Week of February 6, 2012
Soul Train / Susan G. Komen
In the News: Don Cornelius, creator and host of Soul Train, has died at the age of 75.
Also In the News: The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation had initially announced that it would eliminate most of its grants to Planned Parenthood. It has since reversed its controversial decision.
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African American Music Reference (Database)
Alexander Street Press
Available online
All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul
Edited by Vladimir Bogdanov et al. All Media Guide/Backbeat Books, 2003
Call Number: ML156.4 .S6 A45 2003
Black Popular Music in America: From the Spirituals, Minstrels, and Ragtime to Soul, Disco and Hip-Hop
By Arnold Shaw. Schirmer Books, 1986
Call Number: ML3556 .S5 1986
A Critical History of Soul Train on Television
By Christopher P. Lehman. McFarland, 2008
Call Number: PN1992.77 .S664 L44 2008
Cultural Codes: Makings of a Black Music Philosophy: An Interpretive History from Spirituals to Hip Hop
By William C. Banfield. Scarecrow Press, 2010
Call Number: ML3479 .B364 2010
Different Drummers: Rhythm and Race in the Americas
By Martin Munro. UC Press, 2010
Call Number: ML3550 .M86 2010
Icons of R&B and Soul: An Encyclopedia of the Artists Who Revolutionized Rhythm
By Bob Gulla. Greenwood Press, 2008
Call Number: Available online via EBSCOhost
R & B, Rhythm and Business: The Political Economy of Black Music
Edited by Norman Kelley. Akashic, 2002
Call Number: ML3790 .R23 2002
Revolution Televised: Prime Time and the Struggle for Black Power
By Christine Acham. University of Minnesota Press, 2004
Call Number: PN1992.8 .A34 A28 2004
Soul Music: The Birth of a Sound in Black America
By Michael Haralambos. De Capo Press, 1974; 1985
Call Number: ML3537 .H37 1985
Soul Music: Tracking the Spiritual Roots of Pop from Plato to Motown
By Joel Rudinow. University of Michigan Press, 2010
Call Number: ML3479 .R84 2010
Souled American: How Black Music Transformed White Culture
By Kevin Phinney. Billboard Books, 2005
Call Number: ML3479 .P5 2005
Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy
By Samantha King. University of Minnesota Press, 2006
Call Number: RC280 .B8 K56 2006
See also our post on Planned Parenthood from February 21, 2011.