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Robert Pruter - Doowop: The Chicago Scene - 9780252065064 - V9780252065064
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Doowop: The Chicago Scene

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Description for Doowop: The Chicago Scene Paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.

Robert Pruter's classic look at black doowop in the Windy City moves from street corners to South Side clubs to the studios at Chess Records to recapture the doowop scene of the 1950s. Pruter combines long-lost material from fanzines to the Chicago Defender with in-depth interviews to chronicle legendary African American vocal groups like the Flamingos, the Moonglows, the Spaniels, and the El Dorados. But Pruter also delves into the neighborhood scene that produced the likes of the Quintones and Five Chimes, and returns non-recording acts to their rightful place in Chicago music history. 

Rich with detail and including an irreplaceable discography, Doowop offers doowop obsessives and fans of early rock 'n' roll and R&B a must-have look at the genre.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
Series
Music in American Life
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252065064
SKU
V9780252065064
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Robert Pruter
Robert Pruter is the retired rhythm-and-blues editor for Goldmine. His books include Chicago Soul.

Reviews for Doowop: The Chicago Scene
Recipient of the ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research in the Field of Recorded Rock, Rhythm and Blues, or Soul, 1997. "Vividly describes an enchanting time on the local music scene, when a handful of teenagers could taste rock 'n' roll stardom with harmonies they cooked up on a street corner."
Chicago Tribune "A meticulous portrait of the music's vital role in the city's black social fabric."
Chicago Reader "A truly significant contribution. . . . A great deal of the history Pruter has captured would have died along with the musicians unless he had documented it."
Colin Escott, author of Good Rockin' Tonight: The Story of Sun Records "A piece of major scholarship . . . that widens the perspective on Chicago as a vital center in the history of African American popular music. Meticulously researched and based on extensive interviews with the remaining singers from the scene, Doowop is destined to be a classic."
Ray Funk, authority on African American vocal groups

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