Tulsa, Oklahoma

===Music===
Western Swing, a musical genre with roots in [[country music]], was made popular at Tulsa's Cain's Ballroom. [[The Tulsa Sound]], a variation of country, blues, [[rockabilly]], [[blues rock]], [[swamp rock]] and [[rock 'n' roll]], was started and largely developed by local musicians [[J. J. Cale]] and [[Leon Russell]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/leon-russell-mn0000816387 |title=Leon Russell |access-date=22 November 2022|website=AllMusic}}</ref> in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tulsatoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=849&Itemid=2 | first=Jim|last=Downing| title=Tulsa Rocks Part Two: The Tulsa Sound | date=January 2006 | work=Tulsa Today | access-date=June 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417170959/http://www.tulsatoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=849&Itemid=2 |archive-date=Apr 17, 2008 }}</ref> Musicians from Tulsa or who started their musical careers in Tulsa include [[Elvin Bishop]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=21 November 2022|first1=Mark|last1=Deming|title=Elvin Bishop Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/elvin-bishop-mn0000796736/biography|website=AllMusic}}</ref> [[Jim Keltner]],  [[David Gates]], [[Dwight Twilley]], [[Jesse Ed Davis]], [[Garth Brooks]], [[The Gap Band]], [[St. Vincent (musician)|St. Vincent]], [[Clyde Stacy]], [[Flash Terry]], [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]], [[Gus Hardin]], [[Jeff Carson]], Billy Reynolds Eustis and the Tri-Lads, Marvin&Johnny, [[Ronnie Dunn]], [[Jamie Oldaker]], [[Bob Wills]](Texas),<ref>{{cite web | title=Tulsa Musicians | url=http://www.tulsalibrary.org/research/tulsa/musicians.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314204158/http://www.tulsalibrary.org/research/tulsa/musicians.htm | archive-date=March 14, 2007 | access-date=April 29, 2007 | publisher=Tulsa City-County Library }}</ref> [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]],<ref>{{cite news | title=David Cook: Back in Blue Springs| url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080510_238_A1_hrpCa40734 | date=May 10, 2008|access-date=May 25, 2008 | work=[[Tulsa World]] | author=Cary Aspinwall |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514134835/http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080510_238_A1_hrpCa40734 |archive-date=May 14, 2008 }}</ref> [[Broncho (band)|Broncho]], [[Jacob Sartorius]], [[Tyson Meade]], [[John Moreland]], [[John Calvin Abney]], The Damn Quails(folk group), Kristin Chenoweth(actress), [[JD McPherson]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=269&articleid=20121223_269_D1_CUTLIN480644 |title=2012 good for Oklahoma's musicians |work=Tulsa World |date=December 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223114437/http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=269&articleid=20121223_269_D1_CUTLIN480644 |archive-date=Dec 23, 2012 |first1=Jennifer |last1=Chancellor |access-date=June 4, 2013}}</ref>  and [[Wilderado]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tulsa-born St. Vincent performed solo at Brady Theater but she's far from alone |url=https://oklahoman.com/article/5585096/tulsa-born-st.-vincent-performed-solo-at-brady-theater-but-shes-far-from-alone |website=The Oklahoman |first1=Nathan |last1=Poppe |date=2 March 2018}}</ref>  The heart of the [[Tulsa sound|Tulsa Sound]] can be found at [[The Church Studios|The Church Studio.]]
[[AleXa]] a representative from Tulsa won [[American Song Contest]]