International Sweethearts of Rhythm

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/International_Sweethearts_of_Rhythm

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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	8