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Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years!

Boing Boing 31 Dec 2018
Leon Roppolo, Paul Mares, George Brunies, Mel Stitzel, & Benny Pollack (There were also compositions from 1923 by other well-known artists including Louis Armstrong, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, WC Handy, Oscar Hammerstein, Gustav Holst, Al Jolson, Jerome Kern, and John Phillip Sousa; though their most famous works were from other years.).
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Musician sends diplomatic song to Putin admonishing, ‘Stop with Crimea’

The Examiner 31 Mar 2014
A tough stance the Obama administration “has failed to take,” said Roppolo ... Roppolo’s song, entitled “Hey Mr ... Roppolo, whose great uncle was the famed New Orleans jazz musician, Leon Roppolo, is an accomplished musician in his own right with more than three decades of musical credits spanning concerts, film scores and philharmonic appearances.
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White Men Can Jam

The New York Times 11 Jul 1999
T LOST CHORDS. White Musicians and Their Contribution to Jazz, 1915-1945. By Richard M. Sudhalter. Illustrated. 890 pp. New York.. Oxford University Press. $35. --> --> --> ... . ... Sicilian musicians like Nick LaRocca and Leon Roppolo, among other whites, advanced a line of New Orleans music that drew off brass band traditions ... --> ... Return to the Books Home Page.
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FILE - Pope Francis gestures as he answers reporters questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on the journey back from Brazil, on July 29, 2013.
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