Blues musicians are musical artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording blues music. She was billed, alternately, as "The Texas Moaner" and "The Texas Nightingale". Listen to music by F. Born on a plantation, Johnson grew up in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, and learned to play guitar from one of his brothers. Dixon moved with his family to Los Angeles as a child. —died November 2, 1966, Grenada, Mississippi), American country-blues singer and guitarist who first recorded in the late 1920s but whose greatest fame and influence came when he was rediscovered in the early 1960s at the height of the American folk music revival. Her parents, Thomas and Ella (Allen) Pridgett, were minstrel performers. He is a singer-songwriter and produces records as well as documentaries. J. Married. Anger/Hostility. Frederick Palmer Alabama, United States. Signature. Philip John Fleck Jr. 1633, London, England), British composer and lutenist, who wrote music for a number of plays, including several by William Shakespeare, and was considered one of England’s leading lutenists. —died July 10, 1987, New York), American record producer, promoter, talent scout, and music critic who discovered and promoted several major figures of popular music, from Count Basie and Billie Holiday in the 1930s to Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen during the rock era. Clark to form his W. "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer. 1. His landmark recordings completed between 1927 and 1930—thirty songs in total—display a combination of powerful "chest voice" singing, slide guitar skills, and originality that has influenced generations of musicians. There James formed a girl doo-wop trio called the Creolettes,Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1894 or 1895. 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Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. R. After working on a factory assembly line, she began performing spoken word. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. King, Sam Cooke and Mahalia Jackson. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. $22. King, whose world-weary voice and wailing guitar lifted him from the cotton fields of Mississippi to a global stage and the apex of American blues, died on Thursday at his home. [6] He has had long tours of Europe and the United States, such as the "Unique and Intimate Tour" in 2009/10 which included a set at the Bayfront Festival in. Andrea Bocelli is one of the most famous male opera singers alive today and one of the most recognized blind singers globally. I was a Semi-Finalist on "The Voice Kids" in 2018. 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Barbara Lynn (born Barbara Lynn Ozen, later Barbara Lynn Cumby, January 16, 1942) is an American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. F. Wilson was one of the most distinctively dynamic soul performers of the 1960s. First published in 1987, this songbook contains words and music to all of Kate's original songs recorded on her first seven albums. S. Born and raised in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Mayer attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but he left and moved to Atlanta in 1997 with Clay Cook. Blues Book of the Year from Living Blues. South. [2] 14,242 Ride with Me (Reloaded) [feat. . The first blues songs were called Delta blues. Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer and guitarist. Sir Roderick David Stewart CBE (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter. 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James Baxter Long Sr. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens died in a plane crash just eight months into his music career. He rose to prominence following his guest feature alongside Shy Glizzy on GoldLink's 2016 single "Crew". Singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani first gained popularity in the 1990s as the lead singer of No Doubt. With global sales of over 75 million records, Franklin is one of the world's best-selling music artists. Nicholas Edward Cave AO FRSL (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, writer and actor. January 11, 2023. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. Gender: Female. [14] However, AllMusic separates it from jump blues because of R&B's stronger gospel influences. Her follow-up, Stand for Myself (2021), received similar. After college she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she began her recording career in hip hop music. Birth Country: United States. 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It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer. Jalacy J. 1903–1949. The Muddy Waters Blues Band was recording as an entity by 1951, the epitome of the hard-edged, driving electric Blues band of Chicago, a cornerstone of what we call rock music today. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. Zeitgeist. ), American pop singer who achieved wide and enduring popularity as an angelic-voiced crooner of romantic ballads. Jackie Venson is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Austin, Texas. Etta James was a gospel prodigy. With a career spanning 40 years, Jackson was integral to the development and spread of gospel blues in black churches throughout the. Her musical. B. Lonnie Johnson. P. 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Franz Liszt, Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without. Mathis grew up in a large working-class family in San. com. He was perhaps best known for his affecting rendition of the Erroll Garner composition “ Misty” (1959). She made her debut with the Bunch of Blackberries revue at the Springer Opera House in Columbus. James Brown. P. So here it is, a celebration of the 100 greatest blues singers, from the founders of the genre to the 60s blue-rock revolution, right up to the new voices keeping the scene alive…. Jones began her career as a songwriter, signed to Artist Publishing Group, and has written for Wiz Khalifa, Usher, Chris Brown, Charlie Puth and Fantasia Barrino. P. 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Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter who achieved worldwide fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen. Jack Owens (November 17, 1904 – February 9, 1997) was an American blues singer and guitarist, from Bentonia, Mississippi. (My own band‘s bio starts “With three voices, 55 strings and a pair of cow bones, The Canal Street String Band puts a brand-new shine on some seriously fun old American music. In a career spanning more than six decades, she recorded over 30 albums. Jones began her career as a songwriter, signed to Artist Publishing Group, and has written for. Street Life. College FB Recruiting Show. He is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band U2. He is an independent artist, noted for his wide vocal range, work across multiple genres, and intense live performances. S. It deemphasizes melody and chord progressions and focuses on a strong rhythmic. 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She was billed, alternately, as "The Texas Moaner" and "The Texas Nightingale". She rose to fame in 2007 after winning the sixth season of American Idol at age 17, becoming the youngest winner in the series' history. The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Known for his baritone voice and for fronting the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Cave's music is characterised by emotional intensity, a wide variety of influences and lyrical obsessions with death, religion, love and violence. Together, they formed a short-lived two-man band called Lo-Fi Masters. Since February 2023, the band. They were founded by brothers Malcolm Young (rhythm guitar) and Angus Young (lead guitar). She has received ten Grammy Award nominations, and won a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Children's and Family Emmy Award. Alecia Beth Moore Hart (née Moore; born September 8, 1979), known professionally as Pink (stylized as P!nk), is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She has received four Grammy Award nominations and, as of 2021, has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Kramer, is an English pop singer. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 120 million records worldwide. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple. Bessie and her brother Andrew made money for the family working as street performers. Her debut studio album Walk Through Fire (2019) received critical acclaim and earned her four Grammy Award nominations, including Best New Artist. Ethnomusicologist Gerhard Kubik traces the. Soars, is an American blues singer, guitarist, songwriter and record producer. Her notable songs included ‘Baby Love’ and ‘Stop! 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Jeff Beck, the blues-rock innovator and two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who revolutionized how the guitar is played. Born May 18, 1975, Jack Johnson grew up on the north shore of the island of Oahu in Hawaii. In the United States, the category is built on the folk - acoustic tradition with a guitar, [1] although this role has transmuted through different eras of popular music. Michael Jackson (born August 29, 1958, Gary, Indiana, U. Born Gertrude Pridgett, Ma Rainey (April 26, 1886 - December 22, 1939) was one of the first blues singers to record music. carolynwonderland . Last modified on Fri 3 Jun 2022 15. His blues recordings are classics, and in his award-winning memoir, The Land Where the Blues Began, he not only chronicled the history of the blues as seen through his field experiences, but also. Biography of a Phantom publishes his compelling work for the first time, including 40 unseen black-and-white photographs documenting his search. 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Huddie William Ledbetter ( / ˈhjuːdi /; January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949), [1] better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the folk standards he introduced, including his renditions of "In the Pines. Her mother. Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. 1990s–present. This was followed by her debut extended play of the same name, released later that year. From 1949 to 1955 her recordings were consistently among the. His catalog of classics includes ‘Georgia on My Mind’ and ‘Unchain My Heart. In the early 1920s, she toured the Theater Owners Booking Association circuit. Birth City: Chattanooga. Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson (September 24, 1893 – December 19, 1929) was an American blues and gospel singer-songwriter and musician. 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Charles Brown, American blues singer of the late 1940s and early 1950s who was best known for his melodic ballads. She recorded a total of 35 songs. A strong, independent woman and a powerful vocalist who could sing in both jazz and blues styles, Smith was the most commercially successful of the era's singers. Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Angel Eyes" and reached the Top 10 in Canada with the songs "I Think I Love You Too Much" and "How Long Can a Man Be. His high voice, shouting style, and advanced guitar technique, as well as his lyrics and themes, became staples of the blues. J. , when he first heard Rush’s music coming through the windows of his neighbor’s house. The discography of British-American band Fleetwood Mac consists of 18 studio albums, 10 live albums, 23 compilation albums, one extended play and 62 singles. Very. Jordin Sparks Thomas (née Sparks; born December 22, 1989) is an American singer and actress. 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Tony Joe White (July 23, 1943 – October 24, 2018), nicknamed the Swamp Fox, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but which was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970. Dubbed the "Mother of the Blues", she bridged earlier vaudeville and the authentic expression of southern blues, influencing a generation of blues singers. She has won numerous accolades, including two American Music Awards, an iHeartRadio Music Awards, nine Latin American Music. At age 15, in 2003, Jessica competed on the British TV show Britain's Brilliant.