Mance Lipscomb

Blues great Lightnin' Hopkins.

Today in Music: January 3oth (How ’bout them blue suede shoes?)

Some music history and highlights that have happened on January 30th… from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1911:  Jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge (Gene Krupa and Artie Shaw) born in Pennsylvania. 1928:  Tour de force blues singer Ruth Brown born in Portsmouth, Virginia (“Lucky Lips”, “Teardrops From My Eyes”, “(Mama) He Treats […]

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