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1. “Railroad Bill.”
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore

2. Fifties Prelude: “Just Give Me Some of That Rock and Roll Music”
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History

3. Blues
From: The Harlem Renaissance

4. Origins of Rock and Roll: “The Blues Had a Baby”
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History

5. Chicago: Classic Jazz
From: JAZZ

6. New York: The Classic Jazz and Swing Eras
From: JAZZ

7. “Singing and Sobbing”: The Blues Tradition
From: Understanding Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God

8. : B
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry

9. BLUES
From: African American Quotations

10. Blues
From: Encyclopedia of the Great Black Migration

11. Blues
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights

12. Blues
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore

13. BLUES
From: The Harlem Renaissance

14. Blues
From: The Jim Crow Encyclopedia

15. Blues
From: Women and Music in America Since 1900 [Two Volumes]

16. Blues
From: Writing African American Women

17. Blues Poetry
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

18. Blues, The
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

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20. Chess Records
From: Encyclopedia of the Great Black Migration

21. Classic Blues
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore

22. Delta Blues
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore

23. Garon, Paul (1942– )
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore

24. Holiday, Billie (1915–1959)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

25. Jefferson, (Blind) Lemon (1893–1929) (also known as Deacon L. J. Bates).
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

26. Leadbelly [Ledbetter, Huddie] (1889–1949)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

27. Piedmont Blues Music
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore

28. Rainey, Gertrude “Ma” (1886–1939)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore

29. Texas Blues
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore

30. The Blues
From: A Langston Hughes Encyclopedia

31. The Blues
From: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND POPULAR CULTURE

BBKing.Com: The Official WebSite
http://www.bbking.com/

Blues Archives
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/files/archives/blues/

Buddy Guy’s Chicago
http://buddyguys.com/

Now What a Time: Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/

The Year of the Blues 2003
http://www.yearoftheblues.org/