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Willie Casteel 1902 - 1970

Willie Casteel of Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas was born on April 7, 1902, and died at age 68 years old in November 1970.
Willie Casteel
Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas 75501
April 7, 1902
November 1970
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    1902

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    April 7, 1902
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  • 11/dd
    1970

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    November 1970
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    Willie Casteel lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 68.
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In 1902, in the year that Willie Casteel was born, the world famous Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso, made the first gramophone recording by a popular singer. Accompanied by only a piano, his voice recordings became a big seller and did much to popularize the new-fangled gramophone. He had to sing into a metal "horn" that relayed his voice to a metal disc. And the songs had to be under 4 and a half minutes!
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In 1927, by the time he was 25 years old, the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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