Big star fallin' mama
Subtitle: five women in Black music
By: Hettie Jones ; foreword by Nelson George.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: African American women musicians -- Juvenile literature.; Blues (Music) -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature.; Musicians.; African Americans -- Biography.; Blues (Music)
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography.
Description: Portraits of five Black women and the kind of music they sang during a period of social change. Includes Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, and Aretha Franklin.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.130-133), discography (p. 134-136), and index.