Black Pearls
Subtitle: Blues Queens of the 1920s
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: June 1990
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780813512808
Subjects: Black studies; Blues; Feminism; Jazz; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; History and criticism; Blues musicians; Music/Songbooks; Reference; Music; USA; Genres & Styles - Soul & R&B; Musical Instruments - General; Blues (Music); Genres & Styles - Blues; African American women musicians; Biography; United States
First sentence: We might never have heard the recordings of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and many other great blues singers if the Theatre Owners' Booking Association circuit had not showcased so many black entertainers during the early years of the twentieth century.