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Aileen Slater Transcript SMRC.pdf
Interview with Aileen Slater, conducted by Burgin Mathews at the home of Aileen Slater, Whitwell, Tennessee, August 16, 2024. A sister of Ira and Charlie Louvin — country music's celebrated brother duet, the Louvin Brothers — Slater (born Aileen…

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Newspaper clipping, Birmingham, Alabama, 1940. "'From Bunker Hill to Chateau Thierry, Negroes have been good soldiers.... None have been traitors.... You must continue unblemished the exemplary record of Negro soldiers....'"With these heroic words…

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Daniels, Charles BMOHP104.pdf
Interview with Charles Daniels, conducted by Andre Millard for the Birmingham Music Oral History Project, c. 1990s. Courtesy Andre Millard.

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Happy Hal Burns, Modern Cannon Ball 1.jpg
Sheet music for "Modern Cannon Ball" by A. P. Carter, Bill Boyd, and Earl Nunn, as featured by Hal Burns. Peer International Corporation, New York, New York, 1942.

Cover includes a photo of Hal Burns and his dog, Sissy, at Memphis radio station…

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Grandpappy Lee Bonds 1.jpeg
1949 songbook for Grandpappy Lee Bonds, country music performer on Gadsden, Alabama, radio station WGWD.

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Hal Burns Songbook 1.jpeg
1940 songbook for Birmingham, Alabama, radio personality Happy Hal Burns. Includes selections of Spirituals, Songs of Romance, Hymns, and Western Ballads, in addition to photos, "Inspirational Thoughts," and endorsements of Burns's sponsor, the…

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Sid Gunter Alice Label.jpeg
One-of-a-king acetate disc recording by Sidney Louie "Hardrock" Gunter (1925-2013), Feburary 12, 1948, Birmingham, Alabama. A popular country entertainer on Birmingham radio and television, Hardrock Gunter cut his first commercial records for the…

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Newspaper advertisement for Bob's Savoy Cafe (AKA Bob's Savoy, AKA The Little Savoy), "A New Deal In Dining Entertainment," featuring the Savoy Syncopators, Weekly Review, Birmingham, Alabama, March 16, 1946.

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Interview with Bill Bolick of the Blue Sky Boys, conducted over the telephone by Darwin Lee Hill, February 9, 2002.

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DLH : Roy Lee Brown Transcript.pdf
Interview with Roy Lee Brown (1921-2017), conducted over the phone by Darwin Lee Hill, March 16, 2002. A complete print transcript is also provided. The younger brother of western swing pioneers Milton and Derwood Brown, Roy Lee Brown remained a…

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DLH : Smokey Stover Transcript.pdf
Interview with country music disc jockey, songwriter, singer, and guitarist Smokey Stover (1928-2005), conducted over the telephone by Darwin Lee Hill, January 12, 2002.

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DLH : Doc Williams Transcript.pdf
Interview with Doc Williams (1914-2011), conducted over the phone by Darwin Lee Hill. A full print transcript is included, along with the audio.

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DLH : Howard Vokes Transcript.pdf
Interview with Howard Vokes (1931-2018), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill at the home of Howard Vokes, New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Vokes and Hill are joined by Vokes’ old friend, the country artist Hank King.Interview concludes at 32:40 and is followed…

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Erskine Hawkins Orchestra, Signed Photo.jpeg
The Erskine Hawkins Orchestra at the Savoy Ballroom, publicity photo, circa 1940, signed by members of the band.

Note the addendum, "DEAD," next to the signature of trumpeter Marcellus Green. Green's 1942 automobile death was widely mourned in…

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The_Weekly_Review_Sat__Jul_11__1942_.jpg
Newspaper advertisement for the Grand Terrace Rainbow Room. "DANCE and FLOOR SHOW Every Sunday nite. Featuring MISS NELLIE JONES, the little girl with a voice like a nightingale."Weekly Review, July 11, 1942. Count Basie is pictured at the piano,…

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The_Birmingham_News_Sun__Nov_14__1948_.jpg
Newspaper advertisement for Bullmoose Jackson and his Buffalo Bearcats at Birmingham's Masonic Temple,Birmingham News, November 14, 1948.

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The_Weekly_Review_Sat__Jun_29__1946_.jpg
Newspaper advertisement for Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy, featuring Floyd Smith and Beverly White with the Jubilaires. Weekly Review, June 29, 1946.

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The_Weekly_Review_Fri__Jan_3__1941_.jpg
Newspaper advertisement for Lionel Hampton at Birmingham's Masonic Temple,Weekly Review, January 3, 1941.

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The_Weekly_Review_Fri__Dec_27__1940_.jpg
Newspaper advertisement for Lionel Hampton at Birmingham's Masonic Temple, Weekly Review, December 27, 1940.

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Industrial High School Postcard Front.jpeg
Postcard for Birmingham, Alabama's Industrial High School, postmarked 1941. Under the direction of John T. "Fess" Whatley, Industrial (later renamed Parker) High School's instrumental music program produced numerous professional musicians who would…

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