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Jimmy Blythe's recording of "Chicago Stomps" from April 1924 is sometimes called the first complete boogie-woogie piano solo record. The first boogie-woogie hit was "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" by Pinetop Smith, recorded in 1928 and first released in 1929. Smith's record was the first boogie-woogie recording to be a commercial hit, and helped ...
Huey "Piano" Smith (1934–2023), "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", also accompanist on Frankie Ford's "Sea Cruise" Pinetop Smith (1904–1929), "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" in 1929 was the first boogie-woogie hit and popularized the name for the style; Charlie Spand (1893–after 1958)
Gene Taylor (July 2, 1952 – February 20, 2021) was an American pianist best known for his boogie woogie style. Over a career spanning more than 50 years he accompanied many musicians, produced several solo albums and was briefly part of Canned Heat.
Kermit Holden "Pete" Johnson (March 25, 1904 – March 23, 1967) [1] [2] was an American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist.. Tony Russell stated in his book The Blues – From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray that "Johnson shared with the other members of the 'Boogie Woogie Trio' the technical virtuosity and melodic fertility that can make this the most exciting of all piano music styles, but he was ...
From 2007 to 2011, Migliazza produced an annual dueling boogie woogie piano event in Tucson, called The Booginator with Eric-Jan Overbeek (aka Mr. Boogie Woogie). [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] In 2011, Migliazza teamed up with former Chuck Berry piano player Bob Baldori , to perform Baldori's original stage play about the history of Boogie Woogie music ...
Jan Preston is a pianist, composer and songwriter, known as Australasia's Queen of Boogie Piano due to her mastery of the 1930s boogie-woogie piano style. Originally classically trained, [1] [2] she has released over ten solo albums, often featuring her boogie-woogie piano playing.
His mother was an avid singer of spirituals, and a next-door neighbor, Lucy Jackson, helped Jones learn to tap out boogie-woogie on the keyboard. Michael Jackson holds his eight awards as he poses ...
His publications include Boogie Woogie: Piano Solo, a book of twelve of his compositions transcribed. [ 3 ] A railfan since early childhood, he published photographs of steam locomotives in The Magic of Trains [ 4 ] and established a non-profit group with the German Foundation for the Protection of Historical Monuments which works for the ...