Bakersfield sound: History and Key Facts
The Bakersfield sound is a sub-genre of country music developed in the mid-to-late 1950s in and around Bakersfield, California.
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The Bakersfield sound is a sub-genre of country music developed in the mid-to-late 1950s in and around Bakersfield, California.
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Photographic print of Ira Tucker: Date: ca. 1950. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Ira Tucker Sr., American, 1925 - 2008.

Polaroid photograph of two works on canvas by Donna Summer: Date: ca. 1991. Photograph by: Donna Summer, American, 1948 - 2012. Manufactured by: Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889.

The Poet II: Date: 1946. Created by: Claude Clark Sr., American, 1915 - 2001. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.

S1W uniform: Date: ca. 1992. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Public Enemy, American, founded 1982.

Photograph of Gladys Bentley: Date: 1927-1945. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Gladys Bentley, American, 1907 - 1960.

Eddie's Hands- 1960: Date: 1960; printed 1995. Photograph by: Herb Snitzer, American. Subject of: Eddie Jones.
Guild Thunderbass amplifier: Date: before 1978. Created by: Guild Guitar Company, American, 1952 - 1995. Used by: Christopher Dowd, American.

Photograph of Aaliyah, NYC, 1994: Date: 1994. Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962. Subject of: Aaliyah, American, 1979 - 2001.

Five figurines in the form of caricatured male musicians: Date: ca. 1930-1940s. Created by: Unidentified. Type: figurines.

School Days: Date: 1976. Recorded by: Stanley Clarke, American, born 1951. Produced by: Nemperor Records, American, founded 1966.

Costume worn on Soul Train by dancer Edith Lynn Pickens: Date: 1970s. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Worn by: Edith Lynn Pickens, American.

Mothership (Capsule): Date: 2009. Created by: Jefferson Pinder, American, born 1970. Subject of: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961.

"Three O'Clock in the Morning": date made: 1924-1926. Object Name: music chart. Physical Description: paper (overall material).

Basic Library of the World's Greatest Music, Album 3: release date: 1958. manufacturer: Basic Library Of the World's Greatest Music. Object Name: sound recording.

Blue Eyes; On the Banks of the Rio Grande: recording date: 1933. recording artist: Carlisle, Cliff. manufacturer: Conqueror.

Dobro Guitar: Date made: 1933-1937. maker: Dobro. Object Name: guitar.

Honey That I Love So Well/Sweetness; Mandy Lee/Somebody Stole My Gal: recording date: 1940. release date: 1949. recording artist: Beacon Four.

No (No, Papa, No); Basin Street Blues: recording date: 1928. recording artist: Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra. manufacturer: Okeh.

Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 5 – Più tosto allegro con expressione: manufacturer: Aeolian Co.. Object Name: player piano roll. Physical Description: paper (overall material).

Royal Garden Blues; Goose Pimples: recording date: 1927. recording artist: Bix Beiderbecke and His New Orleans Lucky Seven. manufacturer: Columbia.

Chromatic Pitch Pipe Box: Object Name: box. Physical Description: metal (overall material). Physical Description: paint (overall material).

Radio Concert Harmonica: maker: Hohner, M.. Object Name: harmonica. Physical Description: wood (overall material).

Regina Music Box Master Disc: manufacturer: Regina Music Box Company. Object Name: master disc. Physical Description: metal (overall material).

Hohner Harmonetta: Date made: early 1950s – mid-1970s. maker: Hohner, M.. Object Name: harmonica.

Johannes Player Spinet: date made: 1675 - 1699. maker: Player, John. Object Name: harpsichord.

Regina Music Box Master Disc: manufacturer: Regina Music Box Company. Object Name: master disc. Physical Description: metal (overall material).

"The Honeysuckle and the Bee": recording date: 1901-1902. manufacturer: Regina Music Box Company. Object Name: music box disc.

No More Ball and Chain; Silicosis Is Killin' Me: recording date: 1936. recording artist: White, Josh. manufacturer: Oriole.

Peter and the Wolf: recording date: 1940. recording artist: Boston Symphony Orchestra. recording artist: Koussevitzky, Serge.