Music

by . African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina: Kinston Area by the North Carolina Arts Council. Originally published in African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina, [...] (from North Carolina Arts Council.)

by Morton, Hugh M. Arthur Smith and the Crackerjacks posing with instruments at "Singing on the Mountain" gospel festival, Grandfather Mountain, NC. Left to Right: Ralph Smith (accordion), Sonny Smith (guitar), Arthur [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Freeman, Margery. Balinese gamelan musicians perform Balinese gamelan musicians perform, as seen from the rear side of the orchestra. Two men, wearing red pants, long-sleeved blue shirts, and red and gold embroidered [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Close-up of a statue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, showing a hand playing a banjo. The statue pays tribute to Stephen Foster, who penned many classic American songs, including "Oh, Susanna" and [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Morton, Hugh M. This black and white photograph shows a musical performance by Bascom Lamar Lunsford (left) and George Pegram (right), both playing banjo, at "Singing on the Mountain" gospel festival, Grandfather [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . A monument to the late local bluesman Blind Boy Fuller stands on the American Tobacco Trail in Durham, North Carolina. The monument reads: Blind Boy Fuller 1907-1941 (aka Fulton Allen) Most [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (V-Disc)A 78-rpm "V Disc" produced by the U.S. Government to entertain troops during World War II features "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," sung by the Andrews [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

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by Morton, Hugh M. Donald MacDonald's Highland FlingDonald MacDonald dancing the Highland Fling while a girl plays accordion at first Highland Games in 1956 near Grandfather Mountain, [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Fiddle player Benton FlippenFiddler Benton Flippen holds his fiddle, standing in front of a case full of trophies. Flippen was born and raised in Surry County, North Carolina, and has played [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Cover of a sheet music folio entitled "Songs of the Jubilee Singers from Fisk University." The Fisk Jubilee Singers were a group of African American singers at Fisk University in Tennessee who sang [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . In the early 1970s, a one-of-a-kind artist lived near Elm City—the blues guitarist, singer, and musical storyteller John Henry Fortescue. Known as Guitar Shorty, Fortescue—who was originally from [...] (from North Carolina Arts Council.)

by . Newspaper article in the Lenoir Topic, March 24, 1886. This article contains the lyrics to a song known as "The Ballad of Frankie Silver" that was sung in the mountains of North Carolina well into [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Gid TannerColor has been added to this black-and-white photograph of Gid Tanner holding a fiddle. Tanner achieved fame as an old-time fiddler with his band, the Skillet Lickers, in the 1920s and [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . The Golden Gate Quartet is widely considered to be the most successful African American jubilee quartet. The group started in Norfolk, Virginia, and by 1936 appeared regularly on WBT Charlotte. They [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by . In 1942, popular band leader Glenn Miller convinced the Army to accept him and put him in charge of a band that could entertain the troops. After D-Day, Miller's American Band of the Allied [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by . Jim Crow JubileeSheet music cover illustration with caricatures of ragged African American musicians and [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Morton, Hugh M. Joe L. Hartley Sr., "Singing on the Mountain" gospel festival founder, holding a hat and bible, standing in front of a homemade "Singing on the Mountain" sign at the edge of the festival grounds at [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Lunk, Daniel. John Dee Holeman — Tobacco Harvest FestivalRenowned Piedmont blues artist John Dee Holeman performs “I Feel So Good” at the 2009 Tobacco Harvest and Hornworm Arts Festival at Duke Homestead in [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by Freeman, Margery. Man playing flute at Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, IndiaIn Jodhpur, India, a man sits on a concrete wall at Mehrangarh Fort, playing a flute. The man wears the traditional dress of the Indian state of [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Freeman, Margery. Men's marching band playing for funeralA men's marching band plays for a funeral procession. All the musicians wear blue shirts, red headscarves, red woven sarong, and black-and-white checked cloths [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Over There Lyrics by George M. Cohan; sung by Billy Murray, [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by . Over There (sheet music)The cover for sheet music to "Over There" by George M. Cohan, published by William Jerome Publishing Corp. in [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Revival hymnRevival hymnFour-part notation for "Judgment [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Morton, Hugh M. From UNC: "Group of men and women by campfire with Roy Clark (at left, in cowboy hat) at taping of Oral Roberts' 1976 television special directed by Jerry Lewis, at "Singing on the Mountain" gospel [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Morton, Hugh M. Scottish Pipe Band on the rocksScottish pipe band on a rocky outcropping at Grandfather Mountain, NC for the Highland [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Morton, Hugh M. Singing on the Mountain Crowds gathered at "Singing on the Mountain, " watching a musical group perform on a [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . In just ten years, WBT was transformed from a tiny backyard operation to one of the Southeast’s most important radio stations. This booklet, published as a souvenir of a regular program, shows the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . "The Old North State" was written in 1835 by William Gaston and was popular for nearly a century before it was deemed the official state song in 1927. The score for the song was written by R. [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . In the top left, WBT announcer Grady Cole smiles from behind a CBS microphone. In the bottom left is an advertisement for Peruna, one of WBT's sponsors. The ad reads: New Pe-ru-na The famous tonic [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)