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1585:Smooth jazz
1484:Quiet storm
1459:Crunk&B
1327:Blues songs
1219:Boogie rock
1214:Biker metal
1090:New Zealand
1073:New Orleans
947:Blues scale
729:19 December
703:23 February
656:23 February
608:23 February
566:Dawson, Jim
499:23 February
373:Rock Awhile
361:Sonny Terry
357:Louis Prima
337:Helen Humes
299:Ben Webster
270:Flying Home
184:Joe Liggins
172:Arnett Cobb
168:Earl Bostic
1632:Categories
1563:Jump blues
1504:Snap&B
1209:Blues rock
1115:West Coast
1013:Work songs
1008:Spirituals
879:Jump Blues
530:2021-02-21
413:References
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345:Roy Milton
164:Jack McVea
96:Jump blues
22:Jump blues
1551:Nederbeat
1541:Afroswing
1427:Swamp pop
1124:Subgenres
1068:Louisiana
937:Blue note
698:Blues.org
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314:jitterbug
303:jive talk
287:Billboard
274:tenor sax
176:Roy Brown
148:big bands
102:style of
1610:Neo soul
1580:Slow jam
1570:Boogaloo
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1163:Electric
1095:Piedmont
1027:Regional
967:Shuffles
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246:Caldonia
100:up-tempo
1489:Raï'n'B
1479:Pluggnb
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1390:General
1188:Skiffle
1141:Country
1085:Memphis
1053:Chicago
998:Origins
991:Origins
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130:Origins
1605:Motown
1499:RnBass
1402:Boogie
1381:Genres
1236:Gospel
1178:Holler
1105:Turkey
1048:Canada
1036:Africa
1029:styles
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1558:Blues
1397:Beach
1260:Lists
1173:Hokum
1158:Dirty
1146:Delta
1100:Texas
1078:Swamp
1058:Delta
923:Blues
223:Blues
104:blues
39:swing
34:Blues
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1575:Funk
1546:Beat
1452:Alté
1246:Soul
1241:Jump
1224:Punk
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