American Music links
19th century
Turkey in the Straw (1824)
Solo Violin
Violin, banjo,
mandolin, guitar, bass
Dixie (1859)
Stephen Foster (1826-64)
Oh Susanna (1840)
Camptown Races
(1850)
I Dream of Jeannie
(1854)
20th century
(Tin Pan Alley)
Ballin' the Jack
(Jim Burris, 1913) Judy Garland and Gene Kelly
song/dance 1942
St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy, 1914). Bessie Smith 1933
Somebody Loves Me (Gershwin, 1924)
Ain’t She Sweet
(Milton Ager, 1927)
I Got Rhythm
(Gershwin, 1930) Ethyl Waters
I Got Rhythm
(Gershwin playing piano)
42nd Street
(Harry Warren, 1933)
Take the A Train
(Billy Strayhorn, 1941) Duke Ellington band
Lullaby of
Birdland (George Shearing, 1952)
Misty
(Garner, 1955)
Gospel Music
Agbekor
Swing Low, Sweet
Chariot (Fisk Singers)
Swing Low, Sweet
Chariot (Clara Ward Singers)
Say Amen Somebody
(with Japanese subtitles)
Blues
Gut Bucket Blues
(Louis Armstrong, 1925)
Empty Bed Blues
(Bessie Smith, 1928)
You Don't Love Me
Baby (Magic Sam, 1968)
Hand Me Down My
Shotgun (The Fieldstones, 1970's)
Ain't Enough
Comin' In (Otis Rush, 1994)