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The Death of Rhythm and Blues by Nelson George

The Death of Rhythm and Blues

By Nelson George

By Nelson George

By Nelson George

By Nelson George

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Category: Music

Category: Music

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Aug 15, 2003 | ISBN 9780142004081

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Aug 15, 2003 | ISBN 9781101160671

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    About The Death of Rhythm and Blues

    From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, “The Get Down,” 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.

    About The Death of Rhythm and Blues

    From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, “The Get Down,” 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.

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    About Nelson George

    Nelson George is the author of eight books, including Elevating the Game, The Death of Rhythm and Blues, Where Did Our Love Go?, Seduced, and the highly praised Buppies, B-Boys, Baps & Bohos. A graduate of St. John’s University, he… More about Nelson George

    About Nelson George

    Nelson George is the author of eight books, including Elevating the Game, The Death of Rhythm and Blues, Where Did Our Love Go?, Seduced, and the highly praised Buppies, B-Boys, Baps & Bohos. A graduate of St. John’s University, he… More about Nelson George

    Product Details

    Category: Music

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Aug 15, 2003 | 256 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780142004081

    Category: Music

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Aug 15, 2003 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9781101160671

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    Praise

    “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

    Table Of Contents

    The Death Of Rhythm & BluesAcknowledgments
    Introduction: A Meditation on the Meaning of “Death”

    One
    Philosophy, Money, and Music (1900-30)

    Two
    Dark Voices in the Night (1930-50)

    Three
    The New Negro (1950-65)

    Four
    Black Beauty, Black Confusion (1965-70)

    Five
    Redemption Songs in the Age of Corporations (1971-75)

    Six
    Crossover: The Death of Rhythm & Blues (1975-79)

    Seven
    Assimilation Triumphs, Retronuevo Rises (1980-87)

    Epilogue
    Notes
    Index

    Photographs follow pages 80 and 144

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