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Rhythm and Blues Goes Calypso (Paperback)
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Rhythm and Blues Goes Calypso (Paperback)
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Starting in 1945 and continuing for the next twenty years, dozens
of African American rhythm and blues artists made records that
incorporated West Indian calypso. Some of these recordings were
remakes or adaptations of existing calypsos, but many were original
compositions. Several, such as "Stone Cold Dead in de Market" by
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan or "If You Wanna Be Happy" by
Jimmy Soul, became major hits in both the rhythm and blues and pop
music charts. While most remained obscurities, the fact that over
170 such recordings were made during this time period suggests that
there was sustained interest in calypso among rhythm and blues
artists and record companies during this era. Rhythm and Blues Goes
Calypso explores this phenomenon starting with a brief history of
calypso music as it developed in its land of origin, Trinidad and
Tobago, the music's arrival in the United States, a brief history
of the development of rhythm and blues, and a detailed description
and analysis of the adaptation of calypso by African American
R&B artists between 1945 and 1965. This book also makes musical
and cultural connections between the West Indian immigrant
community and the broader African American community that produced
this musical hybrid. While the number of such recordings was small
compared to the total number of rhythm and blues recordings,
calypso was a persistent and sometimes major component of early
rhythm and blues for at least two decades and deserves recognition
as part of the history of African American popular music.
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