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A- Illinois Central Railroad connects New Orleans and Chicago and north to Minnesota
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B- Jim Crow Laws
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01- Thomas Edison invents wax cylinder recordings
My family acquired an Edison phonograph with a large collection of wax cylinder recordings from my Grandfather, Lloyd P Shapleigh, Sr. -
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C- Tin Pan Ally Sheet Music
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03- WC Handy is inspired by an unnamed muscian using a pocket knife for a slide on a guitar
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D- Silas Green from New Orleans variety tent show
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04- 10 inch 78 rpm shellac gramophone recording discs became standard
Various speeds ranging from 16 rpm to 78 rpm and sizes 12 inch to 10 inches were in use during this time. -
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E- First Great Migration
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F- Alan Lomax
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G- Golden Age of Rado
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H- Jazz Age - Roaring Twenties
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I- My Dad, Lloyd P Shapleigh, Jr
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J- Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
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K- The Great Depression
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14- Howlin' Wolf meets Charley Patton
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17- Rural Electrification Act - artwork by Lester Beall
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18- Jelly Roll Morton interviews with Alan Lomax and recordings
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19B- Marian Anderson sings at Lincoln Memorial to a crowd of 75,000
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L- Second Great Migration
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M- LP Shapleigh, Jr serves in WWII
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23- Congress discontinues funding for Library of Congress recording project
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N- Chuck Berry sent to reformatory for armed robbery
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O- Imperial Records - Universal Music Group
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45 rpm 7 inch gramophone records introduced
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27- Howlin' Wolf cut tracks at Sun Records
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P- Chess Records
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30- Lloyd P Shapleigh Jr and Elizabeth Griffiths wed
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Q- Sun Records
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32- "Bear Cat" Rufus Thomas first big hit for Sun Records
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Sarah Shapleigh
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Bo Diddley banned from future Ed Sullivan Shows for singing his own song
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43- Lisa Shapleigh - Me
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Elvis, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash footage
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R- WSJM St. Joseph MI pop AM station
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48- Rebecca Shapleigh, born
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S- Elvis Presley US Army service
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T- FAME Music recording studio opens
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Laura Shapleigh
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Family Television
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Family Reel to Reel recorder
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Shapleigh girls first record player
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U- First British Invasion
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56- Bob Dylan extends 3 minute 45 rpm limitation "Like a Rolling Stone"
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Muddy Waters Chicago Blues
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63- Alan Lomax receives National Medal of Arts from Ronald Regan
