1920's Music
Saharrah Tomas & Joselyn Valencia
Background
The gramophone became successful in the 1880's, it led to popularity in the early 1900's. When the acoustical recording process was replaced with the electrical process, this change caused recordings to sound better. Since the improvement of recording process, many record labels expanded in the 1920's modern music emerged causing record labels to become more risky with their songs and artists.
Facts
F. Scott Fitzgerald's book the "Great Gatsby" was based on the Jazz Age.
He is the one who actually named this time in history "The Jazz Age".
Louis Armstrong
1901-1971
Louis Armstrong is known to be on of the most influential jazz artists of all.
Famous songs: "What a Wonderful World", "Hello Dolly", "Jeepers Creepers".
- Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Between 1925 and 1928, Armstrong and his band "The Hot Five", cut more than 60 records.
- In 1926 Armstrong began playing the trumpet in Erskin Tate's orchestra at the Vendome Theater in Chicago.
- He became the first African American jazz musician to write an autobiography.
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith was a well known blues singer. Nicknames: "Empress of the Blues".
Famous songs: "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out", "Down Hearted Blues", "Empty Bed Blues".
- When Smith was young, she sang in downtown Chattanooga.
- In 1912 Smith joined a traveling minstrel.
- Bessie Smith recorded her debut, "Downhearted Blues", in 1923, selling 750,00 copies.
- Smith recorded with other blues singers such as, Fletcher Henderson, James P. Johnson, Coleman, Louis Armstrong, and Benny Goodman.
Jimmi Rodgers
1897-1933
Jimmie Rodgers was the first nationally known country singer. Nicknames: "The Mississippi Blue Yodeler", "The Sining Brakeman".
Famous songs: "Waiting for a Train", "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "Blue Yodel (T is for Texas)".
- Born in Meridian, Mississippi on September 8, 1897.
- Jimmie Rodgers began performing at the age of 13.
- In 1924 Rodgers was diagnosed with tuberculosis.
- In November 1927, Rodgers recorded "Blue Yodel (T is for Texas)>