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Billy Lee Riley

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Billy Lee Riley, rockabilly singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, turns his head to the left and rests his chin on the curled fingers of his right hand in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed...

Date Published
1956
1960

Billy Lee Riley and the Original Little Green Men

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Billy Lee Riley and the Original Little Green Men, a rockabilly band comprised of four white men, grin as they sit, stand or crouch in a corner. One band member sits on a bass drum case. Another rests...

Date Published
1956

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

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Jazz saxophonist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson looks slightly to the right and smiles at the camera as he hugs a saxophone to his body.

Date Published
1951
1960

Hank Ballard and Syd Nation

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R&B vocalist Hank Ballard smiles as he snaps his fingers at shoulder height and lifts his right knee on the right side of the photograph as Syd Nathan sits on a tall stool smiling to his left at Hank...

Date Published
1960-09-24

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

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Hank Ballard sings into a microphone on the left side of the photograph as the Midnighters, a rhythm and blues band comprised of four African American men, dance and sing around one central microphone...

Date Published
1958

Midnighters

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The Midnighters, a rhythm and blues band comprised of five African American men. One man sits holding an electric guitar, while the other four stand behind him, their faces very close together...

Date Published
1951
1960