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Boogaloo: The Quintessence of American Popular Music
The much-anticipated paperback edition of Arthur Kempton's story on the art, influence, and commerce of Black American popular musicPraise for Boogaloo:"From Thomas A. Dorsey and gospel to Sam Cooke and the classic age of boogaloo ('soul') to George Clinton and hip hop, this comprehensive analysis of African-American popular music is a deep and gorgeous meditation on ...more
Paperback, 480 pages
Published
July 15th 2005
by University of Michigan Press
(first published June 3rd 2003)
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I recently picked up ths book from the library because it looked interesting and it had Otis Redading on the cover so I knew it was going to be about music. Anyway I thoguht the book was pretty good. I got to learn more about how R&B music came to be and how many famous record companies like Motown, Stax and Atlantic started from nothing to being some of the biggest companies in American music. What I found interesting was the fact that the author was able to connect all these different produc...more
I have almost nothing good to say about this book and I read the whole thing. I recommend reading anything else about soul music before you ever even consider reading this. His tone is dismissive and often times insulting. Pair that with completely spotty coverage, only passing reference to Ray Charles, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield and a million others and you have yourself a pretty curious read for a book that purports to be about soul music. If I could give it less than one star I would.
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