Timeline of music in the United States (1920 - 1949)
- Timeline of music in the United States (1920 - 1949)
This is a timeline of music in the United States from 1920 to 1949.__NOTOC__
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*Vaudevillean Mamie Smith records "Crazy Blues" for Okeh Records, the first blues song commercially recorded by an African American singer,[Crawford, pg. 562] ][Jones, pg. 99] and the first vocal blues recording of any kind, [Malone and Stricklin, pg. 45] a few months after making the first documented recording by an African American female singer, [Southern, pg. 369] "You Can't Keep a Good Man Down" and "That Thing Called Love", which were successful enough for Okeh to commission "Crazy Blues".]
*A paper shortage contributes to a cost increase and a downturn in the sheet music publishing industry. [Crawford, pg. 675]
*Joseph Patek forms a family band that will become one of the longest-lasting and most influential Czech-Texan groups.
*cite book|title=Jazz Records, A-Z, 1932-1942|location=Hatch End, Middlesex|publisher=The author|last=Rust|first=Brian
*cite book|last=Schleman|first=Hilton|year=1936|publisher=Melody Maker|location=London|title=Rhythm on Record: Who's Who and Register of Recorded Dance Music, 1906-1936
*cite book|last=Schuller|first=Gunther|title=The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press
*cite book|last=Stowe|first=David W.|title=Swing Changes: Big Band Jazz in New Deal America|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1994
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