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5 days ago · Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. According to the Great American Songbook Foundation: The "Great American Songbook" is the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century that have stood the test of time in their life and legacy.
May 15, 2024 · May 15, 2024, 12:09 PM ET (AP) Soulful singer Michael McDonald looks back in his new memoir, 'What a Fool Believes'. Steely Dan, American rock band. Essentially a studio-based duo, Steely Dan drew from the gamut of American musical styles to create some of the most intelligent and complex pop music of the 1970s.
May 16, 2024 · Coley Reed. Updated May 16, 20241.2M views238 items. Ranked By. 1.8M votes. 66.9K voters. Voting Rules. Bands must have formed in the United States and have mostly American band members. Some of the greatest bands in rock history are from the United States.
Apr 30, 2024 · “Real Americans” — which covers more than 80 years, and touches on everything from the Cultural Revolution to Sept. 11 to the fight against affirmative action — is as much about being Asian in...
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May 11, 2024 · This guide is designed to help students and researchers navigate the many resources on American band history available for use in the Special Collections in Performing Arts (SCPA), part of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library at the University of Maryland. Band-related archival collections at SCPA include:
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1 day ago · The Band’s pioneering blend of traditional country, folk, old-time string band, blues, and rock music brought them critical acclaim in the late 1960s and ’70s and served as a template for Americana, the movement of hybrid, roots-oriented music that emerged in the late 1990s. The members were Jaime (“Robbie”) Robertson (b.
May 8, 2024 · The Doors, American band that, with a string of hits in the late 1960s and early ’70s, was the creative vehicle for singer Jim Morrison, one of rock music’s mythic figures. The Doors acquired a reputation for pushing the boundaries of rock composition.
