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"Phinney sharply chronicles a number of musical awakenings: from Billie Holiday to Frank Sinatra to Nat King Cole; Elvis amplifying the blackness, Pat Boone bleaching Little Richard white. A breathtaking amount of material is covered here: the ramifications of ragtime's unusual syncopation, the simple elasticity of the blues, Benny Goodman leaning on Fletcher Henderson, the female trailblazers of rap."Phinney, Kevin is the author of 'Souled American How Black Music Transformed White Culture', published 2005 under ISBN 9780823084043 and ISBN 0823084043.
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