Roots Archives Forum

LUTHER DIXON:
New York producer of genius--and one of the very first black producers. Helped work out a number of the techniques now so important in the super-sophisticated seventies. Worked in the `60s with Scepter Records (Thom Bell was a one time apprentice) with artists like The Shirelles and Chuck Jackson and later ran Dynamo Records.

1000 GIANTS OF BLACK MUSIC - JULY 1974: - PART FIVE
Black Music July 1974: - Vol. 1 / Issue 8

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WILLIE DIXON:
Although a competent singer and a fine bassist, it was his talent for writing original, and often lyrically brilliant, blues songs which brought him to the fore on the `50s Chicago blues scene. His numerous classics for Wolf, Muddy and others made a fortune for Chess records.

1000 GIANTS OF BLACK MUSIC - JULY 1974: - PART FIVE
Black Music July 1974: - Vol. 1 / Issue 8

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BABY DODDS:
Warren `Baby` Dodds was one of the greatest figures in New Orleans jazz, a drummer whose work with Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, and with his own group spread the good-time-jazz word worldwide until his death in 1959.

1000 GIANTS OF BLACK MUSIC - JULY 1974: - PART FIVE
Black Musuc July 1974: - Vol. 1 / Issue 8

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JOHNNY DODDS:
Brother of Baby Dodds, Johnny`s clarinet was heard on records made in the `20s and `30s by King Oliver, Kid Ory and Jelly Roll Morton. Died in 1940.

1000 GIANTS OF BLACK MUSIC - JULY 1974: - PART FIVE
Black Music July 1974: - Vol. 1 / Issue 8

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COXON DODD:
Legendary and all-important figure in the development of Jamaican music. Started as a sound system operator in the late fifties. Later, with his Studio One and Coxsone labels he became the promotor/manager/producer of nearly all the top names in Jamaican music.

1000 GIANTS OF BLACK MUSIC - JULY 1974: - PART FIVE
Black Music July 1974: - Vol. 1 / Issue 8

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NELLA DODDS:
Female soulstress who came on like a cross between Maxine Brown and the early Motown femme fatales and hit with "Come See About Me" (Wand, 1964) and "Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers" (1965).

1000 GIANTS OF BLACK MUSIC - JULY 1974: - PART FIVE
Black Music July 1974: - Vol. 1 / Issue 8

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BILL DOGGETT:
Organist who worked with the Ink Spots and Louis Jordan before breaking into the R&B charts with his trio`s million-selling "Honky Tonk". More hits for King throughout the `50s. Numerous albums.

1000 GIANTS OF BLACK MUSIC - JULY 1974: - PART FIVE
Black Music July 1974: - Vol. 1 / Issue 8

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ERIC DOLPHY:
Tremendously important "new jazz" creator whose alto helped move jazz into new areas. Best remembered (he died in 1964) for his "Out To Lunch" album on Bluenote.

1000 GIANTS OF BLACK MUSIC - JULY 1974: - PART FIVE
Black Music July 1974: - Vo;. 1 / Issue 8

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FATS DOMINO:
The fat man who blended big city blues, Louisiana swamp influences and exuberant good humour and presented them to the multi-million masses as rock and roll. One of rock`s all-time superstars, his rocking New Orleans music first broke through with "The Fat Man" in the `40s. In the `50s he made a fortune for himself and Imperial Records with "Ain`t It A Shame", "I`m In Love Again", "Blueberry Hill", "I`m Walkin`" and on and on `til the mid `60s when the appeal of his plaintive, nasal voice, and rolling blues piano was submerged in inappropriate songs and arrangements.

1000 GIANTS OF BLACK MUSIC - JULY 1974: - PART FIVE
Black Music July 1974: - Vol. 1 / Issue 8

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DON & DEWEY:
Don Harris and Dewey Terry`s electric violin and blues guitar have been heard in recent years behind a wide variety of soul and rock artists. But it`s their classic recordings for Specialty in the `50s for which they are best remembered.

1000 GIANTS OF BLACK MUSIC - JULY 1974: - PART FIVE
Black Music July 1974: - Vol. 1 / Issue 8

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