Blues Gospel Records 1890 1943

Author : Robert M. W. Dixon
Publisher : Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1842 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blues & Gospel Records, 1890-1943 written by Robert M. W. Dixon and published by Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 1842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its first edition, in 1964, Dixon and Godrich's Blues and Gospel Records has been dubbed 'the bible' for collectors of pre-war African-American music. It provides an exhaustive listing of all recordings made up to the end of 1943 in a distinctively African-American musical style,excluding those customarily classed as jazz (which are the subject of separate discographies). The book covers recordings made for the commercial market (whether issued at the time or not) and also recordings made for the Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song and similar bodies -- about 20,000titles in all, by more than 3,000 artists. For each recording session, full details are given of: artist credit, accompaniment, place and date of recording, titles, issuing company and catalogue numbers, matrix numbers and alternate takes. There are also short accounts of the major 'race labels',which recorded blues and gospel material, and a complete list of field trips to the south by travelling recording units. Howard Rye has joined the original compilers for this thoroughly revised fourth edition. The scope has been enlarged by the addition of about 150 new artists, in addition tonewly discovered recordings by other artists. Early cylinder recordings of gospel music, from the 1890s, are also included for the first time. Previous editions of this work were applauded for their completeness, accuracy, and reliability. This has now been enhanced by the addition of newinformation from record labels and from record company files, and by listening to a wide selection of titles, and detailed cross-checking.

Author : Robert M. W. Dixon
Publisher : Essex : Storyville Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 912 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blues & Gospel Records, 1902-1943 written by Robert M. W. Dixon and published by Essex : Storyville Publications. This book was released on 1982 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its first edition in 1964, this book has been dubbed "the bible" for collectors of pre-war African American music. It provides an exhaustive listing of all recordings made up to the end of 1943 in a distinctively African American style, excluding those customarily classed as jazz (which are the subject of separate discographies). The book covers recordings made for the commercial market (whether issued at the time or not) and also recordings made for the Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song and similar bodies--about 20,000 titles in all, by more than 3,000 artists. For each recording session, full details are given of: artist credit, accompaniment, place and date of recording, titles, issuing company and catalogue numbers, matrix numbers, alternative takes. There are also short accounts of the major "race labels" that recorded blues and gospel material, and a complete list of field trips to the south by travelling recording units. Howard Rye has joined the original compilers for this thoroughly revised, enlarged, and reset fourth edition. The scope has been widened by the addition of about 150 new artists in addition to newly discovered recordings by other artists. The compilation now includes recordings by groups such as the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Pace Jubilee Singers, and the Tuskegee Institute Singers, who, although they employed African American materials and musical devices, were designed to appeal to a predominantly white audience. Early cylinder recordings of gospel music from the 1890s are included for the first time. Previous editions of this work are applauded for their completeness, accuracy, and reliability. This has now been enhanced by the addition of new information from record labels and from record company files, and by listening to a wide selection of titles, and detailed cross checking.

Author : Kip Lornell
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813161541
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virginia's Blues, Country, and Gospel Records, 1902-1943 written by Kip Lornell and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the years before World War II, hundreds of traditional musicians were sought out by commercial record companies, brought to New York or into local -- often makeshift -- studios, to cut recordings that would be marketed as "race" and "hillbilly" music. Virginia was home to scores of these performers, several of whom were to become internationally known. Among them were the Carter Family, the Golden Gate Quartet, Charlie Poole, and the Stoneman Family, whose music has touched millions of listeners far beyond the confines of the Old Dominion. It is this historically important body of recordings from this unique period that forms the focus of Kip Lornell's study. In it he combines biographical sketches and bibliographies of the artists and groups with comprehensive discographies of each, covering not only the original 78-rpm issues but also American and foreign long-play releases. The entries incorporate new primary research and contemporary interviews with veterans of early recording sessions. Numerous vintage photographs are also included, some reproduced here for the first time.

Author : John GODRICH
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Blues and gospel records 1902-1942 written by John GODRICH and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Timothy Dodge
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498530990
Total Pages : 257 pages
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Download or read book Rhythm and Blues Goes Calypso written by Timothy Dodge and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting in 1945 and continuing for the next twenty years, dozens of African American rhythm and blues artists made records that incorporated West Indian calypso. Some of these recordings were remakes or adaptations of existing calypsos, but many were original compositions. Several, such as “Stone Cold Dead in de Market” by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan or “If You Wanna Be Happy” by Jimmy Soul, became major hits in both the rhythm and blues and pop music charts. While most remained obscurities, the fact that over 170 such recordings were made during this time period suggests that there was sustained interest in calypso among rhythm and blues artists and record companies during this era. Rhythm and Blues Goes Calypso explores this phenomenon starting with a brief history of calypso music as it developed in its land of origin, Trinidad and Tobago, the music’s arrival in the United States, a brief history of the development of rhythm and blues, and a detailed description and analysis of the adaptation of calypso by African American R&B artists between 1945 and 1965. This book also makes musical and cultural connections between the West Indian immigrant community and the broader African American community that produced this musical hybrid. While the number of such recordings was small compared to the total number of rhythm and blues recordings, calypso was a persistent and sometimes major component of early rhythm and blues for at least two decades and deserves recognition as part of the history of African American popular music.

Author : Robert M. W. Dixon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 782 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blues & Gospel Records, 1902-1942 written by Robert M. W. Dixon and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert M. W. Dixon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 765 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blues and Gospel Records, 1902 - 1942 written by Robert M. W. Dixon and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Vernon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429809751
Total Pages : 865 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African-American Blues, Rhythm and Blues, Gospel and Zydeco on Film and Video, 1924-1997 written by Paul Vernon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 865 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999, the main part of this reference consists of an alphabetical listing of many hundreds of artists, with details on band personnel, instrumentation, location, titles performed, sources, and other relevant notes included in each listing.

Author : Robert M. Dixon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780403082681
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Blues and Gospel Records, 1902-1942 written by Robert M. Dixon and published by . This book was released on 1977-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Timothy Dodge
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739167138
Total Pages : 207 pages
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Download or read book The School of Arizona Dranes written by Timothy Dodge and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arizona Dranes (1889-1963) was a true musical innovator whose recordings made for the Okeh label during the years 1926-1928 helped lay the foundations for what would soon be known as gospel music. Her unique blend of ragtime, barrelhouse, and boogie woogie piano plus her exciting and emotional Pentecostal style of singing influenced the development of gospel music for the next forty years and beyond. The School of Arizona Dranes: Gospel Music Pioneer covers the life and career of Dranes and situates her accomplishments in the broader history of African American gospel music and the rise of the Pentecostal movement. Starting with the earliest recordings of the music in the late nineteenth century, this book provides a history of African American sacred and gospel music that convincingly demonstrates the revolutionary nature of Dranes’s musical accomplishment. Using specific examples, the author traces the far-reaching influence of Arizona Dranes on African American gospel piano playing and singing.