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Birth of Jazz Musician Index

Viola Fair History of Music & Recording

Ragtime - Early Jazz - Big Band - Swing

Early Jazz Bandleaders - Early Jazz Vocalists

Group & Last Name Index to Full History:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

 

Ragtime - Early Jazz

Henry Red Allen

Lil Hardin Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Gus Arnheim

Gene Austin

Buster Bailey

Josephine Baker

Smith Ballew

Sidney Bechet

Bix Beiderbecke

John Bieling

Eubie Blake

Rube Bloom

Buddy Bolden

Geraldo Bright

Brox Sisters

Teddy Bunn

Henry Burr

Albert Campbell

Eddie Cantor

Hoagy Carmichael

Benny Carter

Lillie Delk Christian

Sonny Clay

Bill Coleman

Arthur Collins

Russ Columbo

Eddie Condon

Zez Confrey

Doc Cook

Bing Crosby

Meyer Davis

William F Denny

Marlene Dietrich

Dixieland Jazz Band

Baby Dodds

Johnny Dodds

Clyde Doerr

SH Dudley

Ruth Etting

James Reese Europe

Gracie Fields

Ted Fio Rito

Five Pennies

Jan Garber

George Gaskin

George Gershwin

Jean Goldkette

Byron Harlan

Ben Harney

Marion Harris

Charles Harrison

Fletcher Henderson

Tal Henry

Art Hickman

Milt Hinton

Sol Hoopii

Hotsy Totsy Gang

Paul Howard

Spike Hughes

Bunk Johnson

Charlie Johnson

James Johnson

Ada Jones

Isham Jones

Scott Joplin

Joe Jordan

Richard Jose

Roger Wolfe Kahn

Hal Kemp

Freddie Keppard

Andy Kirk

Manny Klein

Carl Kress

Eddie Lang

Gertrude Lawrence

Ted Lewis

Guy Lombardo

Frank Luther

Louisiana Five

Abe Lyman

Harry Macdonough

Wingy Manone

Dick McDonough

Red McKenzie

Jimmy McPartland

Mezz Mezzrow

Amos Milburn

Emmett Miller

Irving Mills

Miff Mole

Helen Morgan

Lee Morse

Jelly Roll Morton

Bennie Moten

Billy Murray

JW Myers

New Orleans Rhythm Kings

Red Nichols

Jimmie Noone

Will Oakland

Joe King Oliver

Kid Ory

Vess Ossman

Hot Lips Page

Walter Page

Tiny Parham

The Peerless Quartet

Steve Porter

Snoozer Quinn

Don Redman

Leo Reisman

Luckey Roberts

Adrian Rollini

Luis Russell

Pee Wee Russell

Noble Sissle

Jabbo Smith

Whispering Jack Smith

Willie the Lion Smith

Eddie South

Muggsy Spanier

Len Spencer

Aileen Stanley

Elise Stevenson

Joe Sullivan

Wilbur Sweatman

Erskine Tate

Eva Taylor

Jack Teagarden

Hociel Thomas

Three X Sisters

Frank Trumbauer

Sophie Tucker

Tom Turpin

Rudy Vallee

Fred Van Eps

Vendome Orchestra

Joe Venuti

Fats Waller

Fred Waring

Washboard Rhythm Boys (Kings)

Anson Weeks

Ted Weems

Elisabeth Welch

Paul Whiteman

Spiegle Willcox

Clarence Williams

Fess Williams

Victor Young

Florenz Ziegfeld

Big Band Swing

Andrews Sisters

Svend Asmussen

Mildred Bailey

Charlie Barnet

William Count Basie

Tex Beneke

Bunny Berigan

Chu Berry

Jimmy Blanton

Boswell Sisters

Al Bowlly

Will Bradley

Les Brown

Blanche Calloway

Cab Calloway

Frankie Carle

Casa Loma Orchestra

Charlie Christian

Buck Clayton

Cozy Cole

Bob Crosby

Xavier Cugat

Putney Dandridge

Julian Dash

John Denver

Al Dexter

Jimmy Dickens

Vic Dickenson

Jimmy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey

Ray Eberle

Bob Eberly

Billy Eckstine

Roy Eldridge

Duke Ellington

Don Fagerquist

Ella Fitzgerald

Helen Forrest

Bud Freeman

Roy Fox

Carroll Gibbons

Nat Gonella

Benny Goodman

Glen Gray

Sonny Greer

Adelaide Hall

Edmond Hall

Lionel Hampton

Phil Harris

Clyde Hart

Coleman Hawkins

Erskine Hawkins

Ted Heath

Horace Heidt

Woody Herman

Earl Hines

Milt Hinton

Johnny Hodges

Billie Holiday

Claude Hopkins

Lena Horne

Helen Humes

Betty Hutton

Marion Hutton

Harry James

Louis Jordan

Kitty Kallen

King Sisters

Gene Krupa

Kay Kyser

Peggy Lee

Jimmie Lunceford

Joe Marsala

Freddy Martin

Billy May

Ray McKinley

Jay McShann

Glenn Miller

Lucky Millinder

Mills Brothers

The Modernaires

Ella Mae Morse

Ray Nance

Ray Noble

Red Norvo

Helen O'Connell

Anita O'Day

Hot Lips Page

Remo Palmier

Pickens Sisters

Pied Pipers

Ben Pollack

Louis Prima

Allan Reuss

Buddy Rich

Jimmy Rushing

Artie Shaw

Frank Sinatra

Stuff Smith

Valaida Snow

Jo Stafford

Lew Stone

Maxine Sullivan

Art Tatum

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Claude Thornhill

Martha Tilton

Helen Ward

Ethel Waters

Chick Webb

Lee Wiley

Cootie Williams

Midge Williams

Teddy Wilson

Lester Young


YouTube History of Music

Black Gospel

Early

Modern

Blues

Early Blues 1: Guitar

Early Blues 2: Vocal - Other Instruments

Modern Blues 1: Guitar

Modern Blues 2: Vocal - Other Instruments

Classical

Medieval - Renaissance

Baroque

Galant - Classical

Romantic: Composers born 1770 to 1840

Romantic - Impressionist

Expressionist - Modern

Modern: Composers born 1900 to 1950

Country

Bluegrass

Folk

Country Western

Folk Music

Old

New

From without the U.S.

Latin

Latin Recording 1: Europe

Latin Recording 2: The Caribbean

Latin Recording 3: South America

Popular Music

Early

Modern

Jazz

Early Jazz 1: Ragtime - Bands - Horn

Early Jazz 2: Ragtime - Other Instrumentation

Early Jazz 2: Ragtime - Song - Hollywood

Swing Era 1: Big Bands

Swing Era 2: Song

Modern 1: Saxophone

Modern 2: Trumpet - Other Horn

Modern 3: Piano

Modern 4: Guitar - Other String

Modern 5: Percussion - Other Orchestration

Modern 6: Song

Modern 7: Latin

Modern 8: United States 1960 - 1970

Modern 9: International 1960 - 1970

Rock & Roll

Early: Boogie Woogie

Early: R&B - Soul - Disco

Early: Doo Wop

The Big Bang - Fifties American Rock

Rockabilly

UK Beat

British Invasion

Total War - Sixties American Rock

Other Musical Genres - Popular Music Appendix

Musician Indexes

Classical - Medieval to Renaissance

Classical - Baroque to Classical

Classical - Romantic to Modern

Black Gospel - Country Folk

The Blues

Bluegrass - Folk

Country Western

Jazz Early - Ragtime - Swing Jazz

Jazz Modern - Horn

Jazz Modern - Piano - String

Jazz Modern - Percussion - Song - Other

Boogie Woogie - Doo Wop - R&B - Rock & Roll - Soul - Disco

Boogie Woogie - Rockabilly

UK Beat - British Invasion

Sixties American Rock - Popular

Latin Recording - Europe

 Latin Recording - The Caribbean - South America

 

 

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