Blue Rhythms

Blue Rhythms
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 366
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ISBN-10 : 0252022033
ISBN-13 : 9780252022036
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Book Synopsis Blue Rhythms by : Chip Deffaa

Download or read book Blue Rhythms written by Chip Deffaa and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chip Deffaa profiles Ruth Brown, the most popular female black singer of the early 1950s; LaVern Baker, who succeeded Brown; Little Jimmy Scott, who Madonna calls the only singer who ever really made her cry; Charles Brown, master of the "club blues" style he popularized; Floyd Dixon, a more rambunctious fellow traveler; and Jimmy Witherspoon, whose blend of earthiness and urbanity helped earn him as big an r&b hit as was ever recorded.


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