The big bang from season 1 at join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Latino and american indian groups soon joined the movement. During the 1920s as radio became more commonplace in american homes it threatened the fledgling record industry, so in response the record companies sent out a group of men to find new talent that could be recorded and sold to the public. In the 1920s, record companies in search of new styles and markets sought out regional musicians, from the streets of memphis to the western prairies and the islands of hawaii.
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