America 1920-40s
NORTH AMERICA POP MUSIC in the years...
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CONTEMPORARY POP ∙ 1911 ∙ Arthur Collins ∙ Arthur Clough ∙ 1916 ∙ Marion Harris ∙ Felix Arndt ∙ 1919 ∙ Esther Walker ∙ 1924 ∙ George Gershwin ∙ 1927 ∙ Bing Crosby ∙ Hoagy Carmichael ∙ 1928 ∙ Lee Morse ∙ 1929 ∙ Ethel Waters ∙ Harry Richman ∙ 1933 ∙ Gertrude Nielsen ∙ 1934 ∙ Boswell Sisters ∙ Elsie Carlisle ∙ 1936 ∙ Paul Robeson ∙ Nicholas Brothers ∙ Virginia Bruce ∙ 1939 ∙ Judy Garland ∙
∙ 1940 ∙ Frank Sinatra ∙ Sammy Kaye & Tommy Ryan ∙ 1941 ∙ Dorothy Dandridge ∙ Jimmy Dorsey ∙ 1942 ∙ Harry James & Helen Forrest ∙ The Andrew Sisters ∙ 1943 ∙ Perry Como ∙ Lena Horne ∙ Peggy Lee ∙ Lily Ann Carol ∙ Dona Drake ∙ Frank Sinatra ∙ 1944 ∙ Nick Lucas ∙ Dinah Shore ∙ 1945 ∙ Billy Eckstine ∙ 1946 ∙ Anita Ellis (R. Hayworth dub) ∙ Frankie Laine ∙ 1948 ∙ Nat King Cole ∙ 1949 ∙ Bing Crosby ∙
FOLK, COUNTRY, WESTERN, BLUEGRASS, HONKY TONK ∙ 1928 ∙ Mississippi John Hurt (v.1964) ∙ 1929 ∙ Clarence Ashley ∙ 1930 ∙ Carter Family ∙ 1931 ∙ Roy Rogers (v.1944) ∙ 1933 ∙ Clarence Ashley ∙ 1935 ∙ Lead Belly ∙ 1938 ∙ Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys ∙ 1940 ∙ Roy Accuf ∙ 1941 ∙ Ernest Tubb (v.1961) ∙ The Almanac Singers ∙ 1945 ∙ Woody Guthrie ∙ 1948 ∙ Burl Ives ∙ 1949 ∙ Pete Seeger (PETE SEEGER) ∙ Hank Williams ∙
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JAZZ, SWING JAZZ, JAZZ SONG ∙ 1902 ∙ Scott Joplin ∙ 1923 ∙ Memphis Five ∙ 1924 ∙ Jimmy Blythe ∙ 1927 ∙ Adelaide Hall ∙ Abe Lyman ∙ 1930 ∙ Louis Armstrong ∙ 1931 ∙ Noble Sissle & Band ∙ Cab Calloway ∙ 1932 ∙ Louis Armstrong ∙ The Mills Brothers ∙ Duke Ellington ft Ivie Anderson / (v. 1943) ∙ 1933 ∙ The Mills Brothers ∙ Art Tatum ∙ 1935 ∙ Duke Ellington & Billie Holliday ∙ George Gershwin ft Abbie Mitchell ∙ Cleo Brown ∙ 1936 ∙ Billie Holiday (BILLIE HOLIDAY) ∙ Harlem Hamfats ∙ 1938 ∙ Ella Fitzgerald ∙ Artie Shaw ∙ 1939 ∙ Sidney Bechet ∙ Tommy Dorsey ft Edythe Wright ∙
∙ 1940 ∙ Gene Krupa & Anita O'Day ∙ 1941 ∙ Glenn Miller Orchestra ∙ Benny Carter ∙ Lucky Millinder ∙ 1942 ∙ Nat King Cole ∙ Ella Mae Morse ∙ Lionel Hampton (v.1957) ∙ 1943 ∙ Cab Calloway ∙ 1945 ∙ Ella Fitzgerald ∙ Charlie Parker's Redboppers (Parker, Gillespie, Davis, Roach, Russel) ∙ Louis Prima ∙ Sarah Vaughan (v. 1958) ∙ 1946 ∙ Lucky Millinder ∙ Henry Red Allen ∙ 1947 ∙ Benny Goodman ∙ Ella Fitzgerald ∙ 1948 ∙ Tadd Dameron Sextet ∙ 1949 ∙ Billie Holiday (BILLIE HOLIDAY) ∙
DELTA BLUES, URBAN BLUES ∙ 1924 ∙ Ma Rainey ∙ 1927 ∙ Big Bill Broonzy ∙ 1928 ∙ Leroy Carr ∙ Henry Thomas ∙ Blind Willie Johnson ∙ Thommy Johnson ∙ Blind Blake (2014 cover, Erin Harpe) ∙ Texas Alexander ∙ 1929 ∙ T-Bone Walker ∙ Bessie Smith ∙ Charley Patton ∙ 1931 ∙ Skip James (ver.1967) ∙
∙ 1935 ∙ Big Joe Williams ∙ 1938 ∙ Blind Boy Fuller ∙ 1939 ∙ Robert Johnson ∙ 1941 ∙ Robert Petway ∙ 1945 ∙ Big Bill Broonzy ∙ Lead Belly ∙ 1947 ∙ Lightnin' Hopkins (v.1969) ∙ Arthur Crudup ∙ 1948 ∙ Muddy Waters ∙
BOOGIE-WOOGIE ∙ 1929 ∙ Clarence Smith ∙ 1938 ∙ Big Joe Turner ∙ 1941 ∙ Count Basie ∙ 1943 ∙ Fats Waller & Ada Brown ∙ 1945 ∙ Hadda Brooks ∙ 1946 ∙ Wynonie Harris ∙ 1950 ∙ Johnny Otis ft Esther Phillips ∙ Sugar Chile Robinson ∙ Winifred Atwell ∙
GOSPEL ∙ 1937 ∙ Mahalia Jackson ∙ 1939 ∙ Sister Rosetta Tharpe ∙ 1941 ∙ The Jubalaires ∙ 1943 ∙ Lynn Albritton ∙ 1945 ∙ Sister Rosetta Tharpe ∙ 1946 ∙ The Jubalaires ∙ 1950 ∙ The Soul Stirrers (ft Sam Cooke) ∙
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ROCK 'n' ROLL ∙ 1946 ∙ Wynonie Harris ∙ 1947 ∙ Roy Brown ∙ Arthur Crudup ∙ Hank Williams ∙ 1948 ∙ John Lee Hooker ∙ 1949 ∙ Fats Domino ∙ Goree Carter ∙ Jimmy Preston ∙ Wynonie Harris ∙