The Death of Rhythm & Blues
George, Nelson
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
This passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of black music in the last fifty years, and in doing so outlines the perilous position of black culture within white American society. In a fast-paced narrative, Nelson Georges book chronicles the rise and fall of race music and its transformation into the R&B that eventually dominated the airwaves only to find itself diluted and submerged as crossover music.
AUTHOR BIO
Nelson George is the author of seven previous nonfiction books on African American culture and of four novels. Hip Hop America and The Death of Rhythm & Blues were both finalists for National Book Critics Circle Awards. He has written for national magazines, including Playboy, Billboard, Esquire, Spin, Essence, and the Village Voice.
BOOK REVIEWS
George has uncovered a lot of fresh information, not just on the artists themselves, but on the booking agents, arrangers, and record men. (Newsweek) [Georges] reading of history is not only interdisciplin- ary, it has a musical score. . . . His accounts of the colorful characters who populate this uncharted realm are often informative and . . . delightful. (The Washington Post Book World)
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0142004081
ISBN(13-digit): 9780142004081
Dewey Decimal: 781
Book Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 256
Paper Weight (lb): 0.60 lb
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