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International Sweethearts of Rhythm
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/International_Sweethearts_of_Rhythm
GPTKB entity
Statements (55)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:musical_group
all-female jazz band
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd
1949
gptkbp:activeYearsStart
1937
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:foundedIn
gptkb:Mississippi
gptkb:Piney_Woods_Country_Life_School
1937
gptkbp:genre
jazz
swing
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
International Sweethearts of Rhythm
gptkbp:languageOfLyrics
English
gptkbp:notableFor
breaking racial and gender barriers in music
racially integrated all-female jazz band
touring the United States during the 1940s
gptkbp:notableMember
gptkb:Clora_Bryant
gptkb:Alma_Smith
gptkb:Anna_Mae_Winburn
gptkb:Dolly_Jones
gptkb:Ernestine_"Tiny"_Davis
gptkb:Helen_Jones_Woods
gptkb:Jessie_Turner
gptkb:Rosalind_Cron
gptkb:Tiny_Davis
gptkb:Vi_Burnside
gptkb:Vi_Redd
gptkb:Willie_Mae_Wong
gptkb:Mimi_Jones
gptkb:Jean_Starr
Viola Smith
Marlene Smith
Carroll Hollister
Edythe Turnham
Evelyn McGee
Evelyn Young
Ginger Smock
Helen Saine
gptkbp:performedAt
gptkb:Carnegie_Hall
gptkb:Apollo_Theater
gptkb:Cotton_Club
gptkb:Savoy_Ballroom
USO during World War II
gptkbp:recordedAt
gptkb:Parlophone
gptkb:Rosetta_Records
gptkbp:subjectOf
book "Swing Shift: 'All-Girl' Bands of the 1940s" by Sherrie Tucker
documentary film "International Sweethearts of Rhythm: America's Hottest All-Girl Band" (1986)
various jazz history articles
gptkbp:website
https://www.sweetheartsproject.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Clora_Bryant
gptkb:Anna_Mae_Winburn
gptkb:Ernestine_"Tiny"_Davis
gptkb:Helen_Jones_Woods
gptkb:Rosalind_Cron
gptkb:Tiny_Davis
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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