Earth angels : the short lives and controversial deaths of three R&B pioneers /
Recording and performing in the early 1950s, Jesse Belvin, Johnny Ace and Guitar Slim produced at least thirteen top-25 hits among them. In the years since, their songs have been covered by artists like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Luther Vandross and Paul Simon, and they have influenced musicians as varie...
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College Station :
Texas A&M University Press,
[2023].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Tom Bialoglow
- Introduction
- Jesse Belvin : Dream girl
- Earth angel
- Goodnight, my love
- You cheated, you lied
- Guess who
- Guitar Slim : Black snake moan
- Feelin' sad
- The things that I used to do
- If I had my life to live
- Johnny Ace : I wonder
- My song
- The clock
- Saving my love for you
- Pledging my love
- Epilogue
- Appendix. Selected R&B hits, 1952-1955
- Discography.