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George Washington Johnson (c. October 1846 – January 23, 1914) was an American singer and pioneer sound recording artist. Johnson was the first African American recording star of the phonograph . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His most popular songs were "The Whistling Coon" and " The Laughing Song ".
Coon songs were a genre of music that presented a stereotype of Black people.They were popular in the United States and Australia from around 1880 [1] to 1920, [2] though the earliest such songs date from minstrel shows as far back as 1848, when they were not yet identified with the "coon" epithet. [3]
Some claim that the song was first sung by Frank Dumont "as the Duprez & Benedict's Minstrels programs, dated, will show" in 1870. [6] The song was first recorded by Corinne Morgan and Frank C. Stanley in 1905, and has been recorded since by many famous artists including opera tenors John McCormack in 1920 and Jan Peerce, early country singers Fiddlin' John Carson and Riley Puckett, country ...
Musicians who are notable for their playing of ragtime ... James P. Johnson (1894 ... Sue Keller (1952–) Joseph Lamb (1887–1960) George Lewis (1900–1968 ...
Lovey's Trinidad String Band recordings for Columbia Records Lovey's Trinidad String Band: 1912 Ragtime compositions piano rolls: Scott Joplin: 1916 [8] "Tiger Rag" Original Dixieland Jazz Band: 1918 "Arkansas Traveler" and "Sallie Gooden" Eck Robertson: 1922 "Downhearted Blues" Bessie Smith: 1923 Rhapsody in Blue: George Gershwin, piano; Paul ...
January–June period – George W. Johnson becomes the first African American to record phonograph cylinders, in New York. June 21 – Richard Strauss conducts the premiere of his symphonic poem Death and Transfiguration at the Eisenach Festival.
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.
John Dee Holeman (April 4, 1929, Orange County, North Carolina – April 30, 2021) [41] His music includes elements of Texas blues, R&B and African-American string-band music. In his younger days he was also known for his proficiency as a buckdancer. [42] [43] Frank Hovington (January 9, 1919 – June 21, 1982). Guitar and banjo player and singer.