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Aug 9, 1526
The Arrival of Slaves in America
This was the first time slaves were traveled to America, they were taken to the colony of Virginia. -
The End of Slave Trading
During this time the Slave trade act took place, which made it against the law to have slaves moved from Africa to the United States. -
Minstrel Shows
Minstrel Shows involved having blackface and racial exaggerated features performers, the song "Jump Jim Crow also became very popular towards Americans back then. -
Slave Songs
Slave song also known as Spirituals, which consist of one hundred and thirty-six songs were released. -
Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin had released his song "Maple Leaf Rag," which is under genre of Ragtime. This became a very important principle for the rising manner of the blues. -
The start of the Blues
W. C. Handy had released the song "Memphis Blues," which was seen as the first blues song. -
Mamie Smith
Mamie Smith was the first African American to create a blues recording and her song "Crazy Blues" became the number one hit for the blues genre, this allowed a new start to recording people of race. -
Classic Blues Artists
Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey are some the most well known classic blue singers had just made their recording debut -
The Hit of the Great Depression
During the Great Depression hurt the musical industry a lot, many record sales dropped. The only profitable records were those of solitary bluesman and at a very small amount of money at that. -
The Appearance of the Electric Guitar
The first song using electric guitar was Eddie Durham. The creators of this new instrument was George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacher. The electric guitar is mainly used in Texas Blues and Blues Rock -
Rhythm and Blues
A worker at Billboard magazine puts the term Rhythm and Blues for "race" records of older age. -
The Mississippi Summer Project
The Mississippi Summer Project which is also known as the Freedom Summer was a civil rights campaign that allowed people of colors votes to be registered. -
British Blues Rock groups
The Rolling Stones which is a blues rock group have the first world tour in the United States, which as seen as a British invasion for blues music. -
White Fans
Muddy Waters and B.B. King have a show at Fillmore East and had a crowd of white people. -
Year of the Blues
Congress had the Year of the Blues as a tribute to W. C. Handy 100th anniversary, they sent a bluesman over to a train station. -
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Blues Timeline
