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Blues ("St. Louis Blues" performed by Bessie Smith, from The Riverside History of Classic Jazz (Cat.# Riverside RB-005) Riverside Records under master license to Fantasy, Inc. All rights reserved.)

Blues, a genre of African-American folk and popular song in ⁴₄ time. Blues lyrics are typically cast in a three-line stanza consisting of an initial...

Smith, Bessie (Frank Driggs Collection/Archive Photos)

Smith, Bessie (c. 1894-1937), American singer, known as the Empress of the Blues. Born in poverty in Chattanooga, Tennessee, she was orphaned as a...

Rhythm and Blues

Rhythm and Blues (Alain Benainous/Liaison Agency)

Rhythm and Blues, variety of different, but related, types of popular music produced and supported primarily by black Americans, beginning in the...

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- of colour of sky: having or resembling the colour of the sky on a cloudless day
- slightly purple in skin colour: with the skin appearing slightly purple because of cold, bruising, or exertion
- blue-grey: describes animals and plants that are bluish or blue-grey in colour
- gloomy: gloomy or melancholy

- style of music: a type of popular music that developed from African American folk songs in the early 20th century, consisting mainly of slow sad songs often performed over a repeating harmonic pattern
- piece of music: a song or instrumental piece of music in the style of the blues

- Trinidad hundred dollar bill: a Trinidadian hundred dollar bill, which is blue in colour
- pornographic film: an obscene film

Translations for "blues" English-Spanish

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Listening to the Blues ( Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.)

Listening to the Blues

Blues Guitarist Albert King (David Redfern/Redferns)

Blues Guitarist Albert King

Blues Singer Ma Rainey ("Jelly Bean Blues" performed by Ma Rainey, from Ma Rainey (Cat.# Milestone MCD-47021-2) (p)1992 Fantasy, Inc. All rights reserved.)

Blues Singer Ma Rainey

USA: Chicago Blues (Spellbound performed by Koko Taylor, from Koko Taylor: Force of Nature (Cat.# ALCD 4817) (c) and (p)1993 Alligator Records. All rights reserved.)

USA: Chicago Blues

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	Windows Live® Search Results Cardiff Blues Blues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes. It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression in African-American communities of the ... Blues Foundation :: Welcome Producer of the W.C. Handy Blues Awards, the Blues Hall of Fame, the Lifetime Achievement Awards and the Int. Blues Talent Competition See all search results in Windows Live® Search Results

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