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Geoffrey Wheeler looks at American vaudeville's impact on Memphis.

Geoffrey Wheeler looks at American vaudeville's exciting impact on Memphis for both performers and new musicians. From 2006.

Geoffrey Wheeler continues his series about the history of American vaudeville with a profile of Memphis.

It's a city where vaudeville performers mixed with a new generation of musicians producing the exciting new sounds of jazz and blues.

Memphis is a city where, even in the days of segregation, black and white performers were able to mingle freely in the buzzing creative atmosphere of Beale Street, the long-gone Palace Theater, and the still-thriving Orpheum. 

Producer Libby Cross. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.

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