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    Roland Wiltse Hayes (June 3, 1887 – January 1, 1977) was an American lyric tenor and composer. Critics lauded his abilities and linguistic skills demonstrated...
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  • Roland Hayes Lakes (December 25, 1939 – March 5, 2012) was an American football defensive lineman. He played defensive tackle at University of Wichita...
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    and other structures New Echota Historic Site, first Cherokee capital Roland Hayes Museum at the Harris Arts Center Oakleigh/Gordon County Historical Society...
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    to Count Hieronymus Colloredo-Mannsfeld) and African-American tenor Roland Hayes: their affair caused a major scandal and cost Bertha her title, access...
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    who had become renowned while touring as a pianist with gospel singer Roland Hayes, chanced upon Robeson in Harlem. The two ad-libbed a set of spirituals...
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    School system: Baker School, Florida Ruffin Ridley School, Driscoll, Roland Hayes School, Lawrence School, Lincoln School, Pierce School, and Runkle School...
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    behind the Roxbury school campus and was named Roland Hayes School of Music after musician Roland Hayes. The school of music was joined with their neighboring...
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  • The Chocolate Dandies Dorothy Dandridge Duke Ellington Adelaide Hall Roland Hayes Fletcher Henderson Billie Holiday Lena Horne Hall Johnson James Price...
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    turned firefighter Mary Ault Harada, record-breaking Masters Class runner Roland Hayes, African-American lyric tenor and composer Frances Keegan Marquis, first...
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    recognition as a concert artist in both his region and internationally was Roland Hayes. He trained with Arthur Calhoun in Chattanooga, and at Fisk University...
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    Long Wharf Theatre Stage musical Breath and Imagination: The Story of Roland Hayes 2013 Angel Mo' Hartford Stage Theatre Stage musical City Theatre Stage...
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    ) was an American classical composer who worked with, among others, Roland Hayes and Paul Robeson. Avery Robinson was born on January 21, 1878, in Louisville...
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    German tune "Mendebras," used for the hymn "Oh Day of Rest and Gladness." Roland Hayes (1922): Arranged by Avery Robinson; see sheet music for the song. Fats...
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    Crow era. Notable African-American instructors included Carol Brice and Roland Hayes during the 1945 Summer Music Institute; Percy H. Baker, hired on full-time...
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  • medicine. After hearing a concert by the African-American lyric tenor Roland Hayes he gave up his medical education to study singing and music, and soon...
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    in Los Angeles, and mother of operatic soprano Florence Cole Talbert Roland Hayes, lyric tenor who was the first African-American male concert artist to...
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    Work led the group—including all nine Edison cylinders that feature Roland Hayes as second tenor and the four recitations of Paul Laurence Dunbar's poetry...
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    Songs for Today and a stage musical called My Name Is Hayes based on the life of Roland Hayes. He also commissioned a choral work composed of spirituals...
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  • the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2013-03-08. "Delegate C. E. (Cliff) Hayes Jr". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Corpening Rowe, Carolyn; Jane Taylor Thomas;...
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  • Station of Tuskegee Inst. For researching Agricultural Chemistry." 1924 Roland Hayes "Singer; for artistry through interpreting Negro folk song; soloist with...
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  • 1894) 1972 – Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888) 1977 – Roland Hayes, American lyric tenor and composer (b. 1887) 1978 – Carle Hessay, German-Canadian...
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    Chicago, Jackson saved her money to buy records by classical singers Roland Hayes, Grace Moore, and Lawrence Tibbett, attributing her diction, breathing...
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  • possibly has the same writer(s) as, "Were You There", another Spiritual. Roland Hayes – recorded the song for Victor Records in 1927. A Song Recital (Columbia...
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    concerts with artists such as Marian Anderson, Henry T. Burleigh, Grainger, Roland Hayes, Sousa and Clarence Cameron White and the Belgian Royal Band who presented...
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  • Knockin' at Your Door! (1928), Columbia Records Sung by Roland Hayes on the album Evening with Roland Hayes (1953), LP record, Heritage Productions Sung by The...
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  • ISBN 978-0-940134-61-4. Brooks, Christopher A.; Sims, Robert (2014). Roland Hayes: The Legacy of an American Tenor. Indiana University Press. pp. 167–...
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  • in 1955. The present name honors David W. Curry, a local pharmacist. Roland Hayes, a composer and celebrated lyric tenor, was born in Curryville. U.S....
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  • James Clarence Olden, was a member of the Fisk Quartet, which included Roland Hayes. She studied piano and organ at Howard University and Oberlin Conservatory...
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    Chief Dan Cranmer Franz Boas and George Herzog 1938 "Were You There" Roland Hayes 1940 The Goldbergs Episode: "Sammy Goes to the Army" Gertrude Berg and...
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    New Jersey Nets Whit Haydn – magician, vice-president of Magic Castle Roland Hayes – musician Tommy Head – member of Tennessee House of Representatives...
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