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Factors that led to the decline of the swing/big band era include:

Hillbilly Music was typically more distributed:

This swing bandleader mixed his formal training with early jazz and ragtime music to create something entirely his own. His band did not enjoy as much commercial success as some of his counterparts with simpler musical arrangements:

Swing/big bands differed from New Orleans jazz bands in what way(s):

The Country Blues artist with the greatest influence, who was rumored to have “sold his soul to the Devil” because of his incredible guitar skills (multiple melody lines being played and unique tunings) was:

Some styles that influenced Hillbilly Music include:

Which group held a strike in 1942?

“Head Charts” are:

The name of this song is:

True or False- The rise of the big singers (Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole) was attributed to the musician’s recording ban of 1942-44 and the crossover of singers who became film stars or hosted their own television shows.