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Roy Smeck

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Leroy Smeck (6 February 1900 – 5 April 1994) was an American musician. [1]

33 relations: "King" Bennie Nawahi, Banjo, Banjo uke, Banner Records, Don Juan (1926 film), Eight-string guitar, Farewell Blues, Harmony Company, I Ain't Got Nobody, I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store), List of banjo players, List of jazz guitarists, List of National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame members, List of ukulele players, List of vaudeville performers: L–Z, List of Victor Records artists, Marion Talley, Marjorie Lynn, Moon Over Miami (song), My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii, Phonofilm, Shuffle Off to Buffalo, SpongeBob SquarePants, Tapping, The Four Aristocrats, The Waltz You Saved for Me, The Wizard (nickname), The Wizard of the Strings, Tiger Rag, Ukulele, Vitaphone, Vitaphone Varieties, Will Botwin.

"King" Bennie Nawahi

"King" Bennie Nawahi (July 3, 1899 – January 29, 1985) was an American steel guitarist from Hawaii who was popular in the U.S. during the 1920s and 1930s.

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Banjo

The banjo is a four-, five- or six-stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity as a resonator, called the head.

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Banjo uke

The banjolele (brand name; sometimes banjo ukulele or banjo uke) is a four-stringed musical instrument with a small banjo-type body and a fretted ukulele neck.

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Banner Records

Banner Records was an American record company and label in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Don Juan (1926 film)

Don Juan is a 1926 American romantic Adventure film directed by Alan Crosland.

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Eight-string guitar

An eight-string guitar is a guitar with two more strings than the usual six, or one more than the Russian guitar's seven.

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Farewell Blues

"Farewell Blues" is a 1922 jazz standard written by Paul Mares, Leon Roppolo and Elmer Schoebel.

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Harmony Company

The Harmony Company was, in its heyday, the largest musical instrument manufacturer in the United States.

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I Ain't Got Nobody

"I Ain't Got Nobody" (sometimes referred to as "I'm So Sad and Lonely") is a popular song copyrighted in 1915.

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I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)

"I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)" is a popular song.

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List of banjo players

This article comprises two separate lists.

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List of jazz guitarists

The following is a list of notable jazz guitar players, including guitarists from related jazz genres such as Western swing, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion.

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List of National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame members

The National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame recognizes musicians.

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List of ukulele players

This is a list of ukulele players.

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List of vaudeville performers: L–Z

Sister list: List of vaudeville performers: A–K This is a partial list of vaudeville performers.

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List of Victor Records artists

A partial listing of recording artists who formerly recorded for Victor Talking Machine Company (known in most of the world as Victor Records prior to 1946) include the following list.

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Marion Talley

Marion Nevada Talley (December 20, 1906 – January 3, 1983)"Marion Talley." Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.

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Marjorie Lynn

Marjorie Lynn (Lynne) (July 21, 1921 Finley, Wisconsin - June 19, 2016 Ann Arbor, Michigan) was a singer who gained fame from WLS-AM radio in Chicago and the National Barn Dance, the precursor to the Grand Ole Opry.

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Moon Over Miami (song)

The popular song "Moon Over Miami" was written in 1935 by songwriters Joe Burke and Edgar Leslie.

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My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii

"My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii", written by Tommy Harrison, Bill Cogswell, and Johnny Noble in Hawaii in 1933, was a hit song in the Hawaiian musical style known as hapa haole.

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Phonofilm

Phonofilm is an optical sound-on-film system developed by inventors Lee de Forest and Theodore Case in the 1920s.

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Shuffle Off to Buffalo

"Shuffle Off to Buffalo" is a song written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren and introduced in the 1933 musical film 42nd Street.

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SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon.

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Tapping

Tapping is a guitar playing technique where a string is fretted and set into vibration as part of a single motion of being pushed onto the fretboard, as opposed to the standard technique being fretted with one hand and picked with the other.

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The Four Aristocrats

The Four Aristocrats were a popular United States musical act in the 1920s and 1930s.

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The Waltz You Saved for Me

"The Waltz You Saved for Me" is a popular song written in 1930 by Emil Flindt, Gus Kahn, and Wayne King.

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The Wizard (nickname)

The Wizard or Wizard is a nickname for.

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The Wizard of the Strings

The Wizard of the Strings is a 1985 American short documentary film about Roy Smeck, directed by Peter Friedman.

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Tiger Rag

"Tiger Rag" is a jazz standard, originally recorded and copyrighted by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917.

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Ukulele

The ukulele (from ukulele (oo-koo-leh-leh); variant: ukelele) is a member of the lute family of instruments.

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Vitaphone

Vitaphone was a sound film system used for feature films and nearly 1,000 short subjects made by Warner Bros. and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1931.

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Vitaphone Varieties

Vitaphone Varieties was a series title (represented by a pennant logo on screen) for all of Warner Brothers' earliest short film "talkies" of the 1920s, initially done with the Vitaphone disc process before a switch to the sound-on-film format early in the 1930s.

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Will Botwin

Will Botwin (born July 23, 1958) is an American talent manager who represents many prominent musicians.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Smeck

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