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Encyclopedia > Keller Sisters and Lynch

The Keller Sisters and Lynch were a United States pop music group of singers of the 1920s and 1930s. Depending on context, pop music is either an abbreviation of popular music or, more recently, a term for a sub-genre of it. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who uses his or her voice as an instrument to make music. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy gun John Logie Baird invents the first working television system (1925) Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ...


The group consisted of siblings Nan Keller, Taddy Keller, and Frank Lynch. They were actually all siblings born with the family name Lynch.


They appeared on vaudeville, radio, and early sound films, but are best remembered by later generations for their phonograph records, including many made with top big bands and jazz musicians of the era, including the bands of Jean Goldkette (with Bix Beiderbecke), Ben Bernie, and Vincent Lopez. Vaudeville is a style of theater, also known as variety, which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... ....................................................................................................................together with vinyl records Manufacturers put records inside protective and decorative cardboard jackets and an inner paper sleeve to protect the grooves from dust and scratches. ... A big bang, also known as a jazz orchestra, is a large musical ensemble that plays jazz music, especially Swing. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Jean Goldkette (18 May 1893 – 24 March 1962) was a jazz pianist and bandleader. ... Bix Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was a notable jazz cornet player. ... Vincent Lopez (30 December 1895 - 20 September 1975) was a United States bandleader and pianist. ...


External links

  • http://www.dgarrick.com/jazzage/kellersisters/kellersisters.php

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