Bibliography: R&B/Soul (Music)

Berry, Jason, Jonathan Foose, and Tad Jones. Up from the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II. 2009th ed. Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2009.  

Broven, John. Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans. Pelican Publishing Company, 1983.  

———. Walking to New Orleans: The Story of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues. 2nd ed. Bexhill-on-Sea: Flyright Records, 1977.  

Coleman, Rick. Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2006.  

Hannusch, Jeff. I Hear You Knockin : The Sound of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues. Swallow Pubns, 1985.  

McKnight, Mark. “Researching New Orleans Rhythm and Blues.” Black Music Research Journal 8, no. 1 (1988): 113-134.  

McNutt, Randy. Guitar Towns: A Journey to the Crossroads of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2002.  

Palmer, Robert. Tale of Two Cities: Memphis Rock, New Orleans Roll. Inst for Studies in Amer Music, 1979.  

Scherman, Tony. Backbeat: Earl Palmer’s Story. Da Capo Press, 2000.  

Stewart, Alexander. “’Funky Drummer’: New Orleans, James Brown and the Rhythmic Transformation of American Popular Music.” Popular Music 19, no. 3 (October 2000): 293-318.  

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