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18h 22min, jan 25, 1920 y - West 28th St. in New York City becomes center of popular music industry, through 1950s, known as "Tin Pan Alley". Singers Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith popularize blues; Beale Street in Memphis becomes blues center.

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