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The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from RB to Rock 'N' Roll (Music in American Life)
The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from RB to Rock 'N' Roll - Music in American Life
Author: James M. Salem
If Elvis Presley was a white man who sang in a predominantly black style, Johnny Ace was a black man who sang in a predominantly white one. His soft, crooning "heart ballads" took the black record-buying public by storm in the early 1950s, and he was the first postwar solo black male rhythm and blues star signed to an independent label to attrac...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780252069697
ISBN-10: 0252069692
Publication Date: 1/24/2001
Pages: 320
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Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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