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"Looking up at down" : the emergence of blues culture by William Barlow
Call Number: ML3521 .B37 1989

ISBN: 0877225834

Publication Date: 1989
African American music : an introduction by Mellonee V. Burnim, Portia K. Maultsby
Call Number: ML3556 .A37 2006

ISBN: 0415941377

Publication Date: 2006

Designed for an introductory course in African American music, this title focuses on musical genres & styles, moving chronologically from folk traditions to modern forms. A final section discusses the aesthetics of African American culture & music.
Blues all around me : the autobiography of B.B. King by B.B. King with David Ritz
Call Number: ML420.K563 A3 2011

ISBN: 0062061038

Publication Date: 2011
Blues legacies and Black feminism : Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday by Angela Y. Davis
Call Number: ML3521 .D355 1999

ISBN: 9780679450054

Publication Date: 1999
Blues people : Negro music in white America by LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka)
Call Number: ML3556 .B37 2002

ISBN: 068818474X

Publication Date: 2002
Country music, U.S.A by Bill C. Malone
Call Number: ML3524 .M34 2002

ISBN: 0292752628

Publication Date: 2002
The voice of the blues : classic interviews from Living blues magazine by Jim O'Neal, Amy Van Singel
Call Number: ML3521 .V65 2002

ISBN: 0415936535

Publication Date: 2002

Roots Music Resources

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Joel Whitburn's Pop memories, 1890-1954 : the history of American popular music compiled from America's popular music charts 1890-1954 by Joel Whitburn
Call Number: ML156.4.P6 W485 1986

ISBN: 0898200830

Publication Date: 1986

The #1 hits (listed chronologically) 1890-1954.
The big book of blues : a biographical encyclopedia by Robert Santelli
Call Number: ML102.B6 S26 2001

ISBN: 0141001453

Publication Date: 2001
The blues line : blues lyrics from Leadbelly to Muddy Waters by Eric Sackheim ; illustrated by Jonathan Shahn
Call Number: PS593.L8 B58 2004

ISBN: 1560255676

Publication Date: 2004

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