Cornelius White - "Dedicated To The One I Love"
"Dedicated To The One I Love" - Performed by singers Cornelius White, Victor Trent Cook and Dennis Legree for "Linda Twine's Harlem Symphony." "Harlem Symphony" was a Variety/Revue performed in 1990 strung together with a storyline demonstrating the progression of entertainment and music from the Spiritual, Vaudeville, Blues, Jazz, Rock and Roll, Motown and Hip-Hop as told through the eyes of a famous entertainer and legendary tap dancer "Eddie Wilson' (Harold Cromer). With Music Direction by Linda Twine and choreography by Tony Stevens, it also featured actress Jennifer Leigh Warren, Gospel singer Barbara Mills, Rosyln Burrough and Emmy Award Winner, Ted Levy. The show was televised for the (MBS) Mainichi Broadcasting System (Osaka, Japan) for a live studio audience.
About Vaudeville blues
Classic female blues was an early form of blues music, dominated by women that was popular in the 1920s in the United States. An amalgam of traditional folk blues and urban theater music, the style is also known as vaudeville blues. Classic blues were performed by female singers accompanied by pianists or small jazz ensembles and were the first blues to be recorded. Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, and the other singers in this genre were instrumental in spreading the popularity of the blu...
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