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76 relations: African Americans, Alan Freed, Ann Sexton, Artists and repertoire, B.B. King, Bill "Hoss" Allen, Black-appeal stations, Blues, Bobby Hebb, Bobby Jones (singer), Caribbean, Cartersville, Georgia, Charleston, South Carolina, Chips Moman, Chuck Berry, Country music, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Disc jockey, Ella Washington, Elvis Presley, European Americans, Fats Domino, Fred Foster, Gene Nobles, Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor), Gospel music, Grand Ole Opry, Great Depression, Hatchery, Herman Grizzard, Howlin' Wolf, Huguenots, Ivory Joe Hunter, Jackey Beavers, James Brown, Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Tennessee, Lung cancer, Manning, South Carolina, Marietta, Georgia, Middle Tennessee, Muddy Waters, Nashville, Tennessee, New York City, North America, Otis Redding, Otis Rush, Pennsylvania, Pop music, Power of Love (Joe Simon song), Record producer, ..., Rhythm and blues, Rock music, Roscoe Robinson (musician), Roscoe Shelton, Rufus Thomas, Soap opera, Someday We'll Be Together, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Soul music, Sound Stage 7, South Carolina, Stax Records, The Beatles, The Chokin' Kind, The Coasters, The Neville Brothers, The Supremes, The Tams, Top 40, United States, United States Navy, Vee-Jay Records, WLAC, Wolfman Jack, World War II, WTMA. Expand index (26 more) »
African Americans
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.
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Alan Freed
Albert James "Alan" Freed (December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965) was an American disc jockey.
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Ann Sexton
Ann Sexton (born Mary Ann Sexton, February 5, 1950) is an American soul singer who recorded mainly in the 1970s.
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Artists and repertoire
Artists and repertoire (A&R) is the division of a record label or music publishing company that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists and songwriters.
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B.B. King
Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer, electric guitarist, songwriter, and record producer.
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Bill "Hoss" Allen
Bill Allen (aka "Hossman" or "Hoss"; born William Trousdale Allen III, December 3, 1922 – February 25, 1997) was an American radio disc jockey who attained fame from the 1950s through the 1990s for playing rhythm and blues and black gospel music on Nashville radio station WLAC.
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Black-appeal stations
Before the development of the radio format called "Top 40" was born, "Black Appeal Stations" reinvigorated radio.
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Blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.
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Bobby Hebb
Robert Von "Bobby" Hebb (July 26, 1938 ‒ August 3, 2010) was an American R&B/soul singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer known for his 1966 hit entitled "Sunny".
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Bobby Jones (singer)
Bobby Jones (born September 18, 1939 in Henry, Tennessee, United States) is an American Gospel music singer and television host from Nashville, Tennessee and the host and executive producer of several cable television's gospel music programs including the formerBobby Jones Gospel.
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Caribbean
The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts.
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Cartersville, Georgia
Cartersville is a city in Bartow County in the U.S. state of Georgia; it is located within the northwest edge of the Atlanta metropolitan area.
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Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Chips Moman
Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman (June 12, 1937 – June 13, 2016) was an American record producer, guitarist, and Grammy Award-winning songwriter.
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Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music.
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Country music
Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.
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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, is one of the world's largest museums and research centers dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of American vernacular music.
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Disc jockey
A disc jockey, often abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays existing recorded music for a live audience.
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Ella Washington
Ella Washington is an African-American former R&B and gospel singer, described as "an outstanding Southern soul vocalist" and best known for her 1969 hit "He Called Me Baby".
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.
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European Americans
European Americans (also referred to as Euro-Americans) are Americans of European ancestry.
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Fats Domino
Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017) was an American pianist and singer-songwriter.
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Fred Foster
Fred Luther Foster (born July 26, 1931) is an American songwriter, record producer, and founder of Monument Records.
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Gene Nobles
Gene Nobles (born August 3, 1913, Hot Springs, Arkansas; died September 21, 1989, Nashville, Tennessee) was an American radio disc jockey who attained fame on Nashville radio station WLAC from the 1940s through the 1970s by playing rhythm and blues music.
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Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)
"Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" is a song written by Joe Simon and Raeford Gerald.
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Gospel music
Gospel music is a genre of Christian music.
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Grand Ole Opry
The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country-music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, which was founded on November 28, 1925, by George D. Hay as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM.
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.
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Hatchery
A hatchery is a facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions, especially those of fish or poultry.
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Herman Grizzard
Herman Grizzard (died 1971, Nashville, Tennessee) was an American radio disc jockey who attained fame from the 1940s through the 1970s for playing rhythm and blues and other music on Nashville radio station WLAC.
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Howlin' Wolf
Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), known as Howlin' Wolf, was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, originally from Mississippi.
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Huguenots
Huguenots (Les huguenots) are an ethnoreligious group of French Protestants who follow the Reformed tradition.
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Ivory Joe Hunter
Ivory Joe Hunter (October 10, 1914 – November 8, 1974) was an American rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, and pianist.
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Jackey Beavers
Robert Lewis "Jackey" Beavers (June 19, 1937 – October 28, 2008).
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James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader.
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Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Tennessee
The Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Tennessee was a life insurance company based in Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 1903 by A. M. Burton (Andrew Mizell Burton), great-grandfather of singer Amy Grant.
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Lung cancer
Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung.
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Manning, South Carolina
Manning is a city in South Carolina and the county seat of Clarendon County, United States.
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Marietta, Georgia
Marietta is located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is the county's seat and largest city.
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Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee is a distinct portion of the state of Tennessee, delineated according to state law as the 41 counties in the Middle Grand Division of Tennessee.
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Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913April 30, 1983), known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician who is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues".
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Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County.
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New York City
The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
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North America
North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.
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Otis Redding
Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout.
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Otis Rush
Otis Rush (born April 29, 1934) is a blues guitarist and singer.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
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Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.
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Power of Love (Joe Simon song)
"Power Of Love" is a 1972 song recorded by Joe Simon.
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Record producer
A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album.
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Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.
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Rock music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.
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Roscoe Robinson (musician)
Roscoe Robinson (born May 22, 1928, Dermott, Arkansas) is an American gospel and soul singer.
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Roscoe Shelton
Roscoe Shelton (August 22, 1931 – July 27, 2002) was an American electric blues and R&B singer.
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Rufus Thomas
Rufus C. Thomas, Jr. (March 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was an American rhythm-and-blues, funk, soul and blues singer, songwriter, dancer, DJ and comic entertainer from Memphis, Tennessee.
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Soap opera
A soap opera or soaper is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction presented in serial format on television, radio and in novels, featuring the lives of many characters and focusing on emotional relationships to the point of melodrama.
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Someday We'll Be Together
"Someday We'll Be Together" is a song written by Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers, and Harvey Fuqua.
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Sonny Boy Williamson I
John Lee Curtis "Sonny Boy" Williamson (March 30, 1914 – June 1, 1948) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter.
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Soul music
Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Sound Stage 7
Sound Stage 7 was an American, Nashville, Tennessee based record label of the 1960s and 1970s, noted mainly for its soul music releases.
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South Carolina
South Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.
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Stax Records
Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.
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The Chokin' Kind
"The Chokin' Kind" is a 1967 song, later recorded by Joe Simon in 1969, written by Harlan Howard.
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The Coasters
The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group who had a string of hits in the late 1950s.
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The Neville Brothers
The Neville Brothers is an American R&B/soul/funk group, formed in 1977 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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The Supremes
The Supremes were an American female singing group and the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.
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The Tams
The Tams are an American vocal group from Atlanta, Georgia, who enjoyed their greatest chart success in the 1960s, the 1970s, and the 1980s.
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Top 40
In the music industry, the top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
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Vee-Jay Records
Vee-Jay Records is an American record label founded in the 1950s, located in Chicago and specializing in blues, jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll.
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WLAC
WLAC is a clear channel radio station based in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Wolfman Jack
Robert Weston Smith, known as Wolfman Jack (January 21, 1938 – July 1, 1995), was an American disc jockey.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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WTMA
WTMA (branded as News Talk 1250 WTMA) is an AM radio station licensed to Charleston, South Carolina with a Talk radio format.
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