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re: How Black artists helped make country music what it is today
Posted on 3/7/24 at 3:33 pm to KiwiHead
Posted on 3/7/24 at 3:33 pm to KiwiHead
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Rap is an import from Jamaica.
DJ Kool Herc DJing at the South Bronx street and house parties of the early 1970's with Coke La Rock is where it began
Debbie Harry used Fab Five Freddy to make rap mainstream with Rapture in 1981 but the Sugar Hill Gang was out with Rapper's Delight in 1979 and charted on the Billboard Top 40 in Jan 1980.
Charley Pride first charted on the Billboard Hot 100 Country Songs in 1967 with Just between you and me. The he hit #1 with Kiss an Angel Good Morning in 1971
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Between 1969 and 1971, Pride had eight singles that reached number one on the US Country Hit Parade and also charted on the Billboard Hot 100: "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)", "(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again", "I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me", "I'd Rather Love You", "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone", "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore", "I'm Just Me", and "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'". The pop success of these songs reflected the country/pop crossover sound that was reaching country music in the 1960s and early 1970s, known as "Countrypolitan". In 1969, his compilation album, The Best of Charley Pride, sold more than one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[18] Ultimately, Elvis Presley was the only artist who sold more records than Pride for RCA.[19][9]
Posted on 3/7/24 at 3:37 pm to supatigah
Maybe Bob Dylan’s
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Subterranean Homesick Blues
Posted on 3/7/24 at 4:49 pm to supatigah
Kool Herc was from Jamaica originally and brought some of the reggae influences into the street party world and part of that was an early form of rap.
This post was edited on 3/7/24 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 3/7/24 at 6:30 pm to supatigah
Johnny Cash and Faron Young helped him get his start in Nashville.
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