Beale Streeters

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The Beale Streeters were a loose collective of influential Memphis blues and R&B musicians in the 1940s–50s that helped shape the modern electric blues sound.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues ensemble
musical collective
activePeriodEnd 1950s
activePeriodStart 1940s
associatedPlace Beale Street NERFINISHED
associatedWith WDIA radio station NERFINISHED
basedOn Beale Street music scene
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalRegion American South NERFINISHED
era post–World War II
genre Memphis blues
electric blues
rhythm and blues
influencedGenre modern electric blues
postwar rhythm and blues
language English
location Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED
musicScene Memphis club circuit
notableFor developing the Memphis blues club sound
shaping the modern electric blues sound
notableMember B.B. King NERFINISHED
Bobby Bland NERFINISHED
Earl Forest NERFINISHED
Ike Turner NERFINISHED
Johnny Ace NERFINISHED
Junior Parker NERFINISHED
Rosco Gordon NERFINISHED
styleCharacteristic electric guitar–driven blues
emphasis on vocal blues ballads
horn-backed R&B arrangements

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The Lion of the Blues memberOf Beale Streeters
subject surface form: Bobby "Blue" Bland
Johnny Ace associatedAct Beale Streeters
this entity surface form: The Beale Streeters
Rosco Gordon memberOf Beale Streeters
Robert Calvin Bland memberOf Beale Streeters