Chris BarberDonald Christopher Barber (17 April 1930 – 2 March 2021) was an English jazz musician, best known as a bandleader and trombonist. He helped many musicians with their careers and had a UK top twenty trad jazz hit with "Petite Fleur" in 1959.Puttin' On the StyleVernon Dalhart recorded "Puttin' On the Style" in December 1925, and by 1926, it was a popular hit. The song was collected in the Catskills by Norman Cazden from Ernie Sagar in 1945, showing that it had entered oral tradition. Another version has also been collected from oral tradition in West Virginia.
Country musicCountry music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a music genre originating from the United States. It is known for its ballads and dance tunes, identifiable by both traditional lyrics and harmonies accompanied by banjos, mandolins, fiddles, harmonicas, and many types of guitar; either acoustic, electric, steel, or resonator guitars.
BanjoStringed musical instrumentThe banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of BOPET, where early membranes were made of goat skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashioned by the "African diaspora" and had African antecedents.
Trad jazzTrad jazz, short for "traditional jazz", is a form of jazz in the United States and Britain that flourished from the 1930s to 1960s, based on the earlier New OrleansDixieland jazz style. Prominent English trad jazz musicians such as Chris Barber, Freddy Randall, Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball, Ken Colyer and Monty Sunshine performed a populist repertoire that also included jazz versions of pop songs and nursery rhymes.
SkiffleSkiffle is a genre of folk music with influences from American folk music, blues, country, bluegrass, and jazz, generally performed with a mixture of manufactured and homemade or improvised instruments. Originating as a form in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, it became extremely popular in the United Kingdom in the 1950s, where it was played by such artists as Lonnie Donegan, the Vipers Skiffle Group, Ken Colyer, and Chas McDevitt.Rock Island Line (song)"Rock Island Line" (Roud 15211) is an American folk song about the railroad of the same name. The song was originally sung as a spiritual by slaves on the plantations of the Mississippi River Valley, and was first transcribed as a folk song in 1929. The first recording was made by John Lomax, who was traveling among the prisons of the American South to record the spirituals dating from the antebellum South before they were lost forever.
Hit songA hit song, also known as a hit record, hit single, or simply hit, is a recordedsong or instrumental that becomes broadly popular or well-known. Although hit song means any widely played or big-selling song, the specific term hit record usually refers to a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio airplay audience impressions or significant streaming data and commercial sales.
Order of the British EmpireBritish order of chivalry established in 1917TheMost Excellent Order of the British Empire is a Britishorder of chivalry, rewardingvaluableservice in a wide range of useful activities.
British InvasionThe British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States with significant influence on the rising "counterculture" on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
Honorific nicknames in popular musicHonorific nicknames are used when describing popular music artists, most often in the media or by fans, to indicate their significance, and are often religious, familial, or most frequently royal and aristocratic titles, used metaphorically. Honorific nicknames were used in classical music in Europe even in the early 19th century, with figures such as Mozart being called "The father of modern music" and Bach "The father of modern piano music".
Ivor Novello AwardsThe Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Welsh entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They have been presented annually in London by the Ivors Academy, formerly called the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors, since 1956. AwardsThe awards are presented at two annual ceremonies known as the Ivors and the Ivors Composer Awards. The Ivors take place each May and, as of 2020, are sponsored by Apple Music.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.