Blues Cross Country is a 1962 (see 1962 in music) album by Peggy Lee, arranged by Quincy Jones. 33â LP vinyl record for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour album from the 1960s. ... Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 â January 21, 2002) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // History The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Milt Gabler (20 May 1911 - 20 July 2001) was a noted American record producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 â January 21, 2002) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. ... Track Listing âAs Time Goes Byâ Herman Hupfield 2:48 âIf You Goâ Geoffrey Parsons, Michel Emer 2:39 âOh Love Hast Thou Forsaken Meâ William Bowers 2:33 âSay It Isnt Soâ Irving Berlin 2:53 âI Wish I Didnt Love You Soâ Frank Loesser 2:45... See also: 1961 in music, other events of 1962, 1963 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 1 - The Beatles and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes both audition at Decca Records, a company which has the option of signing one group only. ... Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 â January 21, 2002) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. ... Quincy Jones on the cover of Back on the Block (1989). ...
The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of the blues' West African pedigree.
Recorded blues and country can be found from as far back as the 1920s, when the popular record industry developed and created marketing categories called "race music" and "hillbilly music" to sell music by and for fls and whites, respectively.
Jefferson was one of the few countryblues performers to record widely, and may have been the first to record the slide guitar style, in which a guitar is fretted with a knife blade or the sawed-off neck of a bottle.
Blues drummers usually mark beats one and three with the bass drum, while beats two and four are accented by the snare drum.
Countryblues was first recorded in the mid-1920s, around the same time that fl jazz, country-and-western, and Cajun music also made their recorded debuts.
Countryblues musicians of the 1920s and 1930s, such as Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, and Bukka White, rekindled their careers after being rediscovered by young white blues enthusiasts in the 1960s.