• the pseudonyms Robert Lee McCoy and Robert Nighthawk. He was the father of the blues musician Sam Carr. Nighthawk was inducted into the Blues Hall of...
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    advantage in rhythm accompaniment. Robert Nighthawk (born Robert Lee McCollum) recorded extensively in the 1930s as "Robert Lee McCoy" with bluesmen such as...
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    The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a retired American single-seat, subsonic twin-engine stealth attack aircraft developed by Lockheed's secretive Skunk Works...
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  • Look up nighthawk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A nighthawk is a nocturnal bird. Nighthawk(s) or Night Hawk(s) may also refer to: Nighthawks (painting)...
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  • Hooker was influenced by the modern urban styles of T-Bone Walker and Robert Nighthawk. He recorded several singles and albums as a bandleader and with other...
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    known for his association with Robert Nighthawk. He was not especially noted as a guitarist or singer, but Nighthawk showed gratitude to Stackhouse,...
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  • (1867–1926), American general Robert Nighthawk (1909–1967), also known as Robert Lee McCoy, American musician Bob McCoy (Robert McCoy, 1934–2016), American...
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    Point in recognition of musician Robert Nighthawk, who at various times called Friars Point home. In 1940, Nighthawk recorded "Friars Point Blues", singing...
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  • The Nighthawks are an American blues and roots music band, based in Washington, D.C. As of 2018, The Nighthawks are Mark Wenner (vocals and harmonica)...
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    blues and slide guitar style, whose influences include Elmore James, Robert Nighthawk, B.B. King, Alvino Rey, Les Paul, George Harrison, and Keith Richards...
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  • versions showed Tampa Red's influence. Robert Nighthawk recorded "Black Angel Blues" in 1949. Accompanying Nighthawk on vocal and electric slide guitar were...
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    to the work of many Delta blues artists, including Elmore James and Robert Nighthawk. In 1953, he moved north to Gary, Indiana where he briefly played drums...
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    influenced other Chicago blues guitarists such as Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Nighthawk, Muddy Waters, and Elmore James. In a career spanning over 30 years...
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  • air while playing. His style influenced later blues singers, such as Robert Nighthawk and Howlin' Wolf (whose song "I Asked for Water [She Brought Me Gasoline]"...
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    for such blues artists as Sonny Boy Williamson II, Ike Turner, and Robert Nighthawk, it was previously the G.T. Thomas Hospital, in which Bessie Smith...
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  • recordings for other labels, backing Otis Rush, Johnny "Man" Young, and Robert Nighthawk. Jacobs suffered from alcoholism and had a notoriously short temper...
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    Monroe Wes Montgomery Benny Moré Rose Murphy Jimmy Nelson Ricky Nelson Robert Nighthawk Jimmy Nolen Nervous Norvus Donald O'Conner St. Louis Jimmy Oden Odetta...
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    music instead". Other major influences include Robert Johnson, R.L. Burnside, Clarence White, Robert Nighthawk, T-Model Ford, Hound Dog Taylor, Mississippi...
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  • Nighthawks at the Diner is the third studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released on October 21, 1975 on Asylum Records. It was recorded over...
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    and 1954. In the down-home category, Allen also released singles by Robert Nighthawk and Big Walter Horton, as well as pianist Eddie Ware, guitarist L....
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  • various nightclubs across the Mississippi Delta area. He played with Robert Nighthawk for a ten-year period from 1953 to 1963. While playing in a club in...
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    Rhythm, Turner and Lane became unofficial roadies for blues musician Robert Nighthawk, who often played live on WROX. The pair played drums and piano on...
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  • future guitarists in bluegrass, early rock and roll, and country music. Robert Nighthawk became the first blues musician to record with an electric guitar and...
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    also moved from Robert Nighthawk's radio program on KFFA to Sonny Boy Williamson's King Biscuit Time. He continued working with Nighthawk, however, accompanying...
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  • that featured Delta blues musicians such as Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Nighthawk. Hill learned to play the saxophone by getting Houston Stackhouse to...
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    Moré Moon Mullican Rose Murphy Jimmy Nelson Ricky Nelson Sandy Nelson Robert Nighthawk Willie Nix Jimmy Nolen Nervous Norvus Donald O'Conner St. Louis Jimmy...
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    Memphis—Elmore James, Houston Stackhouse, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Robert Nighthawk, and others—to perform on KWEM radio. Williamson married Howlin' Wolf's...
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  • Rhythm, which performed during most of the 1940s. The band featured Robert Nighthawk on harmonica and Charlie McCoy on mandolin. McCoy died of heart disease...
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    Walter Horton Freddie King Magic Sam 1983 Louis Jordan Albert King Robert Nighthawk Ma Rainey Big Joe Turner 1984 Otis Rush Hound Dog Taylor Big Mama Thornton...
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  • Records was sued by Peacock Records for recording their artists Reverend Robert Ballinger and the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi. In 1969, Chess Records...
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