Autobiography of the co-author of the songwriter of the Rocky theme.

Recording in the early 1950s, Jesse Belvin, Guitar Slim and Johnny Ace produced at least thirteen top-25 hits between them. All but forgotten, these artists have influenced musicians as varied…

Highlights the Black female artists of the 1950s, a time that predated the chart-topping girl groups of the early 1960s. Many of the singers of this era became wildly famous…