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A versatile trumpeter with a variety, an attractive tone, and solid technical abilities, Nick Travis spent a lot of his truncated profession as a studio room musician although he was an excellent jazz improviser too. Travis found early knowledge playing skillfully from age 15. He caused Johnny McGhee, Vido Musso …

An intriguing ’50s R&B/doo wop group, the Magnificents patterned itself following the softer, even more stylized singing of such groupings because the Hi-Lo’s and Four Lads. They started because the Tams, but had been transformed to the Magnificents by Chicago disk jockey “The Wonderful” Montague. Johnny Keyes, Thurman “Ray” Ramsey, …

Much hoopla continues to be made about Pal Holly & the Crickets successful over the dark audience on the Apollo in Harlem, but many roots rock fans aren’t conscious that the venue actually thought it had booked Dean Barlow & the Crickets, a favorite doo wop band of the era. …

Joseph Francis Lamb occupied a distinctive niche in the annals of jazz, among the 3 “fathers of ragtime,” alongside Scott Joplin and Adam Scott — but unlike another two, Lamb was white, and originated from the Northeast (Montclair, NJ, believe it or not), and appears to be an unlikely applicant …

Ideal remembered for the group of singles he recorded for the legendary R&B imprint Vee-Jay, singer Wade Flemons was created Sept 25, 1940, in Coffeyville, KS, and raised in close by Wichita. Following the Flemons family members moved to fight Creek, MI, in 1940, he created a vocal group dubbed …

An unbelievably obscure outfit from Louisville, KY, who trim one particular session for Chicago’s United Records in 1952, Johnny Wicks’ Swinging Ozarks were partially rescued from historical oblivion by Delmark employer Bob Koester, who bucked the industrial chances by issuing an LP of the United materials. Wicks performed bass; Preacher …

b. 28 Feb 1910, Russia, d. 24 Dec 1987, LA, California, USA. A favorite composer in the 40s towards the later 50s, mainly for films, Myrow was informed on the School of Pa, Philadelphia Conservatory of Music as well as the Curtis Institute of Music. He graduated as an achieved …

b. Ellen Jane Froman, 10 November 1911, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, d. 22 Apr 1980, Columbia, Missouri, USA. Elevated in Columbia, Missouri, where her mom was mind of music on the Christian University, Froman demonstrated early musical guarantee. Educated at the faculty and later on the College or university of …

No, he’s not really a acoustic guitar hero using the name acknowledgement of Eric Clapton or Carlos Santana, but acoustic guitar licks of Bob Bain have already been heard by a lot more units of ears. He was therefore busy within the Hollywood documenting studios through the ’50s and ’60s …

Largely forgotten with the American country audience, this songwriter and recording artist in the ’50s and ’60s was among the many country players who effortlessly blended the original sounds with rock & roll along with a seasoning of country blues, occasionally getting called a rockabilly artist along the way. He …