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- ... that not Memphis Slim but 1930s St. Louis blues pianist Pinetop Sparks wrote the blues standard "Every Day I Have the Blues"?
- ... that Paquito D'Rivera (pictured) became the first performer to be honored in the Jazz and Classical musical fields after winning a Latin Grammy for the albums Brazilian Dreams and Historia del Soldado?
- ... that Paquito D'Rivera won a Latin Grammy Award with a suite?
- ... that in 1933 St. Louis blues singer Dorothea Trowbridge recorded "Grinding Blues", the lyrics of which are cited as an "open declaration of erotic desire"?
May 2013