Spade Cooley Orchestra
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The Spade Cooley Orchestra was a prominent mid-20th-century American big band led by fiddler Spade Cooley, known for popularizing and recording influential Western swing music.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western swing band
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big band ⓘ |
| activePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| associatedGenre | country music ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | Western swing movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hollywood music scene
ⓘ
Spade Cooley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| era |
1940s
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1950s ⓘ |
| genre |
Western swing
ⓘ
big band ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
country music artists
ⓘ
later Western swing musicians ⓘ |
| hasMember | Spade Cooley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| leader | Spade Cooley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfActivity | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
live performances
ⓘ
recorded music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commercial success in Western swing
ⓘ
popularizing Western swing music ⓘ recording influential Western swing music ⓘ |
| notableInstrument | fiddle ⓘ |
| partOf |
American country music history
ⓘ
Western swing history ⓘ |
| performerOf | Western swing standards ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
big band instrumentation with fiddle lead
ⓘ
dance-oriented Western swing arrangements ⓘ |
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