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Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin releases "Maple Leaf Rag" making ragtime main influence on the blues.
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Blues Timeline
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Memphis Blues
The first blues songs, including W.C. Handy's music, were published as sheet music.
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World War I
The United States enters WWI. Military and economic mobilization starts the great internal migration of African Americans. -
Crazy Blues
Mamie Smith records this song and it becomes the first blues "hit". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaz4Ziw_CfQ -
Recordings
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
This dominant blues figure of the late 1920's recorded his first song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoTunkT_3oQ -
Charley Patton
The early delta bluesman recorded his first song...Pony Blues
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The Great Depression
During the great depression, African Americans migrated north along the route of the Illinois Central Railroad toward Chicago. This is where Chicago Blues was made and it was a different type of blues. -
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B.B. King
B.B. King has his first major rhythm and blues hit with a version of "Three O'Clock Blues".
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Newport Jazz Festival
Muddy Waters performs at the Newport Jazz Festival to tremendous acclaim. -
Rolling Stones
The first U.S. tour by the Rolling Stones marks the invasion of British blues rock bands. -
Newport Folk Festival
Delta bluesmen Son House and Skip James perform at the Newport Folk Festival. -
Fillmore East
Muddy Waters and B.B. King perform at the Fillmore East, a concert venue in the East Village region of New York City, to a predominantly white audience. -
CDs!!
Columbia’s release of the complete Robert Johnson recordings on CD goes gold, selling 400,000 albums in six months!
