• Lester Hill (September 23, 1921 – August 5, 1957), known professionally as Joe Hill Louis, was an American singer, guitarist, harmonica player and one-man...
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  • puppeteer a.k.a. Joe Louis Joe Hill Louis (1921–1957), American musician Joe Louis Arena in Detroit Jos Louis, chocolate pastry Joe Louis (horse), a horse...
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    Robertson. ISBN 978-0207958342. Louis, Joe; Barbara Munder (1988). Joe Louis: 50 Years an American Hero. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0070039551. Margolick...
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    The Hill is a neighborhood within St. Louis, Missouri, located on high ground south of Forest Park. The official boundaries of the area are Manchester...
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    Joe Louis Arena was an arena in Downtown Detroit. Completed in 1979 at a cost of US$57 million as a replacement for Olympia Stadium, it sat adjacent to...
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  • released as singles by the RPM, and an additional two instrumentals by Joe Hill Louis. The album was re-released in 1970 by United Records with the alternative...
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  • was adopted and named Joe Thomas Hill after being born in Pennsylvania, United States. He played in the styles of Joe Hill Louis and Doctor Ross. He used...
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  • 1950s electric blues guitarists, particularly Memphis bluesmen such as Joe Hill Louis, Willie Johnson and Pat Hare. Characteristics that blues rock adopted...
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    Joe Hill (October 7, 1879 – November 19, 1915), born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund and also known as Joseph Hillström, was a Swedish-American labor activist,...
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    style similar to that of Chuck Berry several years later, as well as Joe Hill Louis' "Boogie in the Park" (1950). In the early 1950s, guitar distortion...
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    Jerry Lee Lewis Smiley Lewis Little Willie Littlefield Julie London Joe Hill Louis Willie Love Frankie Lymon Loretta Lynn Dean Martin Grady Martin Janis...
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  • use of distortion was predated by electric blues guitarists such as Joe Hill Louis, Guitar Slim, Willie Johnson of Howlin' Wolf's band, and Pat Hare; the...
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    one-man blues bands active in Memphis in the 1950s were Doctor Ross and Joe Hill Louis, playing guitar, harmonica and bass drum/high-hat. The simple guitar...
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  • Down" Hall. "Boogie in the Park" by Joe Hill Louis, recorded in July 1950 and released in August 1950, featured Louis as a one-man band performing "one...
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    Joe Edwards is a businessman, developer, and civic leader who helped revitalize the Delmar Loop area, which connects St. Louis and University City, Missouri...
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    declamatory vocals." Musicians associated with Sun Records included Joe Hill Louis, Willie Johnson and Pat Hare. Chronicle of 20th Century History edited...
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    original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2019. Jacobson, Louis (April 17, 2020). "Is Joe Biden's platform as progressive as Obama says?". PolitiFact...
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    by deliberately overdriving amplifiers. These included Goree Carter, Joe Hill Louis, Elmore James, Ike Turner, Willie Johnson, Pat Hare, Guitar Slim, Chuck...
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    an impact and folded after just one release; "Boogie in the Park" by Joe Hill Louis, which sold less than 400 copies. After the failure of Phillips Records...
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    example of rapping in blues was the 1950 song "Gotta Let You Go" by Joe Hill Louis. Jazz, which developed from the blues and other African-American and...
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    Sam Phillips (no relation) decided to launch their own record label. Joe Hill Louis waxed an electric blues single, "Boogie in the Park" (recorded in July...
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    with distortion were Willie Johnson of Howlin' Wolf, Goree Carter, Joe Hill Louis, Ike Turner, Guitar Slim, and Chuck Berry. In 1954, Pat Hare produced...
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  • incorporated into the City of Memphis.[citation needed] One-man-band Joe Hill Louis was born here. Encyclopædia Britannica Atlans, 1958 Edition, Plate 111...
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  • the magazine's Most Played Juke Box R&B chart. Memphis one-man-band Joe Hill Louis recorded an electric version titled "Good Morning Little Angel" in February...
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  • King. Other Memphis blues musicians involved with Sun Records included Joe Hill Louis, Willie Johnson and Pat Hare who introduced electric guitar techniques...
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  • The Sweet Inspirations – backing vocals The Imperials – backing vocals The Joe Guercio Orchestra Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's...
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  • imprecations". The record's spare electric guitar work by Memphis bluesman Joe Hill Louis was greatly influenced by that of Pete Lewis on the original. According...
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    Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Garagiola grew up on Elizabeth Avenue in an Italian-American neighborhood in the south of the city called the Hill, just across...
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    Rai, Sarakshi. "Joe Rogan on Lessons Learned from Pandemic: "Vote Republican."" The Hill, August 29, 2022, The Hill/homenews/3619394-joe...
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  • was Richie Cunningham's favorite song. Joe Edwards' restaurant Blueberry Hill, on the Delmar Loop in St. Louis, Missouri, where Chuck Berry frequently...
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