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Blue Rhythms
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Blue Rhythms
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Chip Deffaa
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:344 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Blues
Bands, groups and musicians |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780306809194
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| Classifications | Dewey:781.6430922 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Hachette Books
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| Imprint |
Da Capo Press Inc
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| Publication Date |
24 December 1999 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Somebody has to pay the dues, says LaVern Baker. Here are the remarkable stories of six dazzlingly talented performers who blazed the R & B trailthe story of the performers music and also of their struggle against racism and financial exploitation: Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker, two of the most popular female black singers of the 1950s; Little Jimmy Scott, whom Madonna calls the only singer who ever really made her cry; Charles Brown, master of the club blues style; Floyd Dixon, a more rambunctious fellow-traveler; and the earthy, urbane Jimmy Witherspoon, who recorded some of the biggest R & B hits ever.
Author Biography
Chip Deffaa, jazz critic for the New York Post, has written seven other books, including Voices of the Jazz Age: Profiles of Eight Vintage Jazzmen and Swing Legacy. A winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, he contributes regularly to Entertainment Weekly, JazzTimes, and Crescendo.
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