Question

I need help on how people influenced us.
I am doing some history homework about the great depression (late 1920's through early 1940's) and I need some future connections like how did Duke Ellington influence us today? Or Walt Disney influence us today...ect. I can't find anything on the internet that says (name) inspired me to be a musician or whatever. I am doing a project on art, literature, radio, and entertainment in the late 1920's to the early 1940's Please help.

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz

http://www.google.com/webhp?source=search_app#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=jazz+influence+on+american+culture&oq=jazz+influence&gs_l=serp.1.1.0l4.3331.5639.0.11260.10.4.0.6.6.0.100.356.3j1.4.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.4.psy-ab.oW7Th6K_Rxw&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=b5d841bb1ab219dc&biw=711&bih=453

Walt Disney pervades today's culture. People flock to its theme parks. Many people only know the old fairy tales as they are presented by Disney movies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/15/arts/15iht-bookjeu.3543092.html?_r=0

Answer 2

Google Woody Guthrie. His 100th birthdate just passed so you should find a lot of artists, like Jackson Brown, etc. that will claim Woody as their muse.