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Examines the changing sound of rhythm and blues, from the electrifying music of such greats as Chuck Berry and Aretha Franklin to current mainstream names like Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston, and explores the reasons for this radical shift
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"[George's] reading of history is not only interdisciplinary, it has a musical score. . . . His accounts of the colorful characters who populate this uncharted realm are often informative and . . . delightful."
aGeorge has uncovered a lot of fresh information, not just on the artists themselves, but on the booking agents, arrangers, and record men.a ("Newsweek") a[Georgeas] 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.a ("The Washington Post Book World")
?George has uncovered a lot of fresh information, not just on the artists themselves, but on the booking agents, arrangers, and record men.? ("Newsweek") [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")
George has uncovered a lot of fresh information, not just on the artists themselves, but on the booking agents, arrangers, and record men. Newsweek
"George has uncovered a lot of fresh information, not just on the artists themselves, but on the booking agents, arrangers, and record men." --Newsweek
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aGeorge has uncovered a lot of fresh information, not just on the artists themselves, but on the booking agents, arrangers, and record men.a ("Newsweek") a[Georgeas] 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.a ("The Washington Post Book World")
?George has uncovered a lot of fresh information, not just on the artists themselves, but on the booking agents, arrangers, and record men.? ("Newsweek") [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")
George has uncovered a lot of fresh information, not just on the artists themselves, but on the booking agents, arrangers, and record men. Newsweek
[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
""George has uncovered a lot of fresh information, not just on the artists themselves, but on the booking agents, arrangers, and record men." --Newsweek
"[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
Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down, is an award-winning author of both fiction and nonfiction. He has written for Playboy, Billboard, Esquire, the Village Voice, Essence, and many other national magazines, as well as writing and producing television programs and feature films.
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- PublisherOmnibus Press
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0711916691
- ISBN 13 9780711916692
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages312
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ISBN 13: 9780711916692
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