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The Death of Rhythm and Blues Paperback - 2003
by Nelson George
The classic history of modern black music from "the best black writer writing about black music in America" ("Newsweek"). This passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of black music in the last 50 years, and in doing so outlines the perilous position of black culture within white American society.
Summary
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 George’s 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.
Details
- Title The Death of Rhythm and Blues
- Author Nelson George
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, Camberwell, Vic, Australia
- Date 2003-08-15
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780142004081 / 0142004081
- Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.16 x 0.56 in (22.86 x 15.65 x 1.42 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Popular music - United States - History and, Rhythm and blues music - History and
- Dewey Decimal Code 781.643
Media reviews
“[George’s] 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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