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Benjamin Clarence "Bull Moose" Jackson (April 22, 1919 – July 31, 1989) [1] was an American blues and rhythm-and-blues singer and saxophonist, who was most successful in the late 1940s. He is considered a performer of dirty blues because of the suggestive nature of some of his songs, such as "I Want a Bowlegged Woman" and " Big Ten Inch Record ".
Vaudevillean Mamie Smith records "Crazy Blues" for Okeh Records, the first blues song commercially recorded by an African-American singer, [1] [2] [3] the first blues song recorded at all by an African-American woman, [4] and the first vocal blues recording of any kind, [5] a few months after making the first documented recording by an African-American female singer, [6] "You Can't Keep a Good ...
The song is an autobiographical lament about the singer returning to her childhood home in Ohio and discovering that rampant development and pollution had destroyed the "pretty countryside" of her youth; the lyrics make specific references to places in and around Akron, Ohio, the hometown of lead singer and writer Chrissie Hynde.
Crumit was born in Jackson, Ohio, the son of Frank and Mary (née Poore) Crumit. [2] He made his first stage appearance at the age of five in a minstrel show. [1] Attending local schools, Crumit graduated from high school in 1907. After briefly attending an Indiana military academy, he entered Ohio University and later Ohio State University. [3]
Billy Murray released a version of the song as a single in 1920, but it did not chart. [4] Sauter-Finegan Orchestra released a version of the song as the B-side to their 1953 single "The Moon is Blue". [5] Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music released a version of the song as a single in 1953, but it did not chart. [6]
With the start of a new year on Jan. 1, 2025, comes the emergence of a new generation. 2025 marks the end of Generation Alpha and the start of Generation Beta, a cohort that will include all ...
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The song was recorded by a number of other artists, including Billy Murray on November 19, 1919, for Victor (No. 18634A). [3] Five years later in 1924, Murray would record a similar-themed tune called "Charley, My Boy", which included an instrumental referback to this one. The Hoosier Hot Shots covered the song in 1942. [4]