Louis Armstrong (c. 1898-1971) tours Africa, playing for an audience of 10,000 in the Congo. Chubby Checker records "The Twist," starting the biggest dance craze since the Charleston in the 1920s. Shirley Caesar popularizes the "song and sermonette" style while recording "Hallelujah, It's Done" with the Caravans. Ornette Coleman (1930- ) records the album Free Jazz, beginning his development of avant-garde jazz. 1961 Metropolitan Opera debut of Leontyne Price in Verdi's Il Trovatore Margaret Allison Bonds composes Ballad of the Brown King with text by Langston Hughes. Grace Bumbry performs at Bayreuth in Wagner's Tannhäuser Diana Ross and The Supremes form and begin to record for Motown Records. 1962 American Folk Blues Festival founded by Willie Dixon (1915-1992) and "Memphis Slim" Peter Chatman (1915- ). 1963 André Watts plays the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Stevie Wonder gains fame with his first recordings and his appearance at the Apollo Theatre in New York. 1964 Louis Armstrong (c. 1898-1971) records "Hello Dolly," his only number one record. Thelonius Monk is featured on the cover of Time magazine.
Chubby Checker records "The Twist," starting the biggest dance craze since the Charleston in the 1920s. Shirley Caesar popularizes the "song and sermonette" style while recording "Hallelujah, It's Done" with the Caravans. Ornette Coleman (1930- ) records the album Free Jazz, beginning his development of avant-garde jazz. 1961 Metropolitan Opera debut of Leontyne Price in Verdi's Il Trovatore Margaret Allison Bonds composes Ballad of the Brown King with text by Langston Hughes. Grace Bumbry performs at Bayreuth in Wagner's Tannhäuser Diana Ross and The Supremes form and begin to record for Motown Records. 1962 American Folk Blues Festival founded by Willie Dixon (1915-1992) and "Memphis Slim" Peter Chatman (1915- ). 1963 André Watts plays the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Stevie Wonder gains fame with his first recordings and his appearance at the Apollo Theatre in New York. 1964 Louis Armstrong (c. 1898-1971) records "Hello Dolly," his only number one record. Thelonius Monk is featured on the cover of Time magazine.
Shirley Caesar popularizes the "song and sermonette" style while recording "Hallelujah, It's Done" with the Caravans. Ornette Coleman (1930- ) records the album Free Jazz, beginning his development of avant-garde jazz. 1961 Metropolitan Opera debut of Leontyne Price in Verdi's Il Trovatore Margaret Allison Bonds composes Ballad of the Brown King with text by Langston Hughes. Grace Bumbry performs at Bayreuth in Wagner's Tannhäuser Diana Ross and The Supremes form and begin to record for Motown Records. 1962 American Folk Blues Festival founded by Willie Dixon (1915-1992) and "Memphis Slim" Peter Chatman (1915- ). 1963 André Watts plays the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Stevie Wonder gains fame with his first recordings and his appearance at the Apollo Theatre in New York. 1964 Louis Armstrong (c. 1898-1971) records "Hello Dolly," his only number one record. Thelonius Monk is featured on the cover of Time magazine.
Ornette Coleman (1930- ) records the album Free Jazz, beginning his development of avant-garde jazz. 1961 Metropolitan Opera debut of Leontyne Price in Verdi's Il Trovatore Margaret Allison Bonds composes Ballad of the Brown King with text by Langston Hughes. Grace Bumbry performs at Bayreuth in Wagner's Tannhäuser Diana Ross and The Supremes form and begin to record for Motown Records. 1962 American Folk Blues Festival founded by Willie Dixon (1915-1992) and "Memphis Slim" Peter Chatman (1915- ). 1963 André Watts plays the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Stevie Wonder gains fame with his first recordings and his appearance at the Apollo Theatre in New York. 1964 Louis Armstrong (c. 1898-1971) records "Hello Dolly," his only number one record. Thelonius Monk is featured on the cover of Time magazine.
Metropolitan Opera debut of Leontyne Price in Verdi's Il Trovatore Margaret Allison Bonds composes Ballad of the Brown King with text by Langston Hughes. Grace Bumbry performs at Bayreuth in Wagner's Tannhäuser Diana Ross and The Supremes form and begin to record for Motown Records. 1962 American Folk Blues Festival founded by Willie Dixon (1915-1992) and "Memphis Slim" Peter Chatman (1915- ). 1963 André Watts plays the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Stevie Wonder gains fame with his first recordings and his appearance at the Apollo Theatre in New York. 1964 Louis Armstrong (c. 1898-1971) records "Hello Dolly," his only number one record. Thelonius Monk is featured on the cover of Time magazine.
Margaret Allison Bonds composes Ballad of the Brown King with text by Langston Hughes. Grace Bumbry performs at Bayreuth in Wagner's Tannhäuser Diana Ross and The Supremes form and begin to record for Motown Records. 1962 American Folk Blues Festival founded by Willie Dixon (1915-1992) and "Memphis Slim" Peter Chatman (1915- ). 1963 André Watts plays the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Stevie Wonder gains fame with his first recordings and his appearance at the Apollo Theatre in New York. 1964 Louis Armstrong (c. 1898-1971) records "Hello Dolly," his only number one record. Thelonius Monk is featured on the cover of Time magazine.
Grace Bumbry performs at Bayreuth in Wagner's Tannhäuser Diana Ross and The Supremes form and begin to record for Motown Records. 1962 American Folk Blues Festival founded by Willie Dixon (1915-1992) and "Memphis Slim" Peter Chatman (1915- ). 1963 André Watts plays the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Stevie Wonder gains fame with his first recordings and his appearance at the Apollo Theatre in New York. 1964 Louis Armstrong (c. 1898-1971) records "Hello Dolly," his only number one record. Thelonius Monk is featured on the cover of Time magazine.
Diana Ross and The Supremes form and begin to record for Motown Records. 1962 American Folk Blues Festival founded by Willie Dixon (1915-1992) and "Memphis Slim" Peter Chatman (1915- ). 1963 André Watts plays the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Stevie Wonder gains fame with his first recordings and his appearance at the Apollo Theatre in New York. 1964 Louis Armstrong (c. 1898-1971) records "Hello Dolly," his only number one record. Thelonius Monk is featured on the cover of Time magazine.
André Watts plays the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Stevie Wonder gains fame with his first recordings and his appearance at the Apollo Theatre in New York. 1964 Louis Armstrong (c. 1898-1971) records "Hello Dolly," his only number one record. Thelonius Monk is featured on the cover of Time magazine.
Stevie Wonder gains fame with his first recordings and his appearance at the Apollo Theatre in New York. 1964 Louis Armstrong (c. 1898-1971) records "Hello Dolly," his only number one record. Thelonius Monk is featured on the cover of Time magazine.
Louis Armstrong (c. 1898-1971) records "Hello Dolly," his only number one record. Thelonius Monk is featured on the cover of Time magazine.
Thelonius Monk is featured on the cover of Time magazine.
