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I WISH YOU LOVE

by Gloria Lynne & Karen Chilton

(St. Martin's Press)



"Full of gossip, exclamation and vernacular, it's a book that demands to be read aloud." --Publishers Weekly

 

 

 

 

AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING:How The Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment

by Richard Carlin, Kinshasha Holman Conwill (Editors)

Foreword by Smokey Robinson

(Smithsonian Books)



Essay: "The Empress Bessie Smith" ​​

by Karen Chilton

"HAZEL SCOTT'S LIFETIME OF HIGH NOTES"
by Karen Chilton

 

Read feature article & check out accompanying video footage of
Hazel Scott live in performance on SMITHSONIAN.com

"Recognizing the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Apollo Theater, this book offers essays by entertainment historians, critics, and journalists chronicling the legacy of the storied theater. Photographs enhance this history of the Apollo, which is set against the backdrop of historical changes in musical styles and genres, from burlesque to bebop to rhythm and blues to hip hop, as well as the social and racial changes as segregation ebbed and black music went mainstream. Music lovers and historians will appreciate this tribute."
--Booklist