Before Elvis : the African American musicians who made the king

Title Before Elvis : the African American musicians who made the king
Names Lauterbach, Preston.
Book Number DB126767
Title Status Active
Medium Digital Books
Annotation "In this thought-provoking book, the Black musicians who influenced Elvis Presley's music finally receive recognition and praise. After Baz Luhrmann's movie, Elvis, hit theaters, audiences and critics alike couldn't help but question the Black origins of Elvis Presley's music and style, reigniting a debate that has been circling for decades. In Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King, author Preston Lauterbach answers these questions definitively, based on new research and extensive, previously unpublished interviews with the artists who blazed the way and the people who knew them. Within these pages, Lauterbach examines the lives, music, legacies, and interactions with Elvis Presley of the four innovative Black artists who created a style that would come to be known as Rock 'n' Roll: Little Junior Parker, Big Mama Thornton, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and mostly-unknown eccentric Beale Street guitarist Calvin Newborn. Along the way, he delves into the injustices of copyright theft and media segregation that resulted in Black artists living in poverty as white performers, managers, and producers reaped the lucrative rewards. In the wake of continuing conversations about American music and appropriation, Before Elvis is indispensable."-- From publisher. -- Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
Narrator Smith, Jaime Lincoln.
Local Subject Music - 780
Biography and Autobiography - BIO
Biography - Historical - BIH
Biography - Musicians - BIM
Music & Dance - MAD
Music and Dance--Rock - MAR
Music and Dance--Blues - MAB
Music and Dance--Pop - MPP
Black Interest - BLK
BLACK NON-FICTION - BLN
BLACK HISTORY - BLH
Exclusion - Male Narrator - MN
Current Talking Book Topics - TBT
Exclusion - Short Book - SH
LC Subject African American musicians - Biography
African American singers - Biography
Rock music - United States - History and criticism
Popular music - History and criticism
Rhythm and blues music - History and criticism
Biographies
Informational works
Nonfiction
Call Number 780.922 ANF
Language English
Original Publication Reissue of: 2025 9781668647080 2025
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