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American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T)
marketed by licensing companies in other territories
formed after Graham bell patents telephone
began the Victor Talking Machine Company
Eldridge Johnson
biggest “hit” of the 1890s
Washington Post March
“Auld Lang Syne”
written by Robert Burns
made famous by Guy Lombardo
James Weldon Johnson
known for leadership in the organization of the NAACP
Joe Hill
brought songs to the Union Movement, “Don’t mourn; organize!”
location of Eldridge Johnson’s shop
Camden, NJ
most popular radio show of 1920s
Amos’n Andy
most powerful (and successful) vaudeville operators
B.F. Keith and Edward Albee
movement which promoted idea of the “New Negro”
Harlem Renaissance
quintessential Tin Pan Alley songwriter
nickname given to the street in NY where many music publishers worked during the period of 1880 to 1953
Nashville
Country music
