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Ballantine, Eddy BOOGIE WOOGIE MADE EASY: A Complete Course in Boogie Woogie.
Chicago M.M. Cole 1943 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good
32pp. Contains piano lessons in the boogie-woogie style: Easy Boogie; Slow Boogie; Western Boogie; Walking Boogie; Honky-tonk Boogie; Right-hand Chord Clusters; Press Notes; How to Make Your Own Boogie Arrangements; Rushin' Around on Rush Street; Chicago Boogie; Jump Boogie; etc. 11.75" x 8.75"
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Barrel...sheet music BARREL HOUSE BOOGIE. By Al Dexter. Recorded by Al Dexter for Columbia Records.
Hollywood Hill and Range Songs 1948 1st Edition Pictorial Cover Very Good Signed
4pp, words and music-- scans like an early rhythm and blues tune. In part: "Well, I boogied last night and the night before woke up this mornin' wanted to boogie some more, I'm a boogie woogie man and I don't care what you say...." 12" x 9" The cover features a photo-portrait of Al Dexter. The back cover is occupied by his biography. He was born in Jacksonville, Texas in 1905; had a big hit with "Pistol Packin' Mama" in 1943; wrote other hit songs; etc.
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Brickley, Shirley and others SIGNED, PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF AMERICAN R&B VOCAL GROUP "THE ORLONS" -- THEN & NOW: Million Sellers--"I'll Be True"; "Come On Down"; "Knock Knock"; "Don't Hang Up"; "The Wah Watusi"; "Spinning Top"; "South Street"; "Rules Of Love"; "Mr. Twenty-One"; "Crossfire"; "Baby"; "Not Me".
Philadelphia, PA Orlons Original edition Very Good Signed
Two black-and-white group portraits, showing the original Orlons of 1962, and the "now" Orlons of the 1970s, signed by all four members of the latter group. Written on the back are home and work telephone numbers for Steve [Caldwell]. 8" x 10" The Orlons were a mixture of school friends and neighbors hailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The quartet was comprised of Shirley Brickley (born December 9, 1944), Steve Caldwell (born November 22, 1942), Rosetta Hightower (born June 23, 1944), and Marlena Davis (born October 4, 1944). Later, Audrey Brickley replaced Rosetta Hightower.
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Checker, Chubby [Ernest Evans] CHUBBY CHECKER'S TWIST ALBUM
London Belinda 1962 First UK edition Pictorial Paper Covers Fine
23pp; illus from photographs. Contains a full-page biography of Chubby Checker and step-by-step instructions on How to Do the Twist, along with words and music to six songs: The Pony; Let's Twist Again; Twistin' U.S.A.; The Fly; Toot; That's The Way It Goes. 11" x 8.5" Chubby was born in Philadelphia in 1941, graduated South Philly High School, plays piano and drums, and names Fats Domino as his favorite singer.
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Checker, Chubby [Ernest Evans] CHUBBY CHECKER'S TWIST FOLIO
NY Hill & Range 1962 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Good
28pp. Contains step-by-step instructions on How to Do the Twist, along with words and music to 13 songs, including: The Jet; The Lose-Your-Inhibitions Twist; The Mess Around; Twistin' U.S.A.; Slow Twistin'; and eight more. Some wear along spine. 12" x 9" Chubby was born in Philadelphia in 1941, graduated South Philly High School, plays piano and drums, and names Fats Domino as his favorite singer.
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Clovers PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CLOVERS: Popular Rhythm & Blues Do-wop Group of the 1950s.
NY Shaw Artists Corp. Circa 1950s Original edition Very Good +
10" x 8" glossy photo by James J. Kriegmann, NY, captioned "The Clovers - Personal Mgr. Lou Krefetz" and showing Bill Harris holding a Vega guitar. The group formed in 1946 at Armstrong High School in Washington, D.C. Their break came in 1950, when they were introduced to Lou Krefetz, who became their manager. They signed to New York's Rainbow Records and released one single, "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" backed with "When You Come Back To Me". Soon after, Krefetz brought them to Atlantic Records' Ahmet Ertegün. They were signed to Atlantic in 1951, Bill Harris was added as their guitarist, and the expanded group's first appearance came in February of that year at the Apollo Theater.
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Cotten, Lee SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL and REELIN' & ROCKIN' (two volumes): The Golden Age of American Rock 'n Roll, Volume I, 1952-1955 + Volume II, 1956-1959.
Ann Arbor Popular Culture Ink 1989, 1995 First Editions Boards Fine
Two volumes. pp: xxxii, 355 + xviii, 506; indices and small photo-portraits in both volumes. 11.25" x 8.5" Hard to find as a set, especially in this pristine condition. These large, heavy books are the best single source of information on the early years of rhythm and blues evolving into rock 'n roll.
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Delisa, Jeannette, editor THE PASADENAS: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Miami, Florida CPP/Belwin 1989 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good
68pp; four-page centerspread in full color, six b&w illus from photographs. Contains 2pp of background on The Pasadenas along with words and music to 10 of their songs, including: Enchanted Lady; Give A Little Peace; Riding On A Train; Tribute (Right On); and six more. 12" x 9" The Pasadenas, a singing & dancing male quintet, comprises Jeff Aaron Brown, David Milliner, John Andrew Banfield, Michael Milliner, and Hammish Seelochan. The group formed in 1983 as a dance troupe in London, and segued into songwriting and vocal harmony.
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Elbert, Donnie SIGNED, PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPH OF R&B VOCALIST DONNIE ELBERT
NY Gale Agency Circa 1960s Original edition Near Fine
10" x 8" glossy photo of Elbert, arms folded and smiling. This photo is signed by Donnie Elbert in green ink. Elbert was born in New Orleans in 1936 and grew up in Buffalo, NY to become an American soul singer with a prolific career from the mid 1950s to the late 1970s. In the '50s, he played New York's Apollo Theater and toured the chitlin' circuit of African-American-owned nightclubs. In the early '60s, he recorded for Red Top records and Vee-Jay records. In 1966, he moved to England and went on to record for a number of different labels, with occasional hits along the way. Elbert died in 1989 at age 52.
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Five Royales THE "5" ROYALES - THE CASH BOX RHYTHM 'N' BLUES SLEEPER OF THE WEEK: Promotional broadside.
NY Universal Attractions Circa 1950s Original edition Near Fine
Names and promotes recent records cut by the Five Royales, including: Help Me Somebody; Crazy, Crazy, Crazy; The "5" Royales; Too Much Lovin'; Laundromat Blues; I Like It Like That; &c. Features a photo of this do-wop group. Printed in black on yellow stock. 10.75" x 8.5" The 5 Royales hailed from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and combined gospel music with jump blues and doo wop, marking an early and influential step in the evolution of soul music.
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Five Satins PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FIVE SATINS: Popular Rhythm & Blues Do-wop Group of the 1950s.
NY Shaw Artists Corp. Circa 1950s Original edition Fine
10" x 8" glossy photo by James J. Kriegmann, NY, captioned "5 Satins - Ember Records." The Five Satins, now in the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, got together in New Haven in 1954: Lead-singer Fred Parris, Lou Peebles, Stanley Dortch, Ed Martin and Jim Freeman. Dortch and Peebles left the group, Al Denby entered, and they recorded "In the Still of the Night," a 1956 teenage anthem for which they are perhaps best known.
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Graff, Gary and others MUSIC HOUND R & B: THE ESSENTIAL ALBUM GUIDE. Forewords by Huey Lewis and Kurtis Blow [with cd in sealed pocket]
Detroit Visible Ink 1998 1578590264 / 9781578590261 2nd printing Pictorial wraps Fine
pp: xxv, 766; 100 illus from photographs. Comprises biographies and reviews of cd albums by more than 1,000 performers from rhythm & blues backgrounds. Includes classic soul, funk, doo-wop, hip-hop, reggae, Motown, Stax, Philly sound, gospel, etc., listing websites, radio stations, magazines, and record labels. This exhaustive treatment of the subject includes a cd with seven recorded tracks in a pocket at the back of the book. 9" x 7.5".
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