Five Decades of Rhythm and Blues (in) BMI, The Many Worlds of Music, Summer Issue 1969

New York: Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), 1969. Very Good condition. Spine is reinforced with clear tape. A few check marks and margin notes. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. Photographs throughout. 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. Heckman's article entitled FIVE DECADES OF RHYTHM AND BLUES, occupies pages 4-31 in this periodical. It is well-illustrated with photos and profiles all the greats from each decade, 1920s through 1960s, including Mamie Smith, Bessie Smith, Tampa Red, Speckled Red, Joe Turner, Pete Jackson, Scapper Blackwell, Ivory Joe Hunter, Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup, Jack McVea, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Memphis Smith, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, The Ravens, Bill Haley and the Comets, Willie May Thornton, Clyde McPhatter, La Vern Bakere, Chuck Willis, Ruth Brown, King Curtis, Sam Cooke, The Impressions, The Drifters, Dinah Washington, Son House, Bukka White, Mississippi John Hurt, Victoria Spivey, Lonnie Johnson, Thomas 'Geogia Tom' Dorsey, Gus Cannon, Joe Turner, Huddie 'Leadbelly' Ledbetter, Roosevelt Sykes, John Lee Hooker, etc. Bound-in at the center is a 34 page booklet of BMI-licensed songs, Rhythm and Blues 1943-1968. The booklet identifies the songs, their writers and publishers, as well as the artist and label of the most successful phonograph recording of each. Newspaper obituary of Hugh Bryant tipped-in.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. 50pp.