Leroy Carr (March 27, 1904 [1] or 1905 – April 29, 1935) [2] was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist who developed a laid-back, crooning technique and whose popularity …

Apr 25, 2025 · Leroy Carr (born March 27, 1905, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.—died April 29, 1935, Indianapolis, Indiana) was an influential American blues singer, pianist, and composer of …

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, among the African-American audiences that nurtured the blues, there was hardly a better-known performer than Leroy Carr. He made over a hundred …

Oct 8, 2017 · Leroy Carr was born in Nashville around 1905. Like many blues players of his era, Carr died a young man, but his imprint on American music is visible through his lasting impact …

Leroy Carr was an influential American blues singer and pianist born in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 27, 1905. After moving to Indianapolis with his mother during the Great Migration, Carr …

Mar 20, 2025 · Leroy Carr was a pioneering American blues singer, pianist, and songwriter, whose smooth, urbane style significantly influenced the evolution of urban blues in the early …

Leroy Carr. 1905-1935. Blues singer and pianist. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, among the African-American audiences that nurtured the blues, there was hardly a better-known …

Dec 1, 2000 · Lery Carr was the most influential male blues singer and songwriter of the first half of the 20th century, but he was nothing like the current stereotype of an early bluesman. An …

Teamed with the exemplary guitarist Scrapper Blackwell in Indianapolis, Carr became one of the top blues stars of his day, and most of the most influential of all time, although he lived only …

The most popular male blues musician of his day, Leroy Carr was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and arrived in Indianapolis from Louisville in 1912. As a teenager, he taught himself how to …