(1909-12-09)December 9, 1909 Rose Hill[1][2] or Summerland,[3] Mississippi, U.S.
Died
December 30, 1962(1962-12-30) (aged 53) Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.
Genres
Blues
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Vocal
Guitar
Years active
1920s - 1930s[1]
Musical artist
Le Moise Roosevelt Graves[3] (December 9, 1909 – December 30, 1962),[1] credited as Blind Roosevelt Graves, was an American blues guitarist and singer, who recorded both sacred and secular music in the 1920s and 1930s.[1]
"Crazy About My Baby" is a boogie woogie song, first recorded by BlindRooseveltGraves in 1929. It was perhaps the first recorded to contain all elements...
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Tommy Dorsey in 1938 as "Boogie Woogie". "Crazy About My Baby" by BlindRooseveltGraves and brother, Uaroy, recorded in 1929, was a rhythmic country blues...
others, the following artists recorded "I (We) Shall Not Be Moved": BlindRooseveltGraves (1929) – reissued on The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (2006) Charley...
music including blues and jazz. For instance, singer and guitarist BlindRooseveltGraves was accompanied by his brother Uaroy on tambourine and voice, singing...
Taggart, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" 1929–36[specify] – BlindRooseveltGraves and Uaroy Graves, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" 1938–39 – Golden Gate Quartet...
recordings and his association with Charlie Spand, Baby James and BlindRooseveltGraves, were amongst the highest quality ever issued by that label, which...
Pascagoula, MS Ace Cannon - Grenada, MS Steve Forbert - Meridian, MS BlindRooseveltGraves and the Mississippi Jook Band, Hattiesburg, MS Jerry Lee Lewis -...
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, soldier...
birthplace of rock & roll." Hattiesburg was home to The Graves Brothers, BlindRooseveltGraves and Uaroy Graves, who, along with piano player Cooney Vaughn, recorded...
Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980) was an American writer and socialite. She was the eldest child of U.S. president...
were originally released in the 1920s on Gennett Records and Ma Rainey and Blind Lemon Jefferson that were originally released on Paramount Records. Fitzgerald...
Roosevelt Sykes (January 31, 1906 – July 17, 1983) was an American blues musician, also known as "the Honeydripper". Sykes was born the son of a musician...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington D.C., dedicated to the memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president...
workers at Burr Oak cemetery dug up more than 200 graves, dumped the bodies into unmarked mass graves, and resold the plots in a scheme that went back...
American journalist and long-term romantic interest of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. After an unhappy and unsettled childhood, Hickok found success as a reporter...
Franklin D. Roosevelt. The law created the Social Security program as well as insurance against unemployment. The law was part of Roosevelt's New Deal domestic...
financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1938 to rescue the U.S. from the...
Keller Services for the Blind Laura Bridgman List of peace activists Perkins School for the Blind Ragnhild Kåta "Deaf, Blind Woman to Get College Degree"...
(Roosevelt Grier) seems to be purposefully setting himself up as a target for a hired killer, and doesn't want the police to interfere. 67 20 "A Grave...
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