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Big star fallin' mama : five women in Black music / Hettie Jones ; foreword by Nelson George.

Title
Big star fallin' mama : five women in Black music / Hettie Jones ; foreword by Nelson George.
Author
Jones, Hettie.
Publication
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1995.

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ix, 147 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
Portraits of five Black women and the kind of music they sang during a period of social change. Includes Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, and Aretha Franklin.
Subject
  • African American women musicians > Juvenile literature
  • African Americans > Biography
  • Blues (Music)
  • Blues (Music) > History and criticism > Juvenile literature
  • Musicians
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-133), discography (p. 134-136), and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0670856215
LCCN
^^^94033469^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library