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Title
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Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
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Description
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A portion of this book gives information on Carleton Coon and Joe Sanders and their musical group called The Nighthawks, "the most successful and influential of the early white bands to come out of Kansas City". Johnny Coon is also mentioned.
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Date
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1905-06-27
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Big Band Almanac
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Description
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History of the Coon-Sanders Band, also known as the Kansas City Nighthawks, formed in 1919 with their first broadcasting over the radio in 1921. Subject of "doubtless the first radio fan club. ..the 'Nighthawk Club,'" on early WDAF radio programming.
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Date
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1978
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Dance Band Era--The Dancing Decades from Ragtime to Swing: 1910-1950
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Description
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History of the Coon-Sanders Band, also known as the Kansas City Nighthawks, a Kansas City and Chicago-based band (led by Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon) of the late 1910s to the early 1930s, performing regularly on WDAF radio, with photo and map.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Book
