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The cover of race records catalogue of Victor Talking Machine Company. Race records is a term for 78-rpm phonograph records marketed to African Americans between the 1920s and 1940s. [1] They primarily contained race music, comprising various African-American musical genres, blues, jazz, and gospel music, rhythm and blues and also comedy. These ...
The Kansas City Blues were a minor league baseball team located in Kansas City, Missouri, in the Midwestern United States. The team was one of the eight founding members of the American Association. [1] The Blues did not field particularly competitive teams until 1918, when they won the AA pennant. The team won again in 1923, and again in 1929.
In June 1949, at his suggestion, the magazine changed the name of the Race Records chart to Rhythm & Blues Records. Wexler wrote, "' Race' was a common term then, a self-referral used by blacks... On the other hand, 'Race Records' didn't sit well... I came up with a handle I thought suited the music well–'rhythm and blues'... [It was] a label ...
[3] [9] After the band's demise Schnebelen became a solo artist, and released the second of two live albums in December 2016, Live in Kansas City. [8] The first of them, Live At Knuckleheads, Vol. 1, was issued in June 2016, and credited to the Nick Schnebelen Band. On the recording and subsequent promotional tour, Schnebelen shared lead vocal ...
Danielle Nicole (born Danielle Nicole Schnebelen) is an American blues/soul musician from Kansas City, Missouri, United States.Her self-titled solo debut EP was released March 10, 2015, on Concord Records.
Meritt Records was an American jazz and blues record company and label that existed from 1925 to 1929. It was founded in Kansas City by Winston Holmes, the owner of a music store. Records were made in his studio and sold only in his store. [1] Holmes produced about 20 double-sided acoustically recorded phonograph records in the mid
Paramount's race record series was launched in 1922 with vaudeville blues songs by Lucille Hegamin and Alberta Hunter. [5] The company had a large mail-order operation which was a key to its early success. [2] Most of Paramount's race music recordings were arranged by black entrepreneur J. Mayo Williams. "Ink" Williams, as he was known, had no ...
Goin' to Kansas City Blues is an album by vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon with pianist Jay McShann and His Band that was recorded in 1957 and released by the RCA Victor label. [ 1 ] Reception