Black On White II: News Items etc.

Articles, news items, liner notes etc. quoted or referred to in this blog

***** Artists, Singers, Groups

[Andre Williams:]

• »The Black Godfather: Andre Williams. Interview by Joss Hutton«: Perfect Sound Forever (online music magazine), September 2001.
  

[Bessie Griffin:]

• »Bessie Griffin Is Dead; Gospel Singer Was 67«: New York Times, April 11, 1989.
  
• Cummings, Tony: »Bessie Griffin: A pioneering, and largely forgotten, giant of black gospel music« (www.crossrhythms.co.uk, Sept. 24, 2010).
  

[Bettye Swann:]

• Jarret Keene: »Swan song: A reclusive soul singer finally sets the record straight«: Las Vegas CityLife, March 03, 2005.
  

[Bonnie Davis & Clem Moorman / The Piccadilly Pipers:]

• Goldberg, Marv: »The Piccadilly Pipers, based on an interview with Clem Moorman« (Marv Goldberg, 2009).
  

[»Busty Singers«:]

• »Medic's Views on Breasts and IQ Become Touchy Issue«: JET, Oct. 1, 1964, p. 62 f.
  

[Della Reese:]

• »Gospel to Pop to Gospel: Della Reese Defends Night Club Act«: EBONY, July 1962, p. 107.
  
• Opal Louis Nations: »"The Angel from Detroit". The Story of Della Reese & The Meditation Singers of Detroit. Part One (1931-1969) The Show Bar Years«: Big City Blues, February-March 2002, pp. 29-31.
  
• Opal Louis Nations: »"The Angel from Detroit". The Story of Della Reese & The Meditation Singers of Detroit. Part Two (1931-1969) The Rise to Fame and Fortune«: Big City Blues, June-July 2002, pp. 21-23.
  

[Denise LaSalle:]

• Monica L. Yasher: »Sitting Down with Denise Lasalle & a Cup Of Coffee«: American Blues News, May 16, 2011.
  

[Dinah Washington:]

• »Interview with Nadine Cohodas«: Jerry Jazz Musician (the interview took place on September 13, 2004; Cohodas is, famously, author of Dinah's biography Queen, as well as of the story of the Chess brothers Spinning Blues into Gold).
  

[The Harmonizing Four:]

• Harrison, Don: »Lonnie's Boys: From gospel-quartet singing to free jazz and doo-wop, the Smith family has influenced not only Richmond's music, but America's«: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA, April 19, 2011)

[James Cleveland:]

• »James Cleveland: King Of Gospel«: EBONY, November 1968, pp. 74-82.
  

[Mavis Staples:]

• The Gibson Interview: Mavis Staples Talks About Staple Singers Legacy (Russell Hall, Jan. 14, 2009).

[The Meditation Singers:]

• See DELLA REESE.

[Motown Artists:]

• »Motown Artists Pay Special Homage To Dr. King«: JET, April 10, 1969, p. 58.
  

[Nina Simone:]

• »Nina Loves Porgy«: EBONY, December 1959, p. 168-172.
  

[Ray Charles:]

• Robinson, Louie: »Ray Charles Admits Lovemaking, But Denies Woman's Baby Is His«: JET, January 30, 1964, p. 24 f.
• Robinson, Louie: »Ray Charles Loses Paternity Suit; May Cost Him $125,000«: JET, February 6, 1964, p. 24 ff.
• »Ray Charles Nabbed in Boston on Dope Charge«: JET, Nov. 19, 1964, p. 6.
  

[The Sweet Inspirations:]

• Brown, Estelle (of the Sweets): Exclusive Interview with Estelle Brown: "This Time": TATM (Tonight At The Movies), written by Jason Truax, May 31, 2011.

• Smith, Myrna (of the Sweets): Myrna Smith Interview: EIN (Elvis Information Network), by Piers Beagley, September 2004.

• Unterberger, Richie: Liner Notes for the Sweet Inspirations' »The Sweet Inspirations« (Atlantic LP # SD 8155, 1967).

[Tina Turner:]

• Fast, Susan: »Bold Soul Trickster: The 60s Tina Signifies« in: Laurie Stras (ed.): She's So Fine. Reflections on Whiteness, Femininity, Adolescence and Class in 1960s Music (2010), pp. 203-234 (see the list of books).

***** Music, Record Industry etc.

• Burdon, Eric: »An "Animal" Views America: Young British rhythm-and-blueser talks on music and race«: EBONY, December 1966, pp. 160 ff.
  
  
• Christgau, Robert: »Who Makes Singers Great?«: New York Times (January 18, 1969).
  
  
• Hoskyns, Barney: »The Soul Man With a Huckster’s Heart«: MOJO, March 1998.
  
  
• DeYoung, Bill: »The Story of Blue Thumb Records«, Goldmine no. 412, May 10, 1996 (read it here)
  
  
• Goldberg, Daniel: »1969 - Gospel Makes Great Industry Strides«: Billboard August 16, 1969, pages S 16, 18 and 25.
  
  
• »Gospel Singers: Pop Up, Sweet Chariot«: TIME magazine, May 24, 1963.
  
  
• Kluge, P.F.: »U.S. Roots of the Beatle Beat«: LIFE, Oct. 2, 1964, page 28.
  
  
• Maultsby, Portia K.: »The Impact of Gospel Music on the Secular Music Industry«, in: Gena Dagel Caponi (ed.): Signifyin(g), Sanctifyin', & Slam Dunking, Amherst 1999, pp. 172-190.
  
  
• Nickols, Pete: »Mid-Tempo Deep Soul« (Sir Shambling's Deep Soul Heaven).
  
  
• Plumpp, Sterling D.: »On Record: The Gospel Sound«, in: Black World / Negro Digest, Jan. 1973, pp. 66 f.
  
  
• Self, Joseph C.: »The "My Sweet Lord"/"He's So Fine" Plagiarism Suit«: The 910-magazine 1993 (here).
  
  
• Wolfe, Charles: »Nuclear Country: The Atomic Bomb in Country Music«, The Journal of Country Music 6 (1978), p. 4-21.

***** Other

• »Atomic Progess«: LIFE, January 1, 1951, p. 23.
  
  
• »How U.S. Cities Can Prepare for Atomic War«: LIFE, December 18, 1950, p. 77.
  
  
• »The Hydrogen Bomb«: LIFE, January 30, 1950, p. 23.
  
  
• King, Martin Luther Jr.: »23 June 1963, Speech at the Great March on Detroit«.

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