14-421: James Arnold may refer to: Musicians [ edit ] Kokomo Arnold (James Arnold, 1901–1968), blues musician Jimmy Arnold (musician) (1932–2004), founding member of The Four Lads James Arnold, singer and keyboardist of the post-hardcore band Before Their Eyes Others [ edit ] James Arnold (1781–1868), whaling merchant and benefactor of
28-463: A cover version of Scrapper Blackwell 's blues song about the city of Kokomo, Indiana . Arnold was born in Lovejoy's Station, Georgia . Most sources give the date his birth as 1901, but the researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc give the date as 1896, on the basis of information in the 1900 census . He learned the basics of playing the guitar from his cousin, John Wiggs. Arnold began playing in
42-457: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kokomo Arnold James " Kokomo " Arnold (February 15, 1896 or 1901 – November 8, 1968) was an American blues musician. A left-handed slide guitarist , his intense style of playing and rapid-fire vocal delivery set him apart from his contemporaries. He got his nickname in 1934 after releasing "Old Original Kokomo Blues" for Decca Records ,
56-611: The Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts James Arnold (commercial artist) (1909–1999), English author and artist James Arnold (Australian politician) (1902–1967), Australian Senator James Arnold (cricketer) (1869–1944), English cricketer James Arnold (New Zealand politician) (1859–1929), New Zealand politician and trade unionist James Edward Arnold (1939–2007), California businessman James Henry Arnold (1759–1836), British lawyer, Admiralty Advocate and fellow of
70-512: The Census Office on June 1, 1900, determined the resident population of the United States to be 76,212,168, an increase of 21.01% from the 62,979,766 persons enumerated during the 1890 census . It was the last census to be conducted before the founding of the permanent United States Census Bureau. The census saw the nation's largest city, New York City , more than double in size due to
84-523: The Delta blues artist Robert Johnson . Johnson turned "Old Original Kokomo Blues" into " Sweet Home Chicago " and "Milk Cow Blues" into " Milkcow's Calf Blues ". Another Arnold song, "Sagefield Woman Blues", introduced the phrase " dust my broom ", which Johnson used as a song title. Other notable songs include his 1934 recording of "Sissy Man Blues", with lyrics referring to bisexuality ("Lord, if you can't send me no woman, please send me some sissy man"). It
98-751: The Victor label in Memphis . He soon moved back to Chicago, where he was forced to make a living as a musician after Prohibition ended in 1933. Kansas Joe McCoy heard him and introduced him to Mayo Williams , a producer for Decca Records . From his first recording for Decca, on September 10, 1934, until his last, on May 12, 1938, Arnold made 88 sides, seven of which have been lost. Arnold, Peetie Wheatstraw and Bumble Bee Slim were well-known musicians in Chicago blues circles at that time. Wheatstraw and Arnold, in particular, were also major influences on their contemporary,
112-575: The consolidation with Brooklyn , becoming in the process the first U.S. city to record a population growth of over three million. Oversight of the statistics was by Frederick Howard Wines and Walter F. Willcox . The 1900 census collected the following information: Full documentation for the 1900 census, including census forms and enumerator instructions, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series . The original census enumeration sheets were microfilmed by
126-562: The Census Bureau in the 1940s, after which the original sheets were destroyed. The microfilmed census is available in rolls from the National Archives and Records Administration . Several organizations also host images of the microfilmed census online, and digital indices. Microdata from the 1900 census are freely available through IPUMS . Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from
140-578: The Royal Society James M. Arnold (1838–1897), associate justice and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi James Newell Arnold (1844–1927), collector and publisher of genealogical and historical records of the state of Rhode Island James R. Arnold (1923–2012), planetary scientist and chemist See also [ edit ] Jim Arnold (disambiguation) Jamie Arnold (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
154-511: The early 1920s as a sideline, when he was working as a farmhand in Buffalo , New York, and as a steelworker in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . In 1929 he moved to Chicago and ran a bootlegging business, an activity he continued until the end of Prohibition . In 1930 he moved south briefly and made his first recordings , "Rainy Night Blues" and "Paddlin' Madeline Blues", under the name Gitfiddle Jim , for
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182-430: Was later recorded by other blues musicians of the era, including Josh White (as "Pinewood Tom"), George Noble and Connie McLean's Rhythm Boys. In 1938 Arnold left the music industry and began to work in a Chicago factory. Located by blues researchers in 1962, he showed no interest in returning to music to take advantage of the resurgence of interest in the blues among young white audiences. His song " Milk Cow Blues "
196-601: Was recorded by Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers (1937), Johnnie Lee Wills (brother of Bob Wills ) (1941), Elvis Presley (1954), Ricky Nelson (1960), The Kinks (1965), Aerosmith (1977), and Willie Nelson (2000). Arnold died of a heart attack in Chicago on November 8, 1968, aged either 67 or 72, and was buried in Burr Oak Cemetery , in Alsip, Illinois . 1900 census The 1900 United States census , conducted by
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