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spotlight spotlight My latest article, in the
March 2008
issue of Blues & Rhythm:
The King Odom Quartet.
Check it out!
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The greatest problem in communication is
the illusion that it has been accomplished.

George Bernard Shaw                     



R&B And Me:
An Author Remembers


I am a part of all that I have met.
Ulysses - Alfred, Lord Tennyson

I don't sing. I don't play an instrument. I don't write songs. I don't arrange music. I don't have a reputation as an influential DJ. I don't own a record label. I don't produce recording sessions. I don't even have much of a record collection.

I'm not sure if this list is exhaustive, but it certainly gives you a pretty clear idea of what my involvement with Rhythm & Blues is not.

Why then have I called this section "R&B And Me"? Well, I have been involved, in my way. For the past 40 years or so, I've been a researcher and music historian in the field. I've interviewed more than 300 people, mostly members of vocal groups, who created R&B music in the 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s. These interviews were then turned into magazine articles (and, in one case, a book), usually written by me (at times with one or more collaborators), sometimes handed over to others, if my workload was particularly heavy.

My resulting body of work is therefore a survey of R&B music, from the mid-30s to the mid-60s. My articles have appeared in many publications over the years (including some original writing done for album liner notes), and below you'll find a list of all I've done.

I'm proud to have been a part of R&B. I wish the music itself had found greater acceptance, but at least I did my part to see that the artists got the recognition they deserved. There are so many more stories to be told; that's why I keep digging.


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        Alphabetical listing of my online articles


Most of my R&B articles are online. They're alphabetized in this drop-down list
(with a chronological listing further down). Just make a selection:



        Recently-added online articles
 
Ruby & Romantics Harlem Highlanders Packards Moonglows Spiders
Baton Records Old Town Records Dells How Many Boots Do You Have? Showtime At The Apollo
Schubert Swanston Hollywood Saxons Four Most Danleers 4 Bel-Aires
Marvels Mellokings G-Clefs 5 Blue Notes Cues
         
        Recently-updated online articles
 
Valiants Hollywood Flames (radical) 4 Buddies (Club 51) Flairs Rivileers
Coronets Scamps Striders 4 Vagabonds Paragons
4 Bars Penguins Cuff Links Du Droppers Jaguars
5 Crowns Do Ray Me Trio 4 Fellows (Tri-Boro) Rhythm Aces Hurricanes
         
        Constantly-updated online articles (the supergroups)
         
5 Keys Clovers Dominoes Drifters Flamingos
Larks Moonglows Orioles Ravens Red Caps
Teenagers        
         
        Credit where it's due
     
In many cases, I wrote articles with others (sometimes only doing the interviewing). Since then, I have thoroughly rewritten most of those articles myself, but these are the people with whom I co-authored the originals, in the publications listed below.

Blanket credit is extended to Ferdie Gonzalez of Disco-File, for his help over the years with the discographies used in most of my articles.
     
*DF = written with Donn Fileti
*DH = written with Dave Hinckley
*GM = written with George Moonoogian
*JN = written with John Nielson
*KK = written with Kitty Karp
*MR = written with Mike Redmond
*MV = written with Marcia Vance
*PG = written with Pete Grendysa
*RF = written with Ray Funk
*RW = written with Rick Whitesell
*TB = written with Todd Baptista
     
        Chronological listing of my articles



And don't forget my Ink Spots Book.


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Note: every once in a while I come across a CD that has something I've written used as liner notes. It's rare that I'm asked (or even told) about this, although sometimes I volunteer an article if I find out about a project in time. If you ever run across something I've written that isn't on this list, please let me know, so that I can add it here (I'm actually proud that someone thinks enough of my scribblings to use them; however, it would be nice to get a copy of the CD).



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