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bands and singers. Extremely prolific over his long life, Handy's signature work was the "St. Louis Blues".

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History of modern blues

In the 1940s and 1950s, increased urbanization and the use of amplification led to electric blues music, popular in cities such as Chicago, Detroit and Kansas City and best exemplified by such artists as Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Little Walter and John Lee Hooker. Electric blues certainly would give rise to rock and roll.

The appeal of blues remained strong in later decades. The music of the Civil Rights, Black Pride and Free Speech movements in the U.S. prompted a resurgence of interest in American roots music in general and in early African-American music, specifically. Artists such as Eric Clapton, Canned Heat, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, influenced by both early and electric blues musicians, brought the blues to a new, younger audience. Through these artists and others both earlier and later, blues music has been strongly influential in the development of rock and roll.

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And blues forms turn up in some surprising places. The theme to the televised Batman was blues, as was teen idol Fabian's first hit, "Turn Me Loose." Likewise, many jazz classics, such as Charlie Parker's "Now's the Time," also use the blues form without lyrics. The first great 買粉絲untry music star Jimmie Rodgers was a blues performer.

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List of genres of the blues

African blues

Blues-rock

Blues shouter

British blues

Chicago blues

Classic female blues

Country blues

Delta blues

Detroit blues

Gospel blues

Jazz blues

Jump blues

Kansas City blues

Louisiana blues

Memphis blues

Piano blues

Piedmont blues

Soul blues

St. Louis blues

Swamp blues

Texas blues

Western blues

There are several genres unrelated to the blues in any factual sense but are described as blues-like or bluesy. These are typically urban in origin, simple in instrumentation and featuring plaintive, melancholy vocals that emphasize the singer's poor luck and, often, violent or criminal behavior. Anthropologist Joaquim Reis de Brito

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