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Author Harrison, Daphne Duval, 1932-

Title Black pearls : blues queens of the 1920s / Daphne Duval Harrison.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, [N.J.] : Rutgers University Press, [1988]
©1988

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  784. H245    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  780.920 H24    Check Shelf
Description xv, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [281]-285.
Note Includes indexes.
Contents Riding "Toby" to the big time -- "Crazy blues" starts a new craze -- "Wild women don't have the blues": blues from the black woman's perspective -- "Up the country . . ." and still singing the blues: Sippie Wallce -- Blues was her business: Victoria Spivey -- "He used to be your man . . ." but he's Edith Wilson's now -- She's got a mind to ramble: Alberta Hunter -- Other blues singers -- Selected blues titles by women -- Glossary of colloquialisms -- Index of song titles.
Subject Blues (Music) -- United States -- History and criticism.
Blues musicians -- United States -- Biography.
African American women musicians -- Biography.
ISBN 0813512794: $19.95
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