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Handy's- Mr. Crump was published on paper, one of the first documented blues songs.
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Blues are becoming more popularized and commercialized.
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One of the most influential events in blues history because it reflected the blues style and later popularized it.
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Electric recording technology starts being used.
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Blind Lemon Jefferson is recorded and will become a star of folk blues.
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Will later be used to transform blues sound.
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Big Band era faded allowing for the emergence of jump blues, the more upbeat counterpart.
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Increased opportunities for african-americans and increased migration of african-americans to the north help the spread of blues music.
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T-Bone Walker helps popularize the electric guitar which will soon change the blues music industry.
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An editor at Billboard magazine substitutes the term "rhythm and blues" for the older "race" records.
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B.B. King releases his first major hit "Three O'Clock Blues"
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Elvis Presley makes his recording debut on Sun Records.
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Blues rock emerges as a direct result of Delta and Chicago blues.
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Texas electric blues begin to flourisha nd continue until the early 1970s
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Joe Jackson and Brian Setzer lead revival of jump blues in the 80s.
