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Leroy Carr (1905–1935) was a singer-pianist whose smooth voice, conversational phrasing, and elegant piano lines helped steer the blues from the rough-hewn country idiom toward[…]

Leroy Carr was a pioneering blues musician whose smooth vocals and masterful piano playing helped shape the urban blues style of the 1920s and 1930s.[…]

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[…]