Summary: In the 1970s, disco dominated American pop music. Originating in nightclubs that featured record players instead of live bands, disco was a major stylistic departure from rock, and its rise to the top of the music charts signaled a cultural shift that some found threatening. Disco's roots lay in a gay urban subculture, and the artists who created it were largely African American and Latino. In...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WARMayfield, Curtis.
Summary: A collection of sixteen hits by American soul, funk, and rhythm and blues singer and songwriter Curtis Mayfield, including "Get Down," "Kung Fu," "Only You Babe," and "Do Be Down."
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES MAYSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007