The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and BetrayalDa Capo Press, 30 de juny 2009 - 480 pàgines Drawing on intimate recollections from friends, family, and Motown contemporaries, Mark Ribowsky charts the Supremes' meteoric rise and bitter disintegration. He sheds light on Diana Ross's relationship with Berry Gordy and her cutthroat rise to top billing in the group, as well as Florence Ballard's corresponding decline. He also takes us inside the studio, examining how timeless classics were conceived and recorded on the Motown “assembly line,” and considers the place of Motown in an era of cultural upheaval, when not being “black enough” became a fierce denunciation within the black music industry. Deftly combining personal testimony, history, and expert analysis, Ribowsky not only tells the full, heartbreaking story of the Supremes, but shows why Gordy's revolutionary concept of “blacks singing white” was essential to the modern evolution of music. |
Continguts
Prologue | 1 |
one Three Girls from the Projects | 7 |
Two Moths to the Flame | 23 |
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The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal Mark Ribowsky Previsualització limitada - 2009 |
The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal Mark Ribowsky Previsualització limitada - 2008 |
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