Emmett Miller (February 2, 1900 – March 29, 1962) was an American minstrel show performer and recording artist known for his falsetto, yodel-like voice...
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by Ernest Hare (1924), Billy Murray (1924), Clementine Smith (1924), Emmett Miller (1929), Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra (1940), Peggy Lee (1962)...
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Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African American youth who was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused...
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The Emmett Miller House was a historic house in rural White County, Arkansas. It was located on the west side of Arkansas Highway 13, north of Judsonia...
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Jack Shea. Emmett Miller recorded it in 1925 and 1928, followed by country music singer Rex Griffin in 1939. The recordings by Griffin and Miller inspired...
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band is composed of singer-guitarist Jordan Smith, guitarist-singer Emmett Miller, guitarist Evan Bird, guitarist-singer Brent Toler, bassist Mike Boyle...
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that year. Another early yodeler was Emmett Miller, a minstrel show performer, also from Georgia. In the 1920s, Miller recorded the song "Lovesick Blues"...
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the dancing team of Boyce and Evans, and the comic duo Ches Davis and Emmett Miller, perform in the roles they popularized in Minstrel shows. I Dream of...
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dating back to the 1920s which was previously most associated with the Emmett Miller and Bob Wills versions; 2) the Hank Williams song "I'm Satisfied with...
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Brown and the Musical Brownies, Sleepy John Estes, Fats Waller, and Emmett Miller. "Busker Broadcast". Asheville FM. Retrieved 28 December 2018. Hesse...
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Mountaineers, Sleepy John Estes, Henry Townsend, Frank Fairfield, Fats Waller, Emmett Miller, Marc Bolan, Peter Lafarge, and Willie Dixon. LaFarge married singer...
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comedic aspects, but for many up-and-coming white country musicians, like Emmett Miller, Clayton McMichen and Jimmie Rodgers, the ribald lyrics were beside...
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Michele Sindona, the heavyweight boxer Sonny Liston, the country singer Emmett Miller, the soul/rock band Hall & Oates and the racketeer Arnold Rothstein...
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"Happy" Lawson. The song was published in 1921 and first recorded by Emmett Miller for OKeh Records in 1924, accompanying himself on ukulele, Lawson recorded...
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Macon has been home for numerous musicians and composers, including Emmett Miller, The Allman Brothers Band, Randy Crawford, Mark Heard, Lucille Hegamin...
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profound influences as a young singer were Jimmie Rodgers, Bing Crosby, Emmett Miller and other country and blues musicians. Thomas moved the family to Raymondville...
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2:36 12. "Honky Tonkin'" Tom Hiddleston and the Saddle Spring Boys 2:41 13. "Lovesick Blues" (Soundtrack Edit) Emmett Miller 1:23 Total length: 32:54...
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Jack Norton (filmmaker) (redirect from Jack Emmett Norton)
a musicologist and historian has led him to publish biographies on Emmett Miller, Freddie Fisher (Schnickelfritz) and Stan Fritts of the Korn Kobblers...
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vaudevillian performers or by the recordings and live performances of Emmett Miller. From the gandy dancers, Rodgers learned to elongate or shorten words...
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library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14. "OKeh matrix S-72936. Anytime / Emmett Miller ; Walter Rothrock - Discography of American Historical Recordings"....
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influence was performed by the black-faced Emmett Miller and the Georgia Crackers (OKeh 41280, 1929). Miller's version was picked up by an early Bob Wills...
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Reckless Daughter Emmett Miller, an important influence on early country stars like Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills Flournoy E. Miller Irvin C. Miller David Mitchell...
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was more eclectic than that of anyone I've ever known – it included Emmett Miller, Blind Blake, Paganini, Caruso, Gene Austin, John McCormack, Moran and...
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hit. "Dorie Miller" about war hero Doris Miller "Wallace, Emmett Babe, 1909-2006". The Library of Congress, LC Name Authority File. "Emmett "Babe" Wallace...
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were the white vaudeville artist George P. Watson and his colleague Emmett Miller. The latter was one of the best-known blackface artists of his time...
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undersung figures in country, hillbilly, and blues music, including Emmett Miller, Cliff Carlisle, and Val and Pete. He also pays tribute to early music...
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Van Heflin (redirect from Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin, Jr.)
Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr. (December 13, 1908 – July 23, 1971) was an American theatre, radio, and film actor. He played mostly character parts over...
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biography of Emmett Miller, one of the last minstrel singers. Just as importantly, it depicts Tosches' search for information about Miller, about whom...
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those who have sent in applications for research to appear on the show. Emmett Miller Finding Your Roots African American Lives Ancestors in the Attic Faces...
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Fort Worth, Wills added the "rowdy city blues" of Bessie Smith and Emmett Miller, whom he idolized, to a repertoire of mainly waltzes and breakdowns...
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