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1. Whispering Jack Smith Jack Smith (31 May 1898 in New York City - 13 May 1950 in New York City) was known as "Whispering" Jack Smith and was a popular baritone singer in the 1920s and 1930s. He was a popular radio and recording artist who occasionally appeared i...
2. The Best HiFi Turntable (The Gyrodec) This article is about HiFi turntables and playing vinyl records, but mostly a review of the Michell Gyrodec, possibly the best HiFi turntable (record deck) currently available. The Michell Gyrodec was designed several decades ago and is as much a de...
3. The Jazz Age The Jazz Age describes the period from 1918-1929, the years between the end of World War I and the start of the Roaring Twenties; ending with the rise of the Great Depression, the traditional values of this age saw great decline while the American st...
4. Vintage Sheet Music A BRIEF HISTORY OF SHEET MUSIC People have always loved music. It is said that almost anywhere one goes in the world, there will be somebody playing some kind of rhythm and tune, even if it is just hitting two sticks together! In the early 1900s, p...
5. Ethel Waters Background information: Born October 31, 1896(1896-10-31) Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Died September 1, 1977 (aged 80) Chatsworth, California, USA Genre(s): Jazz Occupation(s): Actress, singer Instrument(s): Vocals Years active: 1925-1977 Associated acts: Be...
6. The Talking Machine victrola (plural victrolas) In common usage, any upright or console model phonograph from the early 1900s, usually with a wooden cabinet body and an interior horn for the projection of sound, that plays 78 rpm records using a steel needle.
7. Sophie Tucker Birth name Sonia Kalish Born January 13, 1884 Origin Czarist Russia Died February 9, 1966 Genre(s) Jazz vaudeville Occupation(s) Singer/Comedian   Sophie Tucker (January 13, 1884–February 9, 1966) was a singer and comedian, one of th...
8. Home Theater/Cinema Group Headquarters Home Cinema/Theater and HiFi Group A group for all home cinema/home theater or HiFi articles. If you have created a lens about home-theater or HiFi please submit it to this group: Projectors, surround-sound amplifiers and decoders, LCD or Plasma-tele...
9. Columbia Viva-tonal Grafonola Wind-up Record Player I really like my record player. When I was living onboard, cruising up and down the river Thames it was great to know that when ever i liked I could hear some real musicians just as they really played and sang in the 30's 40's and 50's WITHOUT using...
10. Phonographs & Turntables Video Showcase The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s. In more modern usage, this device is often called a turntable, record player, or record changer. Read the Wikipedia article about P...