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Preface...... xiii Introduction...... xv
1880 – 1899 INTRODUCTION 1891 Profile: Joshua Hamilton, Barbershop Quartet Member ...... 3 Life at Home ...... 3 Life at Work ...... 5 Life in the Community: Cincinnati, Ohio ...... 7
1898 Profile: Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Child Prodigy Composer ...... 13 Life at Home ...... 13 Life at Work ...... 16 Life in the Community: Boston, Massachusetts ...... 18
Recorded Popular Songs: 1898 ...... 23
1899 Profile: Albert Gustoff, Clarinetist in John Philip Sousa’s Marching Band ..25 Life at Home ...... 25 Life at Work ...... 26 Life in the Community: St. Louis, Missouri ...... 28
Development of the Clarinet...... 32
John Philip Sousa Quotations ...... 33
1899 News Feature: The Vaudeville Theater ...... 35
1900 – 1909 INTRODUCTION 1903 Profile: Floyd Morioka, Methodist Choirmaster...... 41 Life at Home ...... 41 Life at Work ...... 43 Life in the Community: Spokane, Washington ...... 45
1905 Profile: Monty Mandell, Journeyman Piano Player ...... 53 Life at Home ...... 53 Life at Work ...... 54 Life in the Community: New Orleans, Louisiana ...... 56
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Recorded Popular Songs: 1905 ...... 63
1909 Profile: Arthur Farwell, Composed Native American Music ...... 65 Life at Home ...... 65 Life at Work ...... 67 Life in the Community: St. Paul Minnesota ...... 70
1909 News Feature: The World’s Music after Five Decades ...... 77
1910 – 1919 INTRODUCTION 1913 Profile: Sarah Washington, African-American Spiritual Singer ...... 83 Life at Home ...... 83 Life at Work ...... 85 Life in the Community: Denmark, South Carolina ...... 87
Booker T. Washington Quotations...... 92
1916 Profile: Geraldine Farrar, New York Metropolitan Opera Singer ...... 95 Life at Home ...... 95 Life at Work ...... 97 Life in the Community: New York, New York ...... 98
1918 Profile: Alonzo “Zo” Elliott, Wrote Famous WWI Song ...... 107 Life at Home ...... 107 Life at Work ...... 109 Life in the Community: New York, New York ...... 110
Recorded Popular Songs from WWI Era: 1914-1918 ...... 115
1919 News Feature: With the Allies on the Rhine ...... 119
1920 – 1929 INTRODUCTION 1925 Profile: Leo Kunstadt, Successfully Marketed Victrola Phonographs .....125 Life at Home ...... 125 Life at Work ...... 127 Life in the Community: Chicago, Illinois ...... 129
Timeline of the Victor Phonograph Company ...... 136
1927 Profile: Florence Mills, Jazz Singer & Dancer ...... 139 Life at Home ...... 139 Life at Work ...... 141 Life in the Community: Harlem, New York ...... 143
1928 News Feature: The Debut of Yehudi Menuhin, The Musical Event of the Month ...... 153
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1929 Profile: Dock Boggs, Banjo-Picker & Singer ...... 155 Life at Home ...... 155 Life at Work ...... 157 Life in the Community: Norton, Virginia ...... 159
1930 – 1939 INTRODUCTION 1931 News Feature: The Art of Singing for the Radio...... 171
1934 Profile: Russ Columbo, “Romeo of Song” ...... 173 Life at Home ...... 173 Life at Work ...... 175 Life in the Community: Camden, New Jersey ...... 177
1936 Profile: Mark Strahorn, Fiddler with the Empty Road Band ...... 185 Life at Home ...... 185 Life at Work ...... 187 Life in the Community: Winston-Salem, North Carolina...... 190
1939 Profile: Mary Lou Williams, Pianist, Arranger & Musical Inspiration...... 199 Life at Home ...... 199 Life at Work ...... 201 Life in the Community: Kansas City, Missouri ...... 202
Recorded Popular Songs: 1939 ...... 208
1940 – 1949 INTRODUCTION 1942 Profile: Charlie Christian, Perfected the Single-String Technique on Guitar ...... 213 Life at Home ...... 213 Life at Work ...... 215 Life in the Community: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ...... 216
1945 Profile: Helen Elizabeth Jones, Trombonist in the All-Girl Traveling Band ...... 223 Life at Home ...... 223 Life at Work ...... 225 Wartime Entertainers in America ...... 227
1945 News Feature: The Music of the North American Indians...... 233
1949 Profile: Martin Block, Radio Broadcaster Turned Popular Disc Jockey..... 235 Life at Home ...... 235 Life at Work ...... 237 Life in the Community: New York, New York...... 239
Recorded Popular Songs: 1949 ...... 245
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1950 – 1959 INTRODUCTION 1951 News Feature: The Grass Roots of Opera in America ...... 249
1957 Profile: Carol Lawrence, Maria in West Side Story...... 251 Life at Home ...... 251 Life at Work ...... 253 Life in the Community: New York, New York ...... 254
1958 Profile: Gil Evans, Jazz Arranger ...... 261 Life at Home ...... 261 Life at Work ...... 263 Life in the Community: New York, New York ...... 265
1959 Profile: Johnny Bragg, Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneer ...... 271 Life at Home ...... 271 Life at Work ...... 273 Life in the Community: Dallas, Texas ...... 275
Recorded Popular Songs: 1950s...... 280
Music Trivia...... 282
1960 – 1969 INTRODUCTION 1964 Profile: Estelle Stewart Axton, Premier Record Producer for Black Artists ...... 287 Life at Home ...... 287 Life at Work ...... 289 Life in the Community: Memphis, Tennessee ...... 292
1966 Profile: Artist Reid Miles, Created Hip Look for Blue Note Records...... 299 Life at Home ...... 299 Life at Work ...... 300 Life in the Community: New York, New York...... 301
The History of Blue Note Records...... 304
Music Trivia...... 307
1968 Profile: Marshall Borowitz, Started Teenage Band “One Night Stand” at 16 ...... 309 Life at Home ...... 309 Life at Work ...... 311 Life in the Community: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina...... 313
Billboard’s Top Songs: 1968 ...... 318
1968 News Feature: Jefferson Airplane, After Bathing at Baxter’s ...... 321
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1970 – 1979 INTRODUCTION 1972 Profile: Melissa Goldberg, Grateful Dead Deadhead ...... 327 Life at Home ...... 327 Life on the Road ...... 329 Life in the Community: San Francisco, California...... 331
1973 News Feature: The Sherrill Sound ...... 343
1976 Profile: Danny Goldberg, Writer Billboard Magazine, Promoter...... 345 Life at Home ...... 345 Life at Work ...... 347 Life in the Community: Los Angeles, California...... 350
1979 Profile: Eduardo “Lalo” Guerrero, “Father of Chicano Music”...... 359 Life at Home ...... 359 Life at Work ...... 360 Life in the Community: East Los Angeles, California...... 362
Musical Events of 1979...... 366
1980 – 1989 INTRODUCTION 1981 News Feature: Purveying Hard-Core Funk...... 377
1982 Profile: Brad Lawson, Sound Assistant for Austin City Limits TV Show ...... 379 Life at Home ...... 379 Life at Work ...... 382 Life in the Community: Austin, Texas ...... 383
1983 Profile: George Clinton, “The Prince of Funk” ...... 391 Life at Home ...... 391 Life at Work ...... 393 Life in the Community: Detroit, Michigan ...... 394
1985 Profile: Carleen Cahill, Classical Music Singer ...... 401 Life at Home ...... 401 Life at Work ...... 403 Life in the Community: Hillsdale, New York ...... 404
Top Singles: 1985...... 409
1990 – 1999 INTRODUCTION 1993 Profile: Anwar X. Holliday, Music Promoter ...... 417 Life at Home ...... 417 Life at Work ...... 419 Life in the Community: Queens, New York...... 421
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1995 Profile: Jim “Soni” Sonefeld, Hootie & the Blowfish Member...... 429 Life at Home ...... 429 Life at Work ...... 431 Life in the Community: Columbia, South Carolina...... 432
1996 News Feature: New Music...... 439
1995 Profile: Zachary Alexander, French Hornist ...... 441 Life at Home ...... 441 Life at Work ...... 442 Life in the Community: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ...... 432
Top Songs: 1998 ...... 449
2000 – 2011 INTRODUCTION 2006 Profile: William Bartlett Barret IV, Music Copyright Lawyer...... 457 Life at Home ...... 457 Life at Work ...... 459 Life in the Community: Yuma, Arizona ...... 460
2007 Profile: Ryland Edwards, Jazz Saxophonist & Recording Engineer ...... 469 Life at Home ...... 469 Life at School and Work ...... 472 Life in the Community: New York, New York...... 472
2011 Profile: Wayne C. Henderson, Master Guitar Builder ...... 479 Life at Home ...... 479 Life at Work ...... 481 Life in the Community: Rugby, Virginia...... 482
2011 News Feature: Me and Brian McGee, Leaving His Roots Behind ...... 489
Sources...... 491 Index ...... 493
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