• the pseudonyms Robert Lee McCoy and Robert Nighthawk. He was the father of the blues musician Sam Carr. Nighthawk was inducted into the Blues Hall of...
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    advantage in rhythm accompaniment. Robert Nighthawk (born Robert Lee McCollum) recorded extensively in the 1930s as "Robert Lee McCoy" with bluesmen such as...
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  • Look up nighthawk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A nighthawk is a nocturnal bird. Nighthawk(s) or Night Hawk(s) may also refer to: Nighthawks (painting)...
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    The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a retired American single-seat, subsonic twin-engine stealth attack aircraft developed by Lockheed's secretive Skunk Works...
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  • Hooker was influenced by the modern urban styles of T-Bone Walker and Robert Nighthawk. He recorded several singles and albums as a bandleader and with other...
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    known for his association with Robert Nighthawk. He was not especially noted as a guitarist or singer, but Nighthawk showed gratitude to Stackhouse,...
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  • The Nighthawks are an American blues and roots music band, based in Washington, D.C. As of 2018, The Nighthawks are Mark Wenner (vocals and harmonica)...
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    Point in recognition of musician Robert Nighthawk, who at various times called Friars Point home. In 1940, Nighthawk recorded "Friars Point Blues", singing...
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    for such blues artists as Sonny Boy Williamson II, Ike Turner, and Robert Nighthawk, it was previously the G.T. Thomas Hospital, in which Bessie Smith...
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  • versions showed Tampa Red's influence. Robert Nighthawk recorded "Black Angel Blues" in 1949. Accompanying Nighthawk on vocal and electric slide guitar were...
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    blues and slide guitar style, whose influences include Elmore James, Robert Nighthawk, B.B. King, Alvino Rey, Les Paul, George Harrison, and Keith Richards...
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    Monroe Wes Montgomery Benny Moré Rose Murphy Jimmy Nelson Ricky Nelson Robert Nighthawk Jimmy Nolen Nervous Norvus Donald O'Conner St. Louis Jimmy Oden Odetta...
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  • Nighthawks at the Diner is the third studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released on October 21, 1975 on Asylum Records. It was recorded over...
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  • air while playing. His style influenced later blues singers, such as Robert Nighthawk and Howlin' Wolf (whose song "I Asked for Water [She Brought Me Gasoline]"...
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  • that featured Delta blues musicians such as Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Nighthawk. Hill learned to play the saxophone by getting Houston Stackhouse to...
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    influenced other Chicago blues guitarists such as Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Nighthawk, Muddy Waters, and Elmore James. In a career spanning over 30 years...
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    instead". Other major influences include: Robert Johnson, R.L. Burnside, Clarence White, Robert Nighthawk, T-Model Ford, Hound Dog Taylor, Mississippi...
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    Rhythm, Turner and Lane became unofficial roadies for blues musician Robert Nighthawk, who often played live on WROX. The pair played drums and piano on...
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    to the work of many Delta blues artists, including Elmore James and Robert Nighthawk. In 1953, he moved north to Gary, Indiana where he briefly played drums...
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  • with many notable blues artists, such as David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Robert Nighthawk, Sunnyland Slim, and Walter Horton. Stevenson was born in Drew, Mississippi...
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    Walter Horton Freddie King Magic Sam 1983 Louis Jordan Albert King Robert Nighthawk Ma Rainey Big Joe Turner 1984 Otis Rush Hound Dog Taylor Big Mama Thornton...
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    also moved from Robert Nighthawk's radio program on KFFA to Sonny Boy Williamson's King Biscuit Time. He continued working with Nighthawk, however, accompanying...
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  • future guitarists in bluegrass, early rock and roll, and country music. Robert Nighthawk became the first blues musician to record with an electric guitar and...
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  • later incorporate into his 1952 recording, "Sundown Boogie." Both Robert Nighthawk and Harmonica Frank recorded versions of "Kansas City Blues" in 1951...
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  • McDaniel / Clifton James, Kay McDaniel) – 6:28 "Sweet Little Angel" (Robert Nighthawk) – 6:30 "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 4:10 "Diddley Daddy" (McDaniel)...
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    Memphis—Elmore James, Houston Stackhouse, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Robert Nighthawk, and others—to perform on KWEM radio. Williamson married Howlin' Wolf's...
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  • recordings for other labels, backing Otis Rush, Johnny "Man" Young, and Robert Nighthawk. Jacobs suffered from alcoholism and had a notoriously short temper...
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  • (1867–1926), American general Robert Nighthawk (also known as Robert Lee McCoy; 1909–1967), American musician Bob McCoy (Robert McCoy; 1934–2016), American basketball...
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    Moré Moon Mullican Rose Murphy Jimmy Nelson Ricky Nelson Sandy Nelson Robert Nighthawk Willie Nix Jimmy Nolen Nervous Norvus Donald O'Conner St. Louis Jimmy...
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    albums, he recorded as an accompanist or duo artist with Earl Hooker, Robert Nighthawk, Lowell Fulson, Eddie Taylor, Louisiana Red and Jimmy Dawkins and was...
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