• Le Moise Roosevelt Graves (December 9, 1909 – December 30, 1962), credited as Blind Roosevelt Graves, was an American blues guitarist and singer, who...
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  • "Crazy About My Baby" is a boogie woogie song, first recorded by Blind Roosevelt Graves in 1929. It was perhaps the first recorded to contain all elements...
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  • Eder (1933-01-03). "Blind Leroy Garnett | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-27. Ron Wynn. "Blind Roosevelt Graves". AllMusic. Retrieved...
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  • Reverend Gary Davis Thomas A. Dorsey Blind Roosevelt Graves Vera Hall Son House Bo Weavil Jackson Blind Lemon Jefferson Blind Willie Johnson Glenn Kaiser Booker...
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  • Tommy Dorsey in 1938 as "Boogie Woogie". "Crazy About My Baby" by Blind Roosevelt Graves and brother, Uaroy, recorded in 1929, was a rhythmic country blues...
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    the Birthplace of the Blues. His earliest musical influence was Blind Roosevelt Graves. Ulmer later met numerous notable musicians, including Elvis Presley...
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  • others, the following artists recorded "I (We) Shall Not Be Moved": Blind Roosevelt Graves (1929) – reissued on The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (2006) Charley...
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  • "Since I Laid My Burden Down" (recorded Chicago, December 4, 1928) Blind Roosevelt Graves – "When I Lay My Burdens Down" (Complete Recorded Works in Chronological...
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    music including blues and jazz. For instance, singer and guitarist Blind Roosevelt Graves was accompanied by his brother Uaroy on tambourine and voice, singing...
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  • recordings and his association with Charlie Spand, Baby James and Blind Roosevelt Graves, were amongst the highest quality ever issued by that label, which...
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  • Garnett Blind Mississippi Morris Blind Roosevelt Graves Blind Simmie Dooley Blind Willie Johnson Blind Willie McTell Blind Willie Walker Bobby "Blue" Bland...
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  • Johnson, Bo Carter, Willie Brown, the Mississippi Sheiks, Blind Joe Reynolds, Blind Roosevelt Graves, Geeshie Wiley, and Robert Wilkins. He also auditioned...
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  • Leave It There (category Blind Willie Johnson songs)
    Taggart, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" 1929–36[specify] – Blind Roosevelt Graves and Uaroy Graves, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" 1938–39 – Golden Gate Quartet...
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  • were about 880 graves in the cemetery, with the earliest burials dating from the 1840s. Notable interments include Blind Roosevelt Graves (1909–1962) and...
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  • Little Girl" – Sweet Brothers "I Shall Not Be Moved" – Blind Roosevelt Graves & Uaroy Graves "Lonesome Road Blues" – Smith & Irvine "If I Call You Mama"...
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  • birthplace of rock & roll." Hattiesburg was home to The Graves Brothers, Blind Roosevelt Graves and Uaroy Graves, who, along with piano player Cooney Vaughn, recorded...
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  • Pascagoula, MS Ace Cannon - Grenada, MS Steve Forbert - Meridian, MS Blind Roosevelt Graves and the Mississippi Jook Band, Hattiesburg, MS Jerry Lee Lewis -...
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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president...
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    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or T. R., was an American politician, soldier, conservationist...
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  • career. Notably, the album features covers of the songs of the likes of Blind Alfred Reed, the Pilgrim Travelers and the Stanley Brothers alongside three...
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    Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980) was an American writer and socialite. She was the eldest child of U.S. president...
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  • first use of the term boogie woogie as a genre comes this year. Blind Roosevelt Graves and brother Uaroy, are recorded by Paramount Records; researcher...
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  • were originally released in the 1920s on Gennett Records and Ma Rainey and Blind Lemon Jefferson that were originally released on Paramount Records. Fitzgerald...
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  • Roosevelt Sykes (January 31, 1906 – July 17, 1983) was an American blues musician, also known as "the Honeydripper". Sykes was born the son of a musician...
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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington D.C., dedicated to the memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president...
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    long-term friend and possibly romantic partner of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. After an unhappy and unsettled childhood, Hickok found success as a reporter...
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt. The law created the Social Security program as well as insurance against unemployment. The law was part of Roosevelt's New Deal domestic...
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    Thomas D. Schall (category American blind people)
    in the 64th, 65th, 66th, 67th, and 68th congresses. As he was legally blind, he was granted, by House vote, a full-time page to assist him with his...
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    Helen Keller (category Blind activists)
    Keller Services for the Blind Laura Bridgman List of peace activists Perkins School for the Blind Ragnhild Kåta "Deaf, Blind Woman to Get College Degree"...
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    workers at Burr Oak cemetery dug up more than 200 graves, dumped the bodies into unmarked mass graves, and resold the plots in a scheme that went back...
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