gang; King's College Harmonica Band; ... (Old Crow Medicine Show ...
They continued performing and recording under this name until 1952, playing country, hillbilly music, gospel, and pop songs. They were the backing group on Montana's platinum hit "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart". Group members included Jack Taylor on bass, Chick Hurt on mandolin, and Alan Crocket and, later, Tex Atchison on fiddle.
Charlie McCoy (born Charles Ray McCoy, March 28, 1941) is an American harmonica virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist in country music.He is best known for his harmonica solos on iconic recordings such as "Candy Man" (Roy Orbison), "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (George Jones), "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (Barbara Mandrell), and others.
The title track, a duet with Brooks, became LeDoux's first and only top-10 country single, reaching number seven in 1992. [3] In concert, he ended the song by saying, "Thanks, Garth!" For the 35th annual Grammy Awards in 1992, the single track "Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy" was nominated for Best Country Vocal Collaboration. [7]
Blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter, a pioneer of jazz guitar and jazz violin, recognized as the first to play an electrically amplified violin. [67] Robert Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938). Delta blues singer, songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. Despite his short life and limited recordings, he is ...
Memorial tablet to Larry Adler, Golders Green Crematorium. Lawrence Cecil Adler (February 10, 1914 [1] – August 6, 2001) was an American harmonica player and film composer. . Known for playing major works, he played compositions by George Gershwin, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Darius Milhaud and Arthur Benja
James Edward "Snooky" Pryor (September 15, 1919 [1] or 1921 [2] – October 18, 2006) was an American Chicago blues harmonica player. [3] [4] He claimed to have pioneered the now-common method of playing amplified harmonica by cupping a small microphone in his hands along with the harmonica, although on his earliest records, in the late 1940s, he did not use this method.