Tag Archives: 1930s

Johnny Macalester might have called himself Pappy Briarhopper to be able to establish that he was among the 1st, if not the 1st, members from the Charlotte-based Appalachian music institution referred to as the Briarhoppers. Whether that is accurate or not is definitely a difficult truth to determine, but at …

“Peg Knee” Ben Abney was among significantly less than a half-dozen blues pianists from Charlotte, NC, to create records through the 78 rpm period. Abney’s total documented output includes six sides manufactured in Charlotte on June 22, 1936. If his delivery date as shown in the Public Security Loss of …

This band name, which will do to create fans of classic American cuisine start salivating, was actually among the many bands led from the classic jazz trumpeter and vocalist Wingy Manone. The recordings carried out beneath the name of Barbecue Joe and His Sizzling Canines in 1930 add a track …

Although he was among the 1930s most celebrated big band leaders (whose credits included leading the renowned NBC Orchestra), Don Ricardo was also known for his award winning assortment of antique cars (which he collected, restored, and raced himself). Ricardo’s like of music started at age seven, when he started …

Having nudged up alphabetically alongside the pseudonym of Wayne Hancock, it comes as no great shock that the person who also concocted the name E.V. Body like a songwriter credit for folk tunes would actually indication himself up mainly because John Hancock to be able to scoop up royalties for …

A member from the reed section in a number of ’30s big rings like the the Glenn Miller Orchestra, this instrumentalist shouldn’t be confused with additional persons appealing using the same name, including a prolific jazz pianist as well as the 1st person to become inoculated with smallpox vaccine.

It looks great in writing, the name Harlem Hannah, an ideal stage name for any vintage blues singer, her materials perhaps just a little around the tawdry part. The name suits perfectly in to the lineup on the compilation entitled Mean Moms/Impartial Women’s Blues, Vol. 1, Harlem Hannah espousing a …