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  2. Bamboula - Wikipedia

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    The slaves congregated on the Congo Square to the edge of the area of the French Quarter of New Orleans to dance the bamboula. In 1848, the American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk , born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and whose maternal grandmother was a native of Saint-Domingue , composed a piece entitled Bamboula , the first of four Creole ...

  3. Dance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States of America is the home of the hip hop dance, swing, tap dance and its derivative Rock and Roll, and modern square dance (associated with the United States of America due to its historic development in that country—twenty three U.S. states have designated it as their official state dance or official folk dance) and one of the major centers for modern dance.

  4. Gavotte - Wikipedia

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    The reference to a gavotte is meant to be ironic, as the original dance accompanying the song from the Broadway show was a modified gavotte. In the manga and anime One Piece , the skeleton musician character Brooke (and his "zombie," Ryuuma, which was given life by Brooke's shadow) has a signature technique, Gavotte Bond en Avant .

  5. Great American Songbook - Wikipedia

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    In 1970, rock musician Ringo Starr surprised the public by releasing an album of Songbook songs from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, Sentimental Journey.Reviews were mostly poor or even disdainful, [25] but the album reached number 22 on the US Billboard 200 [26] and number 7 in the UK Albums Chart, [27] with sales of 500,000.

  6. Jimmy Slyde - Wikipedia

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    Their tapping was part of the bands' songs where they would create the music for many measures and then the band would come back in, and they would trade off back and forth like that the entire act. [3] Slyde performed during the 1950s, at a time when rock and roll was emerging and diverting American interest away from big band music with tap acts.

  7. Baguette - Wikipedia

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    Much of the history of the baguette is speculation; [7]: 35 however, some facts can be established. Long, stick-like breads in France became more popular during the 18th century, [7]: 5 French bakers started using "gruau," a highly refined Hungarian high-milled flour in the early 19th century, [7]: 13 Viennese steam oven baking was introduced to Paris in 1839 by August Zang, [7]: 12 and the ...

  8. What is the meaning of "Auld Lang Syne"? - AOL

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    The song "Auld Lang Syne" comes from a Robert Burns poem. Burns was the national poet of Scotland and wrote the poem in 1788, but it wasn't published until 1799—three years after his death.

  9. Baguettes in the Face - Wikipedia

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    "Baguettes in the Face" is a song by American record producer Mustard featuring Canadian rapper Nav and American rappers Playboi Carti and A Boogie wit da Hoodie. Written by the artists alongside co-producer Larry Jayy, it was released through 10 Summers and Interscope Records as the fourth track from Mustard's third studio album, Perfect Ten ...