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"Beale Street Blues" is a song by American composer and lyricist W.C. Handy. It was named after Beale Street , a center of African-American music in Memphis, Tennessee , and was published in 1917. Background
Beale Street is a street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, which runs from the Mississippi River to East Street, a distance of approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km). It is a significant location in the city's history, as well as in the history of blues music.
By the end of that year, his most successful songs had been published: "Memphis Blues", "Beale Street Blues", and "Saint Louis Blues". That year, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, a white New Orleans jazz ensemble, had recorded the first jazz record, introducing the style to a wide segment of the American public. Handy had little fondness for ...
If Beale Street Could Talk is a 1974 novel by American writer James Baldwin.His fifth novel (and 13th book overall), it is a love story set in Harlem in the early 1970s. [1] [2] The title is a reference to the 1916 W.C. Handy blues song "Beale Street Blues", named after Beale Street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee.
"Look on Yonder Wall" (or "Look over Yonders Wall"; originally titled "Get Ready to Meet Your Man") is a blues song first recorded in 1945 by James "Beale Street" Clark. Clark, also known as "Memphis Jimmy", was a blues pianist from Memphis, Tennessee.
Victor Mac (born Victor Macoggi on January 31, 1967) who is better known as Little Victor, The Beale Street Blues Bopper, and also DJ Mojo Man, is an Italian-American blues and roots singer, guitarist and harmonica player, as well as a record collector, musicologist, entertainer, disc jockey and record producer.
Beale Street has contributed more than $160 million in sales, liquor, and hotel taxes plus fees and rent over the last 40 years. Let’s do more to make Beale Street a safe and vibrant place for ...
Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy is a 1954 studio release by Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, described by Allmusic as "Louis Armstrong's finest record of the 1950s" and "essential music for all serious jazz collections". [5]