Heart and Soul , A Celebration of Black Music Style in America 1930 - 1975 by Merlis , Bob / Davin Seay / Etta James - 1997

New York: Stewart - Tabori Pub., 1997. 1997 First Edition Large Hardcover book in its original dust Jacket. New from 1997 publisher; small feltpen dot bottom edge ; Never opened , Never read . Book size : 10-1/4" wide x 10-1/4" tall x 1-1/4 " thick; weighs nearly 3 pounds; illustrated with more than 400 Glossy Color Photographs of the musicians, as well as pics of classic 78 and 45 rpm record labels & memorabilia photos. Foreword by Etta James . Black Music Style in America , from 1930 to 1975 . From the decline of the Big Band sound to the emergence of Black Pride, Sly, Superfly and the Funk , this fascinating book celebrates the nearly half-century of vibrant, flamboyant, and extravagant, flowering in African America culture that enriched the entire world. Though the roots of black style can be said to extend back to the spirituals and minstrel shows of the 1800s, or even further, to the signifying rituals of the African homeland , there was, without question, a golden age of black style , that exploded between 1930 and 1975. It was an age of pencil-thin mustaches & pompadours , zoot suits & drapes , jumpsuits & jive - a time when piano pounders and duckwalkers battered down the color barrier , & barrel-chested bluesmen made strong men weep , & their women go weak at the knees. From Cab Calloway to Blind Lemon Jefferson to Ray Charles , gospel to psychedlia, the Platters, Four Tops & Otis Redding, to the Delfonics, Al Green and Bootsy, it was an era of audacious showmen ( and fabulous women ), outrageous charlatans & contagiously exciting artists. Here is a musical history told in legends, facts and rumors - every bit as colorful as the images that illustrate the book. This true story is filled with characters such as O.V. Wright, a singer deemed " too ugly to tour " ; Frankie Lymon, who received a hot dog as full payment for some of the greatest R&B songs of all time ; LaVern Baker, a.k.a. " Little Miss Sharecropper " ; Billie Holiday shooting dice with the boys on the bus ; the legendary " King " Solomon Burke; R&B immortal and Doctor of Mortuary Sciences soul ghoul Screamin' Jay Hawkins , locked in his coffin by the Drifters, & many other talents & unique performers. Illustrated with more than 400 original photographs, publicity shots, posters, programs, advertisements, program covers, magazine covers, album covers and sleeves, sheet music, & record labels in full color , this is the real story of hot music and high style, of the black people who made history by being themselves, & who all made the world a richer, wilder, & most definitely cooler, place to be. " Heart & Soul - A Celebration of Black Music Style in America 1930 - 1975 " by Bob Merlis & Davin Seay , with foreword by Etta James ; published by Stewart / Tabori , New York 1997 Large Hard Cover book in DJ *** Secure packing for Safe Shipping since 1965 *** . First. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. New/New. Illus. by Photos. 10-1/4 x 10-1/4 x 1-1/4 ".