Rhythm and Blues Goes Calypso.

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. This book 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.

256 p.; 24 cm.
Cloth

Language: English
ISBN: 1498530982
ISBN13: 9781498530989
UPC: 9781498530989