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Artist: The Stokes
The Stokes were an outfit formed by Allen Toussaint while he was in the army. The group, formed at Fort Hood, recorded a handful of songs for Joe Banashak's Instant Records label, primarily as demos, including "Poor Boy Got To Move," which featured Toussaint on vocals, a true rarity, but Banashak released them during the mid-1960's. The group... [+] Read More
Artist: Stokes
Artist: Simon Stokes
Raised by his grandparents in Reading, MA, Simon Stokes was seen by his peers as a loner or solitary child. By the age of ten he had become a sleepwalker. His grandfather would often take Stokes to see the Harry D. Stokes Orchestra, which was his introduction to music. In his teenage years, Stokes became influenced by the blues, often listening... [+] Read More
Artist: Saul Stokes
Saul Stokes was born in Seattle, WA. After adolescent training on both the violin and trumpet, Saul Stokes discovered the tonal possibilities of the synthesizer and started creating electronic music as a teenager in the mid-'80s. At the age of 20, Saul Stokes made a highly impressionable move to Germany where he was introduced to the new... [+] Read More
Artist: Frank Stokes
Frank Stokes and partner Dan Sane recorded as The Beale Street Shieks, a Memphis answer to the musical Chatmon family string band, the Mississippi Shieks. According to local tradition, Stokes was already playing the streets of Memphis by the turn of the century, about the same time the blues began to flourish. As a street artist, he needed a... [+] Read More
Artist: Lowe Stokes
This classic old-time fiddler is a bit of a mystery man, showing up as the senior member of a band formed in 1918 by fellow fiddle genius Clayton McMichen, one of the regular sidekicks of Lowe Stokes over the years. At first called the Lick the Skillet Band, then the Old Hometown Band, this double-fiddle group eventually morphed into Gid Tanner... [+] Read More
Artist: Leonard Stokes
An old-time music frontman, Leonard Stokes recorded with Byron Parker & His Mountaineers in 1940, the music considered one of the essential tapestries of developing bluegrass components to be preserved for posterity, and equal in value to the very first sides cut by the Monroe Brothers. He also played mandolin, as well as sang, with the bands of... [+] Read More
Artist: Adam Stokes
Folk rocker Adam Stokes began playing the guitar as a teenager in Oklahoma. When he reached college, he began to play live, and after school he moved around the country playing at bars and coffeehouses until finally landing in Austin, TX. It was there he recorded his first album, Friends Like These, with producer and collaborator Jason Altman.... [+] Read More
Artist: Ernest Stokes
In partnership with singer and songwriter Frank Rice, Ernest Stokes was one half of a minstrel-show type duo called Mustard & Gravy, who cut records in the middle of the twentieth century for several small labels, among the Gotham Records in Philadelphia, where they recorded "Be Bop Boogie" in 1950, which later became a rockabilly number in the... [+] Read More
Artist: Leonard Stokes
This Broadway singer from the '50s and '60s is best remembered for appearances in the original casts of classic musicals such as Annie Get Your Gun and Oklahoma, in the former providing a particularly pleasant character role contrast to the frothy presence of Doris Day. He also shows up on some vintage recordings by the great Mario Lanza. ~... [+] Read More
Artist: Marlon Stokes
Artist: Kecia Stokes
Artist: Stokes Nielson
Artist: Patti Stokes
Artist: Bobby Stokes
Artist: Irvin Stokes
Artist: Isaiah Stokes
Artist: Irv Stokes
Artist: Loretta Stokes
Artist: Otis Stokes
Artist: Susanne Stokes
Artist: Nancy Stokes
Artist: Calvin Stokes
Artist: Brian Stokes Mitchell
Actor and singer Brian Stokes Mitchell has performed in many television and Broadway productions, including Man of la Mancha and Kiss Me Kate, for which he received a Tony award. A native of Seattle, Mitchell spent his formative years in San Diego performing with various theater groups. A move to Los Angeles in the late '70s brought him into... [+] Read More
