Blues
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Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, s
American blues singer Ma Rainey (1886–1939), the "Mother of the Blues"
Musicologist John Lomax (left) shaking hands with musician "Uncle" Rich Brown in Sumterville, Alabama
Sheet music from "Saint Louis Blues" (1914)
Bessie Smith, an early blues singer, known for her powerful voice
Rockabilly
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Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South. As a genre, it blends the sound of Western musical styles
Classic instruments associated with rockabilly are a hollow-body electric guitar, an upright bass, and a pared-down drum kit.
Elvis Presley in a promotional shot for Jailhouse Rock in 1957
Bill Haley and His Comets during a TV appearance
Teddy & The Tigers, a Finnish rockabilly band from Kerava, pictured in Helsinki, 1978