Birth of swing

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Swing, that modern sound by Bindas, Kenneth J.

Subjects: “…Swing (Music) History and criticism.…”
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Swing, that modern sound by Bindas, Kenneth J.

Subjects: “…Swing (Music) History and criticism.…”
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Bandstand : the boys are back : the Broadway musical by Oberacker, Richard

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"We're the Light Crust Doughboys from Burrus Mill" : an oral history by Boyd, Jean Ann

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"We're the Light Crust Doughboys from Burrus Mill" : an oral history by Boyd, Jean Ann

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The Light Crust Doughboys are on the air : celebrating seventy years of Texas music by Dempsey, John Mark, 1954-

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The Light Crust Doughboys are on the air : celebrating seventy years of Texas music by Dempsey, John Mark, 1954-

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Comin' right at ya : how a Jewish Yankee hippie went country, or, the often outrageous history of Asleep at the Wheel by Benson, Ray, 1951-, Menconi, David

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The rise of a jazz art world by Lopes, Paul Douglas

Table of Contents: “…Swing craze: professional musicians, swing music and the art of improvisation --…”
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Benny Goodman's famous 1938 Carnegie Hall jazz concert by Tackley, Catherine

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Dancing the Big Apple, 1937 : African- Americans inspire a national craze

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Rhythm Is Our Business : Jimmie Lunceford And The Harlem Express.

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The Hollow Log Lounge : poems by Smith, R. T.

Table of Contents: “…One man's sanctuary in Opelika, Alabama -- Confession in a booth at the Hollow Log Lounge -- A local doc, over rocky lunchtime bourbon, speaks of barter and hopeful home remedies -- Charlene Sperry on safe beauty -- Flat-footing on bluegrass night : Dorsey Hostetter explains it all to a stranger -- He gets nostalgic in the Hollow Log Lounge just before Friday night's last call -- Pick it, squirrel : Steven Gresham sees the light -- Theology in the Hollow Log -- Wade Seego believes Soylent Green is people -- A cosmological discovery in the Hollow Log Lounge -- Tull Jackson's slow confession -- In horsehide shoes, Fleur Hobbs eats cheese, drinks Irish beer, and laments the nature of her one arrest -- Break time : Herman Wiggins just about says it all to a fledgling who hopes swing music turns the local girls to carnal dreams -- Getting cleared : the cosmetologist recounts her recent high-noon ordeal -- Cadmon Dabney from Whitby Corners on how he made his song -- Dew Stuart's breakthrough on the jew's harp -- Oxford Stroud recollects fishing with electricity -- The Phyllis -- After one straight Jack too many, the salesman waxes wild -- Politics and vodka in the Hollow Log Lounge -- Cowgirl -- Zydeco Washboard, the confession of Johnny Smooth -- A putative country star rebukes his exit escort -- Twang chic : Sam Buckhannon explores the latest fashion -- Country music -- One-eye remembers Silver Queen -- James Lee Bucky declines the offer -- Leaving the Kmart 4-for-$1 photo portrait booth, Junior Martin flirts with madness beyond the Bluelight Special and rumors of joy -- Miller -- He has seen more than he bargained for -- Working up a thirst in the Hollow Log Lounge -- March, and Mae Fields tells the most recent miracle she sort of saw -- Goatsucker : Dillard Ramsey admits to his suspicions -- Jane Lagrone rejects a tract en route to happy hour -- Sheriff Matt Whitlock confesses to a lesson in Zen after Hours -- The end : Sam Buckhannon's lament as told to Pattie Holcey.…”
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The Hollow Log Lounge : poems by Smith, R. T.

Table of Contents: “…One man's sanctuary in Opelika, Alabama -- Confession in a booth at the Hollow Log Lounge -- A local doc, over rocky lunchtime bourbon, speaks of barter and hopeful home remedies -- Charlene Sperry on safe beauty -- Flat-footing on bluegrass night : Dorsey Hostetter explains it all to a stranger -- He gets nostalgic in the Hollow Log Lounge just before Friday night's last call -- Pick it, squirrel : Steven Gresham sees the light -- Theology in the Hollow Log -- Wade Seego believes Soylent Green is people -- A cosmological discovery in the Hollow Log Lounge -- Tull Jackson's slow confession -- In horsehide shoes, Fleur Hobbs eats cheese, drinks Irish beer, and laments the nature of her one arrest -- Break time : Herman Wiggins just about says it all to a fledgling who hopes swing music turns the local girls to carnal dreams -- Getting cleared : the cosmetologist recounts her recent high-noon ordeal -- Cadmon Dabney from Whitby Corners on how he made his song -- Dew Stuart's breakthrough on the jew's harp -- Oxford Stroud recollects fishing with electricity -- The Phyllis -- After one straight Jack too many, the salesman waxes wild -- Politics and vodka in the Hollow Log Lounge -- Cowgirl -- Zydeco Washboard, the confession of Johnny Smooth -- A putative country star rebukes his exit escort -- Twang chic : Sam Buckhannon explores the latest fashion -- Country music -- One-eye remembers Silver Queen -- James Lee Bucky declines the offer -- Leaving the Kmart 4-for-$1 photo portrait booth, Junior Martin flirts with madness beyond the Bluelight Special and rumors of joy -- Miller -- He has seen more than he bargained for -- Working up a thirst in the Hollow Log Lounge -- March, and Mae Fields tells the most recent miracle she sort of saw -- Goatsucker : Dillard Ramsey admits to his suspicions -- Jane Lagrone rejects a tract en route to happy hour -- Sheriff Matt Whitlock confesses to a lesson in Zen after Hours -- The end : Sam Buckhannon's lament as told to Pattie Holcey.…”
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Fashion and jazz : dress, identity and subcultural improvisation by McClendon, Alphonso

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The pop, rock, and soul reader : histories and debates by Brackett, David

Table of Contents: “…Irving Berlin in Tin Pan Alley -- Technology, the dawn of modern popular music, and the "king of Jazz" -- Big band swing music : race and power in the music business -- Solo pop singers and new forms of fandom -- Hillbilly and race music -- Blues people and the classic blues -- The empress of the blues -- At the crossroads with Robert Johnson, as told by Johnny Shines -- From race music to Rhythm and blues : T-Bone Walker -- Jumpin' the blues with Louis Jordan -- On the bandstand with Johnny Otis and Wynonie Harris -- The producers answer back : the emergence of the "indie" record company.…”
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American popular music : from minstrelsy to MP3 by Starr, Larry, Waterman, Christopher Alan, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…-- Tin Pan Alley and Broadway -- Race Records -- Classic Blues -- Understanding Twelve-Bar Blues -- The Country Blues -- Blind Lemon Jefferson: The First Country Blues Star -- Robert Johnson: Standing at the Crossroad -- Early Country Music: Hillbilly Records -- Pioneers of Country Music: The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers -- Popular Music and the Great Depression -- Swing Music and American Culture -- Benny Goodman: "The King of Swing" -- Duke Ellington in the Swing Era -- Kansas City Swing: Count Basie -- Superstar of Swing: Glenn Miller -- Jazz Singers: The Boswell Sisters, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald -- Vocal Harmony Groups -- Country Music in the Swing Era: Roy Acuff, Singing Cowboys, and Western Swing -- Latin Music in the Swing Era -- ASCAP, the AFM, and the Decline of the Big Bands -- Timeline: 1946-1979 -- Popular Music and Technology in the Postwar Era -- The Rise of the Star Singers -- Urban Folk Music: The Weavers -…”