Blues Timeline

By shinnant12

  • Maple Leaf Rag Published

    Maple Leaf Rag Published
    Scott Joplin publishes- key influence on the Piedmont style of blues.

  • First Documented Blues Song

    First Documented Blues Song
    W.C Handy - father of blues - Memphis Blues

  • Blues Music

    Blues Music
    Normally was just instrumental

  • Blues Changed

    Blues Changed
    With the release of Mamie Smiths Crazy Blues - no longer just instrumental

  • Artists Recording

    Artists Recording
    Important performers also start to record - Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Ralph Peer

  • New Technology

    New Technology was introduced to help

  • Wall Street Crash

    Wall Street Crash
    Black Thursday - Wall Street crash - but sales of music does not

  • Inventory of Electric Guitar

    Inventory of Electric Guitar
    This helped to change Blues.

  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    New Opportunities for African Americans in Urban Centers

  • Rhythm and Blues

    Rhythm and Blues
    Race record is replaced with Rhythm and Blues by Billboard Magazine.

  • BB King

    BB King
    BB Kings first hit

  • Elvis Remake

    Elvis Remake
    Elvis Presley remakes a Blues sung originally sung by Arthur Curdup - Thats all right.

  • Brown vs Brown

    Decision to not desegregate school - lot of music written before and because of this decision

  • Artist are performing

    More artists performing at festivals and concerts and being accepted - 1960's

  • Year of the Blues

    Congress says that the year 2003 is the Year of the Blues - 100th Anniversary of WC Handy.