Galen Gart First Pressings - The History of Rhythm & Blues Vol.5: 1955

(1990/Big Nickel) 175 pages, 28x22 cm, paperback. Each volume, arranged by year (1950 to 1959), offers a monthly overview of the most important articles, news items, columns and record releases of the respective year during the most dynamic and musically significant era of rhythm and blues. Hundreds of authentic illustrations include graphic reproductions of historic record-company advertisements and artists' promotional photos. A comprehensive index enables readers to find specific mentions of rhythm-and-blues recording artists, disc jockeys and talent managers, as well as of the music companies, nightclubs, theatres and radio stations that helped bring this historically significant musical form into the American cultural mainstream – an invaluable aid for the serious researcher in search of primary-source information. (These books are now out of print.)