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... of 1938. Her record label Vocalion listed the single as its fourth best seller for the same month. "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart" went straight to number two on the pop charts. In 1939, Billie would experience even more major success when she was introduced to the song "Strange Fruit", a song based on a poem about the horrific Lynching of African-Americans in ... ...
... Armstrong and Sidney Bechet. In 1963, Armstrong scored a huge international hit with his version of "Hello Dolly." This number one single even knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts. I 1968 he recorded another number one hit with the touchingly optimistic "What A Wonderful World." Ragtime emerged near the end of the 19th century and continued through World War I. It combined ... ...
... Joao Gilberto. This collaboration produced an album by Getz/Gilberto. This recording became his biggest seller. It features the song "The Girl from Ipanema," which reached number one on the charts in 1964. In this song Getz starts off with a calm and melodic tone, which has a swinging feeling to it. The cross between jazz and samba makes the swinging feeling last ... ...
... an Afro-American that had everything working against him from day one. Armstrong's most well known song-Hello Dolly was recorded in 1964. It hit number one on the Billboard charts on April 8th. It was accompanied by one of movies he starred in which shared the same title. For the next seven years of his life he was in and ... ...
... jazz form developed. Today scat has scaled new heights of virtuosity with such performers as Bobby McFerrin, who was even able to put a few scat songs on the Top forty charts during the late nineteen eighties and the early nineties. In summation, we can say that Jazz music represents an approach to Art music. In Jazz music, the songs are loosely ... ...
