
WORKING AMERICANS 1880-2011
VOLUME XII: OUR HISTORY THROUGH
MUSIC
Working Americans 1880-2011: Volume XII: Our History through Music examines America’s history through music, from the Civil War to the present time. Profiles range from professional musicians and singers, composers, record executives and talent agents, theater performers, composers, instrument salesmen, radio personalities, record producers, along with the musical hobbyist, to offer a thought-provoking and interesting look at how music helped shape this country.
Family Profiles, Historical Snapshots & News Features
- 1891 Profile: Joshua Hamilton, Barbershop Quartet Member
- 1898 Profile: Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Child Prodigy Composer
- 1899 News Feature
- 1899 Profile: Albert Gustoff, Clarinetist in John Philip Sousa’s Marching Band
- 1903 Profile: Floyd Morioka, Methodist Choirmaster
- 1905 Profile: Monty Mandell, Journeyman Piano Player
- 1909 News Feature
- 1909 Profile: Arthur Farwell, Composed Native American Music
- 1913 Profile: Sarah Washington, African-American Spiritual Singer
- 1916 Profile: Geraldine Farrar, New York Metropolitan Opera Singer
- 1918 Profile: Alonzo “Zo” Elliott, Wrote Famous WWI Song
- 1919 News Feature
- 1925 Profile: Leo Kunstadt, Successfully Marketed Victrola Phonographs
- 1927 Profile: Florence Mills, Jazz Singer & Dancer
- 1928 News Feature
- 1929 Profile: Dock Boggs, Banjo-Picker & Singer
- 1931 News Feature
- 1934 Profile: Russ Columbo, “Romeo of Song”
- 1936 Profile: Mark Strahorn, Fiddler with the Empty Road Band
- 1939 Profile: Mary Lou Williams, Pianist, Arranger & Musical Inspiration
- 1942 Profile: Charlie Christian, Perfected the Single-String Technique on Guitar
- 1945 News Feature
- 1945 Profile: Helen Elizabeth Jones, Trombonist in the All-Girl Traveling Band
- 1949 Profile: Martin Block, Radio Broadcaster Turned Popular Disc Jockey
- 1951 News Feature
- 1957 Profile: Profile: Carol Lawrence, Maria in West Side Story
- 1958 Profile: Gil Evans, Jazz Arranger
- 1959 Profile: Johnny Bragg, Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneer
- 1964 Profile: Estelle Stewart Axton, Premier Record Producer for Black Artists
- 1966 Profile: Artist Reid Miles, Created Hip Look for Blue Note Records
- 1968 News Feature
- 1968 Profile: Marshall Borowitz, Started Teenage Band “One Night Stand" at 16
- 1972 Profile: Melissa Goldberg, Grateful Dead Deadhead
- 1976 Profile: Danny Goldberg, Writer Billboard Magazine, Promoter
- 1979 Profile: Eduardo “Lalo” Guerrero, “Father of Chicano Music”
- 1982 Profile: Brad Lawson, Sound Assistant for Austin City Limits TV Show
- 1983 Profile: George Clinton, “The Prince of Funk”
- 1985 Profile: Carleen Cahill, Classical Music Singer