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The first biography of Ralph Peer, the adventurous A&R man and music publisher who changed the breadth and flavor of popular music in the United States and around the world, a man who was crucial in discovering star musicians and establishing the genres of blues, jazz, country, gospel, and Latin music.

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English
Pages
316

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Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music
Sep 01, 2016, Chicago Review Press
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Cover of: Ralph Peer and the making of popular roots music
Ralph Peer and the making of popular roots music
2015
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Cover of: Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music
Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music
2014, Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
in English
Cover of: Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music
Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music
2014, Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
in English
Cover of: Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music
Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music
2014, Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
in English
Cover of: Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music
Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music
2014, Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
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Table of Contents

Introduction. "Something new... Built along the same lines"
Starting out : Independence, 1892-1919
Getting the music : OKeh, records, and roots, 1919-1926
To Victor, on to Bristol, and the making of giants, 1926-1927
Reaching out from the roots : southern music, 1927-1933
Breaking loose, branching out, starting over, 1933-1940
Crossing borders : the war, Latin music, and the media, 1940-1945
Going global : expanding, 1946-1951
Locking a legacy, 1952-1960
The roots and pop aftermath.

Edition Notes

"An A Cappella book."

"Key recordings and published songs of Ralph Peer, 1920-1960": pages 285-289.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Copyright Date
2015

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
781.64092, B
Library of Congress
ML429.P37 M39 2014, ML429.P37M39 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
316

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27173188M
Internet Archive
ralphpeermakingo0000mazo
ISBN 10
1613740212
ISBN 13
9781613740217
LCCN
2014029263
OCLC/WorldCat
900525692, 877371623

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