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The Mississippi Blues Trail - Home. (2019). Retrieved October 15, 2019, from Msbluestrail.org website: http://msbluestrail.org/

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Ne-yo was influenced by Michael Jackson.

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Ne-yo was influenced by Michael Jackson.

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https://ew.com › Article

Sep 7, 2010 - Ne-Yo, a self-described M.J. fanatic, does a wonderful job being true to himself without turning this into a corny ... I can see Jackson's influence.

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Ne-Yo - One In A Million (Official Music Video)

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History | Classic Motownhttps://classic.motown.com/historyHome Of The Hits On West Grand Blvd. Berry Gordy buys a two-story house at 2648 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, and puts up a sign to signal his intentions: Hitsville U.S.A

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History | Classic Motownhttps://classic.motown.com/historyHome Of The Hits On West Grand Blvd. Berry Gordy buys a two-story house at 2648 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, and puts up a sign to signal his intentions: Hitsville U.S.A

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https://classic.motown.com/history/

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Musical style and influences

Ne-Yo's music is generally R&B, while he also incorporates pop and hip hop occasionally. His musical influences include Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross, R. Kelly, Babyface, Blackstreet and Usher.
https://www.grammy.com/grammys/videos/ne-yo-how-temptations-influenced-his-personal...

"If not for Motown, there would be no Ne-Yo," the renowned R&B performer told the Recording Academy at "Motown 60: A GRAMMY Celebration." Ne-Yo also touched on how Motown heroes the traditionally dapper Temptations influenced his personal style growing up.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ne-yo-mn0000846634/related

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Identification. Republic of The Gambia is the official name of The Gambia. The country was named after the Gambia River, which flows from East to West for three hundred miles, the entire length of the country. Gambia is a small country with a population of 1.2 million. It straddles the Gambia River on either side.

Read more: https://www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/Gambia.html#ixzz60QWulYI0
Emergence of the Nation. The first written mention of Gambia is in the work of Hanno the Carthaginian in his writings about his voyage to West Africa in 470 B.C.E. Gambia at various times was part of different West African kingdoms, including the kingdoms of Foni, Kombo, Sine-Saloum, and Fulladou. Its various ethnic groups migrated to Gambia from different areas of West Africa.

Read more: https://www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/Gambia.html#ixzz60QXH7hS7

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Kora playing Cultuere og the Gambia

The History of the Kora

17/01/2018 by Fafa Ceesay

The Kora is a traditional string instrument, originally from The Gambia, the smiling Coast of Africa. Very complete instrument that is known in the countries of West Africa.

Kora is a very original and different instrument, between a harp, a Spanish guitar and a lute …

There are also musicians and traditions with the kora in countries like Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Guinea Conakry, Cote d’Ivoire … besides Gambia.
https://www.tamalatravel.com/en/the-history-of-the-kora-instrument/

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Kora instrument and the culture in Gambia

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Kora instrument and the culture in Gambia

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Traditionally, the Kora is an instrument that was only played by men .
Men have been traditionally associated with the kora instrument,  for the past seven centuries in West Africa. This ancient practice did not stop Sona Jobarteh from mastering the art, and mesmerizing her fans all over the world with her talent.
https://www.okayafrica.com/sona-jobarteh/

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Sona Jobatah  was influenced by change in culture. 

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Sona Jobatah  was influenced by change in culture. 

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https://padlet.com/1018469/edzxpxufhlcd
Understanding who you are as a person is the first step to becoming what you want to be as an adult. That’s why traditional Mande music and culture are fundamental to the education received at The Gambia Academy.
Jobarteh remains one of the continent’s most distinctive instrumentalists and performers, who is credited as a singer-songwriter. Some of Jobarteh vocals appeared in the Hollywood film, Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom and she composed music for the film score for Motherland: The Score. https://www.okayafrica.com/sona-jobarteh/

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W.C. Handy was influenced by
His fervor of the blues began at a railway listening to a black man, dressed in rags and holey shoes, strum his guitar with a knife. Handy called it “the weirdest music he had ever heard”, according to msbluestrail.org. (“The Mississippi Blues Trail - Home,” 2019)
In the musical documentary “Mr. Handy’s Blues,” music historian Elliot Hurwitt said Handy took something that was considered a rude, lowdown musical form only suitable for juke joints in the South and regularized it, formalized it and in doing so, popularized it.

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influenced by W.C. Handy's Orchestra - St. Louis Blues 1923

S"aint Louis Blues" is a popular American song composed by W. C. Handy in the blues style and published in September 1914. It was one of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song and  classic shouter Memphis Minnie among others.

www.furious.com/perfect/louisjordan.html
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M Jackson's was heavily influenced  by James Brown 

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M Jackson's was heavily influenced  by James Brown 

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Michael Jackson meeting Brown on stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIaHIjJCwmc

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Louis Jordan

James Brown was clearly influenced by classic blues, gospel, and African-American folk music. Brown knew he wanted to become an entertainer after watching performance footage of the popular jazz and R&B singer Louis Jordan.

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Zack is Influenced musically by Michael Jackson 

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Zack is Influenced musically by Michael Jackson 

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MJ Moves me and millions of people across the world and that inspired me in my option. i liked the way he has the power to make people to move musically. above and below are MJ'S sources of influences
James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Diana Ross, Fred Astaire,

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Michael Jackson The Experience Smooth Criminal