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Can You Dig It??: The Rise of Disco
CAN YOU DIG IT??: THE RISE OF DISCO The origins of the disco genre begin in underground dance venues in New York City in the
“Take Me to the King”: The Transformation of Black Gospel Music
“TAKE ME TO THE KING”: THE TRANSFORMATION OF BLACK GOSPEL MUSIC Gospel music is the 20th century of African American religious music that came after
It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myRc-3oF1d0 The formation of jazz can be contributed to genres ragtime, blue and African
Empress of Blues: Bessie Smith
Empress of Blues: Bessie Smith Blues: the genre of pain and sorrow. There literally could not have been another name that was more fitting for
Let Them Eat Cake: The History of Cakewalks
Let Them Eat Cake: The History of Cakewalks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QifiyNm6jG4 Every year in my elementary school, we would have annual cake walks. I absolutely loved them
Let the Spirit Move You: The Gospel Period of Jubilee Quartets
Let the Spirit Move You: The Gospel Period of Jubilee Quartets By the mid-1800s, society had gotten used to the slow and solemn Negro Spirituals,
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“First Ladies of Gospel: The Clark Sisters”
“First Ladies of Gospel: The Clark Sisters” THESIS Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Jacky, Denise, Elbernita (Twinkie), Dorinda and Karen were born to the
