“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
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
