Group Harmony: The Black Urban Roots of Rhythm and Blues - Goosman, Stuart L.

Group HarmonyThe Black Urban Roots of Rhythm and Blues\nAuthor(s): Stuart L. Goosman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, United States\nImprint: University of Pennsylvania Press\nISBN-13: 9780812221084, 978-0812221084\nSynopsis\nIn 1948, the Orioles, a Baltimore-based vocal group, recorded \""It's Too Soon to Know.\"" Combining the sound of Tin Pan Alley with gospel and blues sensibilities, the Orioles saw their first hit reach #13 on the pop charts, thus introducing the nation to vocal rhythm & blues and paving the way for the most successful groups of the 1950s.\n\n In the first scholarly treatment of this influential musical genre, Stuart Goosman chronicles the Orioles' story and that of myriad other black vocal groups in the postwar period. A few, like the Orioles, Cardinals, and Swallows from Baltimore and the Clovers from Washington, [url] established the popularity of vocal rhythm & blues nationally. Dozens of other well-known groups (and hun.