ISBN: 9780252022036

"Somebody has to pay the dues", says La Vern Baker. Here are the remarkable stories of six dazzlingly talented performers who blazed the R & B trail -- the story of the performe… More...

"Somebody has to pay the dues", says La Vern Baker. Here are the remarkable stories of six dazzlingly talented performers who blazed the R & B trail -- the story of the performers' music and also of their struggle against racism and financial exploitation: Ruth Brown and La Vern 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. Blue Rhythms: Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues Deffaa, Chip, University of Illinois Press<

ISBN: 9780252022036

"Somebody has to pay the dues", says La Vern Baker. Here are the remarkable stories of six dazzlingly talented performers who blazed the R & B trail -- the story of the performers' music … More...

"Somebody has to pay the dues", says La Vern Baker. Here are the remarkable stories of six dazzlingly talented performers who blazed the R & B trail -- the story of the performers' music and also of their struggle against racism and financial exploitation: Ruth Brown and La Vern 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. Media >, [PU: University of Illinois Press]<

ISBN: 9780252022036

University of Illinois Press. Hardcover. 0252022033 New Condition *** Right Off the Shelf | Ships within 2 Business Days ~~~ Customer Service Is Our Top Priority! - Thank you for LOOKING … More...

University of Illinois Press. Hardcover. 0252022033 New Condition *** Right Off the Shelf | Ships within 2 Business Days ~~~ Customer Service Is Our Top Priority! - Thank you for LOOKING :-) . New., University of Illinois Press<

1996, ISBN: 9780252022036

University of Illinois Press, 1996-05-01. Hardcover. New. First printing. Brand new book. Ships same or next day., University of Illinois Press, 1996-05-01