• Arthur Blake (1896 – December 1, 1934), known as Blind Blake, was an American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist. He is known for recordings he made...
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  • Blind Date is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bruce Willis (in his first credited lead role) and Kim Basinger...
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  • the most popular of the recorded Piedmont blues artists, along with Blind Blake, Josh White, and Buddy Moss. Allen was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina...
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  • of the Second World War Blind Blake (Arthur Blake, 1896–1934), American blues/ragtime singer and guitarist Henry Arthur Blake (1840–1918), British colonial...
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  • Blake Alphonso Higgs (1915 – 1986), better known as "Blind Blake", was the best-known performer of goombay and calypso in the Bahamas from the 1930s to...
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  • because he remembers his brother mentioning that a blues musician named Blind Blake had died there. Much to his surprise, shortly after his arrival, he is...
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    as Blind Blake, Big Bill Broonzy, Skip James, Blind Willie McTell, Memphis Minnie and Mississippi John Hurt. Some early blues players such as Blind Willie...
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  • in a singular and popular fashion, influenced by guitarists such as Blind Blake and Gary Davis. The Piedmont blues was named after the Piedmont plateau...
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  • singer/guitarist, performed and recorded in Nassau from early 1950s to 1981 T-Connection Blake Alphonso Higgs (1915 – 1986), better known as "Blind Blake"...
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  • Blake (1931–1982), American preservationist Betty Tackaberry Blake (1920–2015), American pilot Billy Blake (1902–??), English footballer Blind Blake (1896–1934)...
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  • "Blind Blake And The Royal Victoria Hotel Calypsos" in 1951 on the album A Group Of Bahamian Songs. "Watermelon spoiling on the vine". "Blind Blake and...
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  • Joe Lewis Blind Blake Blind Blues Darby Blind Boy Fuller Blind Boy Grunt (Bob Dylan) Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton Blind Connie Williams Blind Gary Davis...
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  • Irving Berlin (1901–1989) Mike Bernard (1881–1936) Arthur "Blind" Blake (1896–1934) Eubie Blake (1887–1983) William Bolcom (1938–) Euday L. Bowman (1887–1949)...
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    blues guitar players of the early 20th century, including Blind Blake, Robert Johnson and Blind Willie McTell. These influences led a friend to suggest...
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    was blind, as were many other country bluesmen, including Blind Willie McTell, Blind Willie Johnson, Sonny Terry, Blind Boy Fuller, Blind Blake and Reverend...
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  • Floor (1997) Die Trying (1998) Tripwire (1999) The Visitor - aka Running Blind (2000) Echo Burning (2001) Without Fail (2002) Persuader (2003) One Shot...
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    Blues" Blind Blake (guitar) possibly Leroy Picket (violin) 12419 Twelve-bar blues D 5584 57 4020 1926/12 "Grievin Hearted Blues" Blind Blake (guitar)...
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  • recorded her first big success, "Sweet Petunia", which was covered by Blind Blake. She also recorded for Brunswick Records, backed by Tampa Red. By 1930...
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    and country blues artists such as Reverend Gary Davis, Bo Carter and Blind Blake. In addition, Casady and Kaukonen played as a duo under the moniker with...
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  • American Delta blues artist and outlaw. Blind Blake – American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist. The Blind Boys of Alabama – Gospel group. Andrea...
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    Mississippi Sheiks, Sam Morgan's Jazz Band, Johnny and Baby Dodds, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, the Memphis Jug Band, King Oliver, Bessie Smith" and others...
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    Bahamas, its most famous practitioner in modern times was Alphonso 'Blind Blake' Higgs, who performed at the Nassau International Airport for many years...
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    "Champagne Charlie" was recorded in 1932 by the American blues singer Blind Blake. Blind Blake's version was later covered by the jazz musician Leon Redbone on...
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    between Blind Blake's final sessions in 1932 and Blind Boy Fuller's debut in 1935 (the other being Josh White). A younger contemporary of Blind Willie...
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    of the popularity of artists such as Jefferson and his contemporaries Blind Blake and Ma Rainey, Paramount became the leading recording company for the...
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  • 1920s by musicians such as Charley Patton, Blind Willie McTell, the Memphis Jug Band, Blind Blake, and Blind Lemon Jefferson. Perls founded a second label...
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  • Paramount Records in April that year. He was accompanied on guitar by Blind Blake. James "Boodle It" Wiggins recorded his version around October 1929 in...
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    artists such as Reverend Gary Davis, Jelly Roll Morton, Bo Carter and Blind Blake. In September 1969, Kaukonen and Casady employed the moniker for a week...
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    fact that such blues are attributed to Charlie Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Blind Blake often means that they were the first to record them. Compounding...
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  • recordings from the 1920s by Charley Patton, Blind Willie McTell, Memphis Jug Band, Blind Blake, and Blind Lemon Jefferson. On Blue Goose Records he recorded...
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