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Blue Rhythms
"Somebody has to pay the dues," says LaVern 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 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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Da Capo Press
- Publish Date: Dec 24th, 1999
- Pages: 344
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.99in - 6.02in - 0.76in - 1.00lb
- EAN: 9780306809194
- Categories: • Genres & Styles - Soul & R&B• Individual Composer & Musician
About the Author
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.