Celebrating Black History Month We Could Have Had a Show that Lasted for Years... / Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin; check out the links at your leisure
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Originally on the 'Axis: Bold As Love' LP, Jan 1968 // Between 1957 and 1961 Hendrix earned a local reputation for frequently showing up at "The Spanish Castle Ballroom" with his guitar and amp, and asking if he could sit in and play along. He attempted this with the Wailers, the Dave Lewis Combo, The Dynamics, and other local bands.... See LINK above/ left for the full story.
Based in Lake Charles, Louisiana, they became the house band at the Moulin Rouge Club / It's been speculated that the distintive rhythm of this was a direct influence on the development of Ska in Jamaica.
* - Hall was sometimes nicknamed "Bloody Mary", after her signature role in the Broadway cast of "South Pacific", for which she became the first African American to win a Tony Award (1950). / Click on Link above/ left, to view the original album
[Performance *:] • BED • (From Youtube *, c. 2021 - 2022)
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* - Florence Price is remembered as the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer and to have a work performed by a major orchestra. / * - Click on Link above/ left, to view this performance
Recorded May 10, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois / Critic Thomas Ward called this recording "one of the most astonishing accomplishments in all of twentieth century music." // Click on the Link above, to view the original shellac record
PERSONNEL besides Domino: Earl Palmer - drummer / Frank Fields - bass/ Ernest McLean - guitarist / See LINK above/ left to view the original shellac record // Recorded in New Orleans, LA, December 10, 1949.
Hibbert claimed in a BBC "Radio 6 Music" interview, that he took the word from a slang term for a person who is a bit scruffy or not well kept. / Click on Link above, left, to view the original single.
* - Taken from a February 1950 performance at St. Nicholas Arena; recording was made on non-professional equipment by Jimmy Knepper, a fan of Parker. As with his recording released as 'Bird on 52nd St.', Knepper focused mainly on recording Parker's solos to conserve audiotape. 'Jazz Workshop' was Charles Mingus' label. / Click the Link above, left, to view the original single
Time:
5:38
Artist:
Jackie Brenston [Billed as 'Jackie Brenston And His Delta Cats' *]
Song:
Rocket 88 [Spelled as 'Rocket "88" ' on the single]
* - Brenston was the saxophone player in the combo 'Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm', who actually recorded this. It was billed as "Jackie Brenston" by Chess, because Brenston was the lead singer on this. AS you can IMAGINE, Ike Turner was NOT pleased with this billing - LsA // Often cited as one of the very 1st "Rock N' Roll" recordings; Click on Link above, left, to view the original 10" record, and also scroll down to the Comments, under "joehilllouis wrote: What was the First Rock 'n ' Roll Record?" for the story behind this recording
Time:
5:41
Artist:
The Isley Brothers [Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr., Ronald Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper]
* - Also starring: Jayne Mansfield {in the title role}, Tom Ewell, and music acts Julie London, Gene Vincent, The Platters, Abbey Lincoln, The Chuckles, Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino, Ray Anthony and The Treniers
PERSONNEL: Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone / Don Cherry – cornet / Charlie Haden – bass / Billy Higgins – drums; AllMusic called it one of the 20 essential "Free jazz" albums. // Click the Link above, left, to view the original album
* - Although credited as an original song, co-written by Otis and his manager, it sounded a whole lot like Irma Thomas's "Ruler of My Heart", which was released shortly before this, in May 1963
Time:
6:09
Artist:
Marvin Gaye [Marvin Gaye, Al Cleveland, Renaldo "Obie" Benson]
Song:
What's Going On [#4 on the 'Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs Of all Time']
In 2005, the Library of Congress added it to the 'National Recording Registry'. In 2020, the album was ranked number 176 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest albums of All Time".
* -Although Alexander wrote this song, and Steve Alaimo had a hit with it in 1962 _and_ many other artists {Dusty Springfield, The McCoys, The Gentrys} recorded it afterwards, very oddly Alexander did not record his own version until 1975, a decent-sized hit for him. Click on the Link above, to view all 52 versions of this song.
