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W.c. Handy - St. Louis Blues (1914)
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Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues (1920)
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Marion Harris - St.Louis Blues (1920)
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LeadBelly - Midnight Special
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'That Black Snake Moan' BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON (1926)
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Louis Armstrong - Savoy Blues (1927)
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Deep Moaning Blues (Ma Rainey, 1928) Jazz Legend
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'Am I Blue' - Ethel Waters - 1929
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'High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1' CHARLEY PATTON, 1929
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Me And The Devil Blues [Remastered] ROBERT JOHNSON (1937)
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Blues is a typically American music with its earliest roots in African forms. It originated with the slaves that were brought over from West Africa. The contemporary Malian musician Ali Farka Touré considers blues to be the type of music most similar to his own; specifically, Touré hears echoes of Tamascheq music in the music of blues artists such as John Lee Hooker. http://www.encyclopedia.com/literature-and-arts/performing-arts/music-popular-and-jazz/blues
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The first vocal blues was recorded by an African American woman, Mamie Smith, in 1920. Angela Davis (1998) argues that in the early 1920's African American females were given priority over African American males as recording artists due to their initial success. Bessie Smith is said to be the greatest and the most influential blues singer of the 1920's. http://www.encyclopedia.com/literature-and-arts/performing-arts/music-popular-and-jazz/blues
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Blues is a unique genre. It was created by the combination of African and western culture in Southern United States.In the early development of blues music, there were some musical elements used by the musicians. Some of them include banjo and piano and the guitar.Let’s learn about the harmony and melody of blues music. http://www.myinterestingfacts.com/blues-music-facts/
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Many blues musicians use the harmony combination of the first, fourth and fifth chords when they like to create fantastic blues songs. To produce the wonderful melody, the blue musicians often use the seventh, fifth and flattened third notes. Banjo is one of the main musical instruments that the blues musician used in the early days. In 1900's, other musical elements such as guitar and piano were added to make the blues rich and fun. http://www.myinterestingfacts.com/blues-music-facts/
