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Baton Rouge televangelist and gospel musician Jimmy Swaggart was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame on ...
What was music like in 1959? Better yet, what were the one-hit wonders like from that time period? Were they of the past or future?
The 1950s have long passed, but many elements of rock music from that era can still be heard today, proving the OG genre's lasting influence.
The screening of “Sarah’s Place,” a documentary about a pioneering Black woman in Gainesville who in the 1950s brought together Black and white musicians to jam, will be held Saturday ...
The screening of “Sarah’s Place,” a documentary about a pioneering Black woman in Gainesville who in the 1950s brought together Black and white musicians to jam, will be held Saturday ...
Aftab did not deny, however, that Presley’s musical practices had their detractors. One of those detractors was Helen Kalowole, who wrote in 2002 to The Guardian that Presley’s reliance on Black ...
The primary reason for this Kenton listening gap are three outdated albums—Innovations in Modern Music (1950), Stan Kenton Presents (1950) and City of Glass (1951). All featured music that was largely ...
You can’t study the history of popular music without familiarizing yourself with the best Black singers from the 50s. In fact, […] Black singers from the 1950s: Influence, legacy, and cultural ...