https://www.npr.org/2019/04/17/71440510 ... rld-war-ii
Good morning all,
Above about an obscure aspect of American home-front social history during WWII.
Fully aware that this is an article from NPR, ... it wasn't only the "Deep South". It was the rest of "the South" also.
~ Bob
"Sweethearts of Rhythm"
Re: "Sweethearts of Rhythm"
You are a day behind NPR broadcasts.
Re: "Sweethearts of Rhythm"
Good morning R. Leonard,
Understand; well received.
~ Bob
Understand; well received.
~ Bob
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Re: "Sweethearts of Rhythm"
Not the first or second NPR music story on the Sweethearts. IIRC they originated a decade before WWII as a college band. Some of the members went 'pro' under the name & continued it into the 1940s. They were well established on the dance hall circuit and radio during the 1930s. While unique as a all woman band, female musicians and band leaders were not a complete rarity in the era. Blanche Calloway is largely forgotten now but was as well known as her younger brother in the 1930s.
Re: "Sweethearts of Rhythm"
Good morning Carl,
Must admit I had forgotten the name Blanche Calloway.
She was a national personality for ages and was a national political activist into the 1960s.
She was involved in causes like nuclear disarmament and Vietnam led by Bella Abzug, the flamboyant "hat lady" of Congress.
Blanche Calloway was definitely a woman of US history.
~ Bob
Must admit I had forgotten the name Blanche Calloway.
She was a national personality for ages and was a national political activist into the 1960s.
She was involved in causes like nuclear disarmament and Vietnam led by Bella Abzug, the flamboyant "hat lady" of Congress.
Blanche Calloway was definitely a woman of US history.
~ Bob