{"product_id":"blue-rhythms-9780306809194","title":"Blue Rhythms","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Chip Deffaa\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Da Capo\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Da Capo\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Genres \u0026amp; Styles - Soul \u0026amp; R\u0026amp;B\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Somebody has to pay the dues,\" says LaVern Baker. Here are the remarkable stories of six dazzlingly talented performers who blazed the R \u0026amp; B trail--the story of the performers' music and also of their struggle against racism and financial exploitation: Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker, two of the most popular female black singers of the 1950s; Little Jimmy Scott, whom Madonna calls the only singer who ever really made her cry; Charles Brown, master of the \"club blues\" style; Floyd Dixon, a more rambunctious fellow-traveler; and the earthy, urbane Jimmy Witherspoon, who recorded some of the biggest R \u0026amp; B hits ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Da Capo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355737088151,"sku":"9780306809194","price":1674.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780306809194.webp?v=1767308974","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/blue-rhythms-9780306809194","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}