Tag Archives: 1940s – 1960s

The cast of musicians connected with a gospel group called the Golden West Performers includes guitarist and bass singer Costs Johnson, one of the who ditched this outfit for secular music, perhaps corrupted by big-city nightlife. The group, initial produced in the Bay Region circa 1947, held going for almost …

This pianist was directly inspired with the efforts of his mother, also a piano player who frequently hit the street with touring bands. Bob Davis started his music profession like a drummer and by age group 13 have been absorbed right into a family members band. Leaving house meant not …

Bassist Stanley Gaines may be the child of experienced trumpeter Charlie Gaines and appears to be most widely known for completing as an associate of reorganized early R&B organizations, frequently after these combos were previous their perfect, at least commercially. An example is the Pet cats & the Fiddle, a …

Allan Davis may be the co-writer of R&B materials in the ’40s and ’50s. His best-known melody is normally “Easy Rockin’,” made up of saxophonist Sam Butera and one of the hits the last mentioned artist have scored for the RCA label pursuing his decision to go after a solo …

Having documented 194 78 rpm albums and six LP’s, Alcides Gerardi acquired success between 1945 and 1967, especially being a bolero singer. His biggest strikes will be the samba “Antonico” (Ismael Silva), afterwards re-recorded by Gal Costa and Elza Soares; “Tudo Foi Ilusão” (Laert Santos/Arcilino Tavares); “Brotinho Maluco” (Aníbal Cruz); …

J. Rui composed lyrics for many strikes, like “Em fun??o de O Samba Entrar No Céu,” documented by Almirante, “Porque Você Voltou,” documented by Francisco Alves and Mário Reis, amongst others. Rui relocated to Brazil along with his family members, arriving on Oct 1913, at 14. He started to create …