Born this day in 1904, Pine Top Smith is credited with popularizing the “boogie woogie” style of piano playing (at least under that name), by virtue of the 1928 record release of “Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie”). The self-taught Pine Top moved all over the country as a kid, playing black vaudeville, revues and (as was [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:42AM on January 11, 2012