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The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen was a July 1973 rock festival outside Watkins Glen, New York, that featured the Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead and the Band.The July 28, 1973, event long held the Guinness Book of World Records entry for "largest audience at a pop festival," with an estimated 600,000 fans in attendance at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway.
Jack Pleis, Sammy Davis, Jr., Billie Holiday, Norman Simmons, Cal Tjader, George Shearing, Dave Brubeck. Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. [1] She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic ...
Pages in category "New York blues musicians" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Big Maybelle;
Born in Jackson, Tennessee, on May 1, 1924, Big Maybelle sang gospel as a child; by her teens, she had switched to rhythm and blues. She began her professional career with Dave Clark's Memphis Band in 1936, and also toured with the all-female International Sweethearts of Rhythm. [3] She then joined Christine Chatman's Orchestra, and made her ...
Bands should be notable and linked to their articles which lists their New York origins in the lead. References should be provided for any new entries on this list. Bands may be temporarily red-linked (while an article is developed) as long as the reference establishes that the band is notable and from New York.
Okeh. Bluebird. King. Bluesville. Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899 [1] [2] – June 16, 1970) was an American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter. He was a pioneer of jazz guitar and jazz violin and is recognized as the first to play an electrically amplified violin. [3] [4]
Folk Singer. (1964) At Newport 1960 is a live album by Muddy Waters recorded during his performance at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 3, 1960. With his longtime backup band, Muddy Waters plays a mix of his older popular tunes and some newer compositions. Chess Records released the album in the United States on November 15, 1960.
Mitch Woods. Mitch Woods (born April 3, 1951, Brooklyn, New York [2]) is an American modern day boogie-woogie, [1] jump blues and jazz pianist and singer. [1] Since the early 1980s he has been touring and recording with his band, the Rocket 88s. [3] Woods calls his music, "rock-a-boogie," and with his backing band has retrospectively provided a ...