Description

This is a very rare & very informative illustrated book about the Cleveland R&B & DooWop scene in 1955 month-by-month chronicle of articles, from primary source materials, includes information on musicians, venues, and more. In excellent condition but with a small pricesticker on right upper corner on frontcover. 148pages. Rare book that never sells under the price of $75

Includes index.-  Contains articles on Faye Adams, Handsome Harold Arnold, Red Austin, Australian Jazz Quartet, Lavern Baker, John Chin Ballard, Count Basie, Brook Benton, Big Maybelle, Birdland, Teddy Blackmon, Art Blakey, Luther Bond & the Emeralds, Tiny Bradshaw, Babe Brondfield, Charles Brown, John Brown, Ruth Brown, Rusty Bryant, Milt Buckner, Cafe Society, Chatterbox Musical Bar, Chic-a-Dee, Circle Theater, Cleveland Arena, Clovers, Danny Cobb, Congo Club, Nat King Cole, Coleetha, Jimmy Coe, Joe Cooper, Corner Tavern, Cotton Club, Von Cousins, Larry Darnell, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Jimmy Davis, Miles Davis, Wild Bill Davis, Floyd Dixon, Bill Doggett, Drifters, Ebony Lounge, Charles Eckstine, Dardanelles The Champ Edmonds, Duke Ellington, Tonna Evans, Sam Firsten, Five Hepsters (Five Stars), Five Keys, Flame Lounge, Four Flames, John Fuster, Errol Garner, Bill Digney, Dizzy Gillespie, Gleason’s Musical Bar, Norman Granz, Griffin Brothers, Buitar Slim, Lionel Hampton, Bill Hawkins, Erskine Hawkins, Juanita Sugar Lump Hayes, Linda Hayes, Al Hibbler, Johnny Hodges, Billie Holiday, Tanzy Hollis, Willis Gator Tail Jackson, Illinois Jacquet, Duke Jenkins, Bubber Johnson, Alphonso Jones, Jimmy Jones, Stan Kenton, Willie Lewis, Leon Mays, Clyde McPhatter, Carmen McRae, Memphis Slim, Helen Merrill, Metrotones, Amos Milburn, Miss Wiggles, Modern Jazz Quartet, James Moody, Moonglows, Joe Morris, Muddy Waters, Gerry Mulligan, Bennie Murdock, Finas Newborn, Billy Nightengale, Danny Overbea, Tommy Patterson, Oscar Peterson, George Pollard, Arthur Prysock, Red Prysock, Lulu Reed, Ursula Reed, Bill Reese, Della Reese, Charley Ross, Jimmy Rushing, Sam Crazy Man Crazy Sampson, Ernit The Great Scott, Little Jimmy Scott, Hal Cornbread Singer, Jockey John Slade, Johnny Smith, Dakota Station, Sterling Records, Sonny Stitt, Claudia Swan, Art Tatum, Joe Thomas, Vanilla Thomas, Hugh Thompson, Sonny Thompson, Joe Turner, WSRS, T-Bone Walker, Hardy Ward, Dinah Washington, Ben Webster, Paul Moondog Wheaton, Otis Williams & the Charms, Paul Hucklebuck Williams, Chuck Willis, Ralph Wilson, Teddy Wildon, and Stella Caldonia Young.

Galen Gart