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Encyclopedia of Rhythm & Blues and Doo-Wop Vocal Groups
With its easy-to-use alphabetical format, accurate and hard-to-find information and plenty of rare photos, this is an essential reference for deejays, collectors, and music historians.
Book Details
- Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
- Publish Date: Dec 10th, 2002
- Pages: 736
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.17in - 5.28in - 1.49in - 1.67lb
- EAN: 9780810845923
- Categories: • Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional• Genres & Styles - Blues
About the Author
Mitch Rosalsky was a long-time member of the United in Group Harmony Association (UGHA) until 1993. In his tenure with UGHA, he has served on the organization's board of directors. A devoted collector of R&B music since 1961, he has had many articles published related to this field.
Praise for this book
Mitch Rosalsky's Encyclopedia of Rhythm & Blues and Doo-Wop Vocal Groups is clearly a fan's labor of love...there is important information to be found in Rosalsky's book...recommended for libraries and special collections that serve populations interested in American popular music or African American vernacular music....
...big, bountiful book-an obvious paean to the subject matter...libraries whose scope includes popular music should consider it essential.
Mitch Rosalsky's Encyclopedia of Rhythm & Blues and Doo-Wop Vocal Groups is clearly a fan's labor of love...there is important information to be found in Rosalsky's book...recommended for libraries and special collections that serve populations interested in American popular music or African American vernacular music.
This thick hardback will delight hardcore fans of R&B and doo-wop, who will welcome the opportunity to have such a mass of information between one set of covers.
Mitch Rosalsky's painstaking research will not be in vain as future generations will better understand, and be educated to, "roots rock.
Anyone who wants to delve further into the esoteric world of vocal group music should investigate the newly published Encyclopedia of Rhythm & Blues and Doo-Wop Vocal Groups...it's full of information...
If you want a thorough reference source to the broad field of R&B vocal groups, this one's for you...Mitch Rosalsky has turned his collecting passion of over 40 years into a labor of love and hard work that benefits us all...Buy it today.
Our congratulations go to the author for pulling off this massive accomplishment...it has enormous value to researchers and collectors...
...wealth of information....this book belongs in any library dealing with popular music.