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The Death of Rhythm and Blues – Nelson George, 1988

The Death of Rhythm and Blues – Nelson George, 1988

The classic account of how black music carved a place for itself in apartheid America, how ‘race records’ evolved into rhythm and blues, then soul and funk, helped by some wily entrepreneurs and the rapid social climb of the first black radio DJs. The ‘death in George’s story is when black music found white acceptance with the era of Motown pop.

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