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Shout, sister, shout!: ten girl singers who shaped a century/

Main Author: Orgill, Roxane
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2001
Subjects:
Women singers > Juvenile literature > United States > Biography
Popular music > History and criticism > United States > Juvenile literature
Singers
Women > Biography
Table of Contents:
  • The 1900s : Sophie Tucker, the last of the red-hot mamas
  • The 1910s : Ma Rainey, mother of the blues
  • The 1920s : Bessie Smith, empress of the blues
  • The 1930s : Ethel Merman, la Merm
  • The 1940s : Judy Garland, the girl next door
  • The 1950s : Anita O'Day, jazz gypsy
  • The 60s : Joan Baez, sibyl with guitar
  • The 1970s : Bette Midler, the last of the real tacky ladies
  • The 1980s : Madonna, material girl
  • The 1990s : Lucinda Williams, ramblin' woman.

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