Beale Streeters

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The Beale Streeters were a loose collective of influential Memphis blues and R&B musicians in the 1940s–50s that helped shape the modern electric blues sound.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Beale Streeters canonical 4
The Beale Streeters 4

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf blues ensemble ⓘ
musical collective ⓘ
activePeriodEnd 1950s ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1940s ⓘ
associatedPlace Beale Street ⓘ
associatedWith WDIA radio station ⓘ
basedOn Beale Street music scene ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRegion American South ⓘ
era post–World War II ⓘ
genre Memphis blues ⓘ
electric blues ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
influencedGenre modern electric blues ⓘ
postwar rhythm and blues ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ
musicScene Memphis club circuit ⓘ
notableFor developing the Memphis blues club sound ⓘ
shaping the modern electric blues sound ⓘ
notableMember B.B. King ⓘ
linked to: B. B. King

Bobby Bland ⓘ
Earl Forest ⓘ
Ike Turner ⓘ
Johnny Ace ⓘ
Junior Parker ⓘ
Rosco Gordon ⓘ
styleCharacteristic electric guitar–driven blues ⓘ
emphasis on vocal blues ballads ⓘ
horn-backed R&B arrangements ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bobby "Blue" Bland → memberOf → Beale Streeters ⓘ
subject linked to: The Lion of the Blues
Johnny Ace → associatedAct → The Beale Streeters ⓘ
linked to: Beale Streeters
Rosco Gordon → memberOf → Beale Streeters ⓘ
Robert Calvin Bland → memberOf → Beale Streeters ⓘ
Bobby "Blue" Bland → memberOf → Beale Streeters ⓘ
John Marshall Alexander Jr. → associatedAct → The Beale Streeters ⓘ
linked to: Beale Streeters
Junior Parker → associatedAct → The Beale Streeters ⓘ
subject linked to: Herman Parker Jr.
linked to: Beale Streeters
Little Junior Parker → associatedAct → The Beale Streeters ⓘ
linked to: Beale Streeters