Come up with a singer, a musician or a band that doesn't exist. Make them interfere with the the history of (pop/rock) music. There are no actual rules.
I already have one creation here, and will go first
It's Jimmy Carter. I decided to go with that name because it is a typical American one (imo), just like Michael Jackson.
My Jimmy Carter is not the same person as the former president. Now there's no need to ask, nor to link them together.
Jimmy Carter was born 1931 in a town in the northern part of the U.S. Already at a young age he was fond of music. At the tender age of 18, he got the job as a background singer in the town's own big band. One year later he formed his own group called "Jimmy Carter's Octet". They made new arrangements of Glenn Miller songs, wrote lyrics to the ones that didn't have any and then performed a few times each month in the local area.
A jazz festival in the town was held in 1951 and Charlie Parker was invited as a special guest. Carter's band played a couple of songs and "The Bird" decided to listen. He was positively surprised by their skils and convinced Jimmy that he should make a record.
The band went to the only studio in town and played one song. It became popular on the local radio station.The next record managed to spread over the state. Now they got offers to play at a lot of clubs. And it got bigger
It was still all about Glenn Miller which was Jimmy's biggest idol and musical influence since childhood. But things were about to change. The octet broke up already in 1953 after their national television debut as guests of the Dorsey show. Jimmy did some gigs with the legendary brothers during the following weeks. Then he was contracted with a bigger studio that created a new backing group for him. Now Jimmy was more in focus than before, and he was on the way to become a really popular singer. During the course of the following years, the band toured all over the U.S. Jimmy's youthful looks and the playful way he performed on stage made him unlike every other jazz singer. His sound had evolved into a combination of charleston, swing, ragtime and boogie woogie. Add the band's tight playing style into the equation, and it's almost as Jimmy Carter crossed the border to early rock'n roll.
End of part 1, more next time
I already have one creation here, and will go first
It's Jimmy Carter. I decided to go with that name because it is a typical American one (imo), just like Michael Jackson.
My Jimmy Carter is not the same person as the former president. Now there's no need to ask, nor to link them together.
Jimmy Carter was born 1931 in a town in the northern part of the U.S. Already at a young age he was fond of music. At the tender age of 18, he got the job as a background singer in the town's own big band. One year later he formed his own group called "Jimmy Carter's Octet". They made new arrangements of Glenn Miller songs, wrote lyrics to the ones that didn't have any and then performed a few times each month in the local area.
A jazz festival in the town was held in 1951 and Charlie Parker was invited as a special guest. Carter's band played a couple of songs and "The Bird" decided to listen. He was positively surprised by their skils and convinced Jimmy that he should make a record.
The band went to the only studio in town and played one song. It became popular on the local radio station.The next record managed to spread over the state. Now they got offers to play at a lot of clubs. And it got bigger
It was still all about Glenn Miller which was Jimmy's biggest idol and musical influence since childhood. But things were about to change. The octet broke up already in 1953 after their national television debut as guests of the Dorsey show. Jimmy did some gigs with the legendary brothers during the following weeks. Then he was contracted with a bigger studio that created a new backing group for him. Now Jimmy was more in focus than before, and he was on the way to become a really popular singer. During the course of the following years, the band toured all over the U.S. Jimmy's youthful looks and the playful way he performed on stage made him unlike every other jazz singer. His sound had evolved into a combination of charleston, swing, ragtime and boogie woogie. Add the band's tight playing style into the equation, and it's almost as Jimmy Carter crossed the border to early rock'n roll.
End of part 1, more next time
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