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Flag of Chicago The following list includes notable musicians who were born or have lived in Chicago, Illinois. A Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference Emma Abbott Dec 9, 1850 Jan 5, 1891 Operatic soprano and impresario Born in Chicago Lil Hardin Armstrong Feb 3, 1898 Aug 27, 1971 Pianist and bandleader Lived and performed in Bronzeville, Chicago neighborhood Emilie Autumn Sep ...
The Banshees (band) BarlowGirl; The Barrett Sisters; BBU (band) Beach Bunny (band) Beatnik Turtle; Beethoven Project Trio; Bella Voce (group) Belmont (band) Benson Orchestra of Chicago; Big Shoulders; The Black Sheep Band; The Blacks (band) The Blank Theory; Bloodyminded; Blue Meanies (Illinois band) The Blues Brothers; Bob's Yer Uncle (band ...
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Chicago's music scene has been well known for its blues music for many years. "Chicago Blues" uses a variety of instruments in a way which heavily influenced early rock and roll music, including instruments like electrically amplified guitar, drums, piano, bass guitar and sometimes the saxophone or harmonica, which are generally used in Delta blues, which originated in Mississippi.
He is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of country music's most successful male artists, recording a string of hit songs, such as "You Always Come Back to Hurting Me," "Desperado," "Down on the Rio Grande" and "Foolin'."
The best country songs of all time are hard to choose. But we've pulled together a list of the top 105 hits of all time, from country love songs by Garth Brooks to modern music by Carrie Underwood.
Chicago was the first important center of jazz as it left the city of its birth, New Orleans, Louisiana.The name jazz (and its early variations jass or jas) may have first been applied to the music in Chicago in the 1910s, as such hot New Orleans bands as Tom Brown's made a hit up north.
This is an alphabetical list of country music performers. It includes artists who played country music at some point in their career, even if they were not exclusively country music performers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.