Blues music is a soulful genre. advertisement. 21 Ninety. ... Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, many regard her as one of the greatest singers of her era. Ma Rainey.

Best of 2022: The blues is alive and thriving in 2022 – and you clearly felt it too judging by your choices for the players of the year, alongside your pick of the best of soul and jazz guitarists..

“Blues in the Night” runs a zippy two hours, with intermission, and I found myself wanting to research all of the songwriters and the famous blues singers of the past when I got home.

Singers: Blues Boy; Singers: Blues Boy. 4 minute read. TIME. January 10, 1969 12:00 AM GMT-5. ... “Blues is what I do best. If Frank Sinatra can be tops in his field, Nat Cole in his, ...

You could describe Ray Charles as one of the most famous Black blues singers from the 50s, ... Perhaps the most famous blues musician of all time, B.B. King (1925-2015) ...

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After more than 60 years of performing in the shadows of more famous musicians, Bobby Rush is finally getting his due. The Louisiana-born singer launched his career in the 1950s in Chicago’s ...

William Warren drums on the 1965 Junior Wells LP Hoodoo Man Blues.. In 1965, Bob Koester of hugely influential local label Delmark Records asked Junior Wells to make an album. Wells assembled a ...

Even those who ignore rap music probably are aware of Three 6 Mafia's 2006 Oscar win for "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp," in the Best Original Song category. Memphis' "Blues" fame is due largely ...