The International Sweethearts of Rhythm
GPTKB entity
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
all-female jazz band
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| gptkbp:activeDuring |
gptkb:World_War_II
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Piney_Woods_School
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| gptkbp:disbanded |
1949
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| gptkbp:formedIn |
1937
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| gptkbp:genre |
gptkb:band
jazz swing |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm
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| gptkbp:influenced |
women in jazz
racial integration in music |
| gptkbp:notableFor |
first integrated all-women's band in the United States
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| gptkbp:notableMember |
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:Eddie_Durham |
| gptkbp:notablePerformance |
Chicago venues
Harlem venues Los Angeles venues USO tours during WWII Washington, D.C. venues wartime military bases |
| gptkbp:notableRecording |
gptkb:"Blue_Lou"
"Lady Be Good" "I Can't Get Started" "A Woman's Place Is In The Groove" "Blue and Disillusioned" "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" "Bugle Call Rag" "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" "Galvanizing" "How 'Bout That Mess" "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" "I Got Rhythm" "I Left My Man" "Jump Children" "One O'Clock Jump" "She’s Crazy With The Heat" "Stardust" "Stompin' at the Savoy" "Sweet Georgia Brown" "Take the 'A' Train" "That Man of Mine" "Tuxedo Junction" "Vi Vigor" |
| gptkbp:origin |
Piney Woods Country Life School, Mississippi, USA
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| gptkbp:performedAt |
gptkb:Carnegie_Hall
gptkb:Apollo_Theater gptkb:Savoy_Ballroom |
| gptkbp:racialComposition |
racially integrated
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| gptkbp:recordedAt |
gptkb:Rosetta_Records
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| gptkbp:subjectOf |
documentary film "International Sweethearts of Rhythm: America's Hottest All-Girl Band"
book "Swing Shift: 'All-Girl' Bands of the 1940s" by Sherrie Tucker |
| gptkbp:touredWith |
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:United_States |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Kitty_Parham
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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