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Blacks have dominated music since the invention of the record

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Meet George W Johnson. He began making records at Thomas Edison’s lab in the 1890’s.

His songs “The Whistling Coon” and “The Laughing Song“ were the most popular songs of the decade. This was before record copying was invented so he had to sing each one manually.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4yvOMwHsh1A
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sVYHSlEssYY
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