Blues Histogram
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country blues john lomax born (1867) 1870 new orleans memphis chicago soul/r+b/rock+ro piano classic blues east texas blues east texas east coastblues delta blues spirituals/gospel context jazz © CUBEdesign+research illinios central rail expands south from chicago to new orleans thomas edison invents the phonograph 1880 charlie patton born mamie smith born will dockery moves to cleveland, alberta hunter born ms and opens up sawmill ma rainey born blind lemon jefferson born leadbelly born 1890 barrelhouse wc handy hears st. louis blues; + boogie considered earliest example boll weevil moves from mexico into of "jump-up" blues US destroying cotton fields big bill broonzy born sears/roebuck catalog service; affordable instruments accessible bessie smith born hc speir born tommy johnson born ida cox born national gramophone company blind boy fuller born patton family moves to dockery henry sloan heard playing blues introduces phonograph recording farms; memphis minnie born making him one of the first blues musicians anywhere mamie smith performs with dance jazz is a loose regionally collective 1900 c. patton studies under h. sloan company music-unknown outside the south blind willie mctell born son house born; louis armstrong born blind willie johnson born skip james born wc handy hears country blues charles peabody publishes "jump- while waiting for train up" blues that he hears in 1901 pete johnson born tampa red born ma rainey first appears onstage count basie born in minstrel performance meade lux lewis born roosevelt sykes born; little montgomery born alberta hunter moves to chicago; albert ammons born begins performing champion jack dupree born memphis minnie moves to howlin' wolf born mamie smith performs as singer 1910 memphis t-bone walker born tommy johnson learns guitar in apollo theatre robert johnson born ma rainey coaches bessie smith lightnin' hopkins born tommy johnson arrives near at moser stokes company dockery farms; influenced by patton and willie brown leadbelly and blind lemon work muddy waters born; together robert lockwood born alan lomax born wc handy publishes "memphis jazz recording begins with 50,000 blacks arrive in chicago blues" & "st. louis blues"- Original Dixie Land Jass Band blues popularized U.S. enters WWI WWI muddy waters moves to stovall plantation style changes as instrumental solos professor longhair born and standards are introduced; louis memphis minnie plays music on smiley lewis born; dave lightnin' hopkins plays with blind mamie smith-"crazy blues"; over armstrong performs with b. smith 1920 big bill broonzy arrives in chicago memphis streets bartholomew born lemon jefferson as child 1 million copies sold and ma rainey WWI ends pete johnson partners with big alberta hunter moves to nyc and louis armstrongperformswith ma raineyandbessiesmith mechanized tractor introduced; joe turner signs with paramount reducing the need for field labor blues-ragtime guitarist sylvester weaver records; ma rainey records louis armstrong records with king sam philips born with paramount: "cc rider"; alberta oliver's band hunter performs at apollo theatre; tampa red arrives in chicago; meade lux lewis befriends albert blind lemon jefferson records for howlin' wofl arrives at dockery's b. smith records for columbia- partners with georgia tom dorsey b.b. king born ammons and pete johnson Paramount-extremely successful Paramount implements mail-order Okeh Company records papa records over 160 songs until 1933 lightnin' hopkins performs requently blind blake records for Paramount freddie-1st delta recording alberta hunter performs in UK and blind willie johnson records for blind willie mctell records for j. jackson "kansas city blues" europe count basie performs in blues- locates andrecordsseveral roosevelt sykes moves to st. louis; columbia 1st blues million-seller blues talentscouth.c.speir distinguished bluesman based swing band blue devils in travels regularly to chicago columbia; "statesboro blues" race recording tampa red 1st records for Vocalion: t. johnson records for hc speir kansas city + memphis son house befriends r. johnson "it's tight like that" is a hit; chess fats domino born memphis minnie discovered by charlie patton-"pony blues" & "banty classic blues dies; race records family emigrates to chicago roosevelt sykes releases "forty four count basie joins bennie moten's ll columbia records stock market crashes 1930 blues"; meade lux lewis' "honky rooster blues" sells thousands emerge as recording alternaitve band to 1935 memphis minnie arrives in chicago memphis minnie records "bumble little walter born tonk train" released by paramount; 1st recordings by son house field recordings end bee"; successful hit considered great example of howlin' wolf plays with patton bill broonzy records for victor; skip james records for paramount georgia tom transitions to gospel boogie-woogie great depression becomes premiere chicago blues blind boy fuller plays street corners little richard born john lomax discover & record musician pre-war blues leadbelly in prison; t-bone walker performs with chalrie christian little brother montgomery records sonnyboywilliamsonIIrecordhundreds of songs-transitionbluesfromcountryto lomax' moves leadbelly to nyc "vicksburg blues #2" for bluebird; charlie christian popularizes gibson develops first commercial broonzy, memphisminnie,tampared, broonzy, blind boy fuller signs with ARC; electric guitar pickup blues standard boogie-woogie craze electric guitar records over 135 songs until 1940 1st recordings by robert johnson: big bands become popular blues becomes broadcast over "terraplane blues" is a hit albert ammons joins rhythm kings; pushing new orleans-style out regional radio: peck curtis first recordings pete johnson, albert ammons, broonzy plays the spiritual to swing urban setting concert in nyc; represents chicago meade lux lewis play spiritual to spiritual to swing concert in nyc KFFA's "king biscuit time" airs; swing concert; reignites interest in 1940 chess brothers own several blues blind willie mctell records for boogie woogie rice miller & robert lockwood; & jazz venues in chicago dr. john born lomax-'library of congress r. sykes moves to chicago; works t-bone walker records using lomax records muddy waters for with memphis minnie; champion electric guitar; introduces electric library of congress U.S. enters WWII little walter plays street corners jack 1st records guitar in blues WWII dave bartholomew learns trumpet little montgomery moves to big bands become outdated; in military band chicago; plays with otis rush, kc and nyc jazz takes form muddy waters arrives in chicago magic sam 50,000 blacks leave mississippi muddy waters uses electric for the north guitar; defines chicago blues muddy waters 1st recordings for sam philips broadcasts on WREC WWII ends little richard tours on chitlin' circuit columbia; not released until '71; lightnin' hopkins first records little walter arrives smiley lewis' first recordings; leonard and philip chess join dave bartholomew's first recordings aristocrat records howlin' wolf arrives in w.memphis; secures radio position with KWEM; little walter joins m. waters; muddy professor longhair first recordings; b.b. king records "three o'clock makes 1st recording leadbelly travels to paris to build blues"; #1 on r&b charts; howlin' waters records for aristocrat; fats domino "the fat man" #2 on sam philips starts memphis european following 1950 wolf r&b top ten; muddy waters 1st huge success r&b charts recording servie/philips records professor longhair records r&b hit; philips records j.brenston aristocrat becomes chess records "baldhead"; #5 on r&b charts; "rocket 88," top r&b hit considered bill broonzy tours europe and philips forms alliance with chess; smiley lewis befriends dave 1st rock'n'roll album; little richard introduces blues howlin' wolf records for philips bartholomew; bartholomew first records philips forms sun records becomes producer champion jack records 26 songs; howlin' wolf arrives in chicago dr. john works at recording studio; "walking the blues" elvis presley records for sun; befriends prof. longhair muddy water's biggest r&b hit muddy waters releases "i'm your count basie's band records hoochie coochie man" "everyday i have the blues"; #2 on chuck berry records for chess; smiley lewis' records "i hear you r&b charts little richard records "tutti frutti"; knocking"; #5 r&b hit; fats domino major r&b and pop hit; little wlater's major pop star with 'i'm in love "my babe" reaches #1 on r&b chart again" dave bartholomewproducesand orleans r&bhitsincludingthose muddy waters tours england for is responsibleformanytopnew post-war urbanblues 1st time champion jack moves to europe muddy waters plays the newport 1960 folk festival; huge success blues revival by fatsdomino the beatles form and record tampa red records final album; little walter tours europe the rolling stones form and release 1st single; starts blues craze in europe lightnin' hopkins tours europe with skip james rediscovered; plays r. sykes tours europe american folk blues festival newport folk festival howlin' wolf appears on TV show with the rolling stones; little walter howlin' wolf tours europe lightnin' hopkins performs at tours with rolling stones newport folk festival vietnam war dr. john establishes solo career and records debut album professor longhair rediscovered; 1970 chess records sold to GRT plays new orleans jazz festival dr. john records "right place, wrong time"; #9 hit on r&b chart eric clapton joins the yardbirds cream forms; robert johnson's alberta hunter rediscovered in nyc; "crossroads" is a hit signs with columbia led zeppelin forms; release first album 1980 1990 champion jack returns to US champion jack plays blues festival in chicago 2000.