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Who was Billie Holidays boyfriend Joe Guy and what happened to him?
Billie Holiday and her men. One thing can be said about Lady, she could pick a handsome cat. Her first husband Jimmy Monroe was a frail pimply looking cat who had been married to none other than Nina...
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Doc Cheatham
Cheatham was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He noted there was no jazz music there in his youth; like many in the United States he was introduced to the style by early recordings and touring groups at...
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What Do You Know About Singer Pha Terrell "Until the real thing comes along"
So what do you know about singer Pha Terrell best known in some circles for "Until The Real Thing Comes along" with the great Andy Kirk band of the 1930s. Also he was a young Billie Holidays boyfriend...
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Oh sing a song unto our selves "Stump and Stumpy"
Doing some research at the local libary I read a fasinating interview that Linda Kuel had with James Cross from the Stump and Stumpy team. After wondering what this guy looked like that was a name...
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A Hot Time In Old Town Tonight ( Pictures from Alabama University with video)...
THERE'LL BE A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHTTheodore M Metz (m) Joseph Hayden (l)As Sung By:Bessie Smith rec Mar 2nd 1927 New YorkThe Carter Family '31Bing Crosby w Jack Halloran's Orch & Chorus...
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Discovering brooklyn New Yorks Jazz History part 1
More and more of the clubs that use to define Brooklyn, New York from the swing era till the 1960's are slowly becoming empty vacant buildings whispering a whine to tell their past. Well, always...
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Remembering Leonard Reed (Shim Sham Shimmy)
My great grandfather whom we called Pop use to have a little verse he use to say it went "Shim Sham Shim Sham Shimmy, Shim Sham, Shim Sham Shimmy now its to the left, now its too the right Mr. Charlie...
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Remembering Tondelyo Levy
The hardest thing about doing a blog that deals 90% with the obscure artists of yester year is the research. This one proved to date the hardest of all but finally we are introducing you to Ms....
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Tim "KingFish" Moore "Boy! What A Girl"
Before I had ever seen the Amos and Andy show I saw Boy What A Girl in 2005 at the website that holds movies which have lost their copy right. I remember putting it on my IPOD and watching it on the TV...
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Bold Negro from Nash County scares the Klan
Otis Baker? Humph where can I begin? When i read an article online about people thinking the Obamas were somewhat uppity I immediately thought of a story my father told me some years ago about a man...
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The Strange Thing About The Johnsons
This is a student film. Unbelievably complex, undeniably dark. It deals with a young man who is molesting someone in his family. Ill keep the mystery because once you learn who u will no doubt be...
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Article 11
Early life Wale was born Olubowale Victor Akintimehin in Washington, D.C. on September 21, 1984.[1] His parents are of the Yoruba ethnic group of southwestern Nigeria and came to the United States...
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Dorothea Towles " The making of a legend"
Before Pat Cleland, Naomi Campbell or Iman Their was the lovely Parisian African American model Dorothea Trowles her life story reads like an exciting fairy tale and her beauty exquisite. I first...
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New York Drag Culture for the love of Pat Cleveland
I remember the summer of 1987 very well why? Because I went to what is now known as a legendary gay ball. A old fashion Harlem, NY ball held by the Royale House Of Princess in New York. I remember...
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Things That I Think Are Just Plain Stupid
1. Nicki Manaji- Their is nothing more silly then looking at a grown up African American female dressed up and acting like a white Barbie Doll toy... 2. The House of Darion- I love Beyonce but really...
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Within Our Gates (1919) Movie Of The Month
A silent race film produced, written and directed by novelist Oscar Micheaux, it is the oldest known surviving film made by an African-American director.The film dramatically expresses the racial...
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