Popular-music culture in America
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  Acuff, Roy (Claxton) (b. 1903 d. 1992) |   composer, country music singer |
  Albee, Edward Franklin (b. 1857 d. 1930) |   vaudeville impresario |
  Armstrong, Louis (b. 1900) |   cast, composer |
  Arnold, Eddy (b. 1918) |   country music singer, guitar |
  Basie, [William] (b. 1904 d. 1984) |   bandleader, composer |
  Beck, Martin (a. 1893) |   vaudeville impresario |
  Beiderbecke, Bix [Leon Bismarck] (b. 1903 d. 1931) |   cornet, musicisti |
  Berlin, Irving (b. 1888 d. 1989) |   cast, composer |
  Berliner, Emil (b. 1851 d. 1929) |   inventor |
  Bolden, Buddy [Charles King] (b. 1877 d. 1931) |   cornet, bandleader |
  Bolton, Guy (Reginald) (b. 1884 d. 1979) |   librettist |
  Brand, Oscar (b. 1920) |   composer, lyricist |
  Calloway, Cab [Cabell] (b. 1907 a. 1930-1945) |   bandleader, cast |
  Carson, Fiddling John (b. 1868 d. 1949) |   pioneer hillbilly fiddle player, recording artist |
  Carson, John (b. 1868 d. 1949) |   cy fid, singer |
  Carter, Benny (b. 1907) |   alto saxophone, clarinet |
  Cash, Johnny (b. 1932) |   guitar, country music singer |
  Clark, Dick [Richard Wagstaff] (b. 1929) |   TV personality, rock music promoter |
  Cohan, George M. [George Michael] (b. 1878 d. 1942) |   author, cast |
  Cole, Nat King (b. 1917 d. 1965) |   composer, lyricist |
  Crosby, Bing (b. 1904 d. 1977) |   singer |
  Davis, Miles (Dewey) (b. 1926 d. 1991) |   piano, tromba |
  Dorsey, Jimmy [James Francis] (b. 1904 d. 1957) |   cast, clarinet |
  Dorsey, Tommy [Thomas] (b. 1905 d. 1956) |   cast, composer |
  Dreyfus, Max (b. 1874 d. 1964) |   music publisher, composer |
  Edison, Thomas (Alva) (b. 1847 d. 1931) |   inventor |
  Ellington (b. 1899 d. 1974) |   composer, direttore d'orchestra |
  Epstein, Brian (Samuel) (b. 1934 d. 1967) |   manager of the Beatles |
  Everly, Don [Isaac Donald] (b. 1937) |   singer |
  Everly, Phil (b. 1939) |   composer, guitar |
  Feist, Leo (b. 1869 d. 1930) |   music publisher |
  Fitzgerald, Ella (b. 1920 a. 1936) |   composer, interprete |
  Foster, Stephen Collins (b. 1826 d. 1864) |   bass guitar, composer |
  Gallilland, Henry (a. 1922) |   fiddle, pioneer country music recording artist |
  Garland, Judy (b. 1922 d. 1969) |   musicisti, singer |
  Gershwin, George (b. 1898) |   author, cast |
  Gershwin, Ira (b. 1896 d. 1983) |   author, composer |
  Goodman, Benny [Benjamin David] (b. 1909 d. 1986) |   alto saxophone, cast |
  Guthrie, Woody [Woodrow Wilson] (b. 1912 d. 1967) |   cast, composer |
  Haley, Bill (b. 1925 d. 1981) |   piano, rock & roll singer |
  Hambitzer, Charles (a. 1916) |   composer, musician |
  Hammerstein, Oscar (Greeley Clendenning) (b. 1895 d. 1960) |   cast, composer |
  Handy, W.C. [William Christopher] (b. 1873 d. 1958) |   additional Music, cast |
  Harms, Thomas Brush (b. 1860 d. 1906) |   music publisher |
  Harris, Sam H. (b. 1872 d. 1941) |   director, producer |
  Harrison, George (b. 1943) |   alto saxophone, singer |
  Hart, Lorenz (Milton) (b. 1895 d. 1943) |   cast, director |
  Henderson, Fletcher [James Fletcher] (b. 1898 d. 1952) |   arranger, bandleader |
  Herman, Woody (b. 1913 d. 1987) |   bandleader, clarinet |
  Holly, Buddy (b. 1936 d. 1959) |   rock & roll singer, vocals |
  Jackson, Michael (b. 1958) |   singer, songwriter |
  Jolson, Al (b. >1886 d. 1950) |   cast, composer |
  Joplin, Scott (b. 1868 d. 1917) |   composer, librettist |
  Keith, Benjamin Franklin (a. 1883) |   vaudeville impresario |
  Keppard, Freddie (b. 1889 d. 1933) |   cornet |
  Kern, Jerome (David) (b. 1885 d. 1945) |   cast, composer |
  Ledbetter, Huddie (b. 1885 d. 1949) |   songster, vocals |
  Lennon, John (Winston Ono) (b. 1940 d. 1980) |   author, composer |
  Loew, Marcus (a. 1906) |   vaudeville impresario |
  Lombardo, Guy [Gaetano Alberto] (b. 1902 d. 1977) |   bandleader, director |
  Lopez, Vincent (b. 1898 d. 1975 a. 1922-1939) |   bandleader, cast |
  Macon, Uncle Dave (b. 1870 d. 1952) |   banjo, country music singer |
  Madonna (b. 1959) |   rock singer, songwriter |
  Marks, Edward Bennett (b. 1865 d. 1945) |   music publisher |
  McCartney, Paul [James Paul] (b. 1942) |   author, composer |
  Miller, Glen [Alton Glen] (b. 1904 d. 1944) |   accordion, bandleader |
  Mills, Irving (b. 1884 d. 1985) |   cast, composer |
  Morton, Jelly Roll (b. 1885 d. 1941) |   composer, music based on |
  Murdock, John J. |   vaudeville impresario |
  Oliver, King [Joseph] (b. 1885 d. 1938) |   composer, cornet |
  Parker, Tom (b. 1910) |   manager |
  Pastor, Tony (b. 1907 d. 1969) |   bandleader, tenor sax |
  Phillips, Sam [Samuel Cornelius] (b. 1930) |   record producer, discoverer of Elvis |
  Porter, Cole (Albert) (b. 1891 d. 1964) |   cast, composer |
  Presley, Elvis (Aaron) (b. 1935 d. 1977) |   singer, songwriter |
  Proctor, Frederick Freeman (b. 1852 a. 1880) |   vaudeville impresario |
  Reed, Susan (b. 1927) |   folksinger |
  Rice, Daddy (b. 1808 d. 1860) |   minstrel performer |
  Robertson, Eck [Alexander Campbell] (b. 1887 d. 1975) |   country fiddler |
  Robinson, Earl Hawley (b. 1910 d. 1991) |   songwriter, conductor |
  Rodgers, Jimmie [James Charles] (b. 1897 d. 1933) |   country music guitar, vocals |
  Rodgers, Richard (Charles) (b. 1902 d. 1979) |   cast, composer |
  Seeger, Pete [Peter R.] (b. 1919) |   Dirigent, folksinger |
  Sinatra, Frank [Francis Albert] (b. 1915) |   cast, singer |
  Smith, Bessie (b. 1894 d. 1937) |   blues singer |
  Snow, Hank (b. 1914) |   country music singer, guitar |
  Sondheim, Stephen (Joshua) (b. 1930) |   composer, incidental music |
  Starr, Ringo (b. 1940) |   drummer, drums |
  Stern, Joseph W. (b. 1870 d. 1934) |   songwriter, publisher |
  Tubb, Ernest (b. 1914 d. 1984) |   country music singer, vocals |
  Waring, Fred [Frederic Malcolm] (b. 1900 d. 1984) |   cast, composer |
  Waters, Ethel (b. 1900 d. 1977) |   actress, cast |
  Webb, Chick [William Henry] (b. 1902 d. 1939) |   composer, drummer |
  White, Josh [Joshua Daniel] (b. 1915 d. 1969) |   blues singer, gospel singer |
  Williams, Hank (b. 1923 d. 1953) |   country music singer, guitar |
  Wodehouse, P.G. [Pelham Grenville] (b. 1881 d. 1975) |   author, librettist |