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Sweet soul music : rhythm and blues and the southern dream of freedom

by Peter Guralnick

This history of 1960s soul music profiles artists such as Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin, exploring the merger of gospel and rhythm and blues. The work includes 175 photographs.

Accession 34970 ISBN 0060155140 Publisher Harper & Row
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