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Wynonie Harris (August 24, 1915 [2] – June 14, 1969) was an American blues shouter best remembered as a singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics. He had fifteen Top 10 hits between 1946 and 1952. Harris is attributed by many music scholars to be one of the founding fathers of rock and roll.
A blues shouter is a blues singer, often male, capable of singing unamplified with a band. Notable blues shouters include: Piney Brown. Walter Brown, of the Jay McShann orchestra [1] H-Bomb Ferguson [2] Wynonie Harris [2] [3] Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Duke Henderson, who operated mainly in the late 1940s and early 1950s. [4] [5] [6] [7]
The twelve-bar blues (or blues changes) is one of the most prominent chord progressions in popular music. The blues progression has a distinctive form in lyrics, phrase, chord structure, and duration. In its basic form, it is predominantly based on the I, IV, and V chords of a key. Mastery of the blues and rhythm changes are "critical elements ...
He recorded a total of 19 Top Ten R&B hits, the biggest being "Hop, Skip and Jump" (number 3 R&B, 1948), "Information Blues" (number 2 R&B, 1950), and "Best Wishes" (number 2 R&B, 1951). He left Specialty in 1955. However, releases on other labels were unsuccessful, and with the emergence of rock and roll his style of music became unfashionable ...
Rokudenashi Blues, written and illustrated by Masanori Morita, was originally serialized in Shueisha 's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 30, 1988, [4] to February 17, 1997. [5] Shueisha collected its chapters in 42 tankōbon volumes published between January 10, 1989, [6] and April 4, 1997. [7]
The "5" Royales. The "5" Royales was an American rhythm and blues (R&B) vocal group from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, that combined gospel, jump blues and doo-wop, marking an early and influential step in the evolution of rock and roll. Most of their big R&B hits were recorded in 1952 and 1953 and written by the guitarist ...
