Rhythm'n'Blues
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Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues (American Made Music Series)
by:
Shane K. Bernard
3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings 2. 
Get a Shot of Rhythm and Blues: The Arthur Alexander Story
by:
Richard Younger
4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings 3. 
I Hear You Knockin : The Sound of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues
by:
Jeff Hannusch
4.29 avg rating — 34 ratings 4. 
Héros oubliés du rock'n'roll : les années sauvages du rock avant Elvis
by:
Nick Tosches
4.08 avg rating — 395 ratings 
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Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.24 avg rating — 2,349 ratings 
9. 
Bruce W. Talamon. Soul. R&B. Funk. Photographs 1972–1982
by:
Pearl Cleage
4.83 avg rating — 29 ratings 
13. 
Encyclopedia of Rhythm and Blues and Doo-Wop Vocal Groups
by:
Mitch Rosalsky
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 
15. 
Miss Rhythm: The Autobiography of Ruth Brown, Rhythm and Blues Legend
by:
Ruth Brown
4.19 avg rating — 32 ratings 15. 
The Soul of New Orleans: A Legacy of Rhythm and Blues
by:
Jeffery Hannusch
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings 17. 
Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness, and Race Relations
by:
Brian Ward
4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings 18. 
Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary (Revolutionary Lives)
by:
Gerald Horne
3.82 avg rating — 71 ratings 19. 
La Rocambolesque histoire de Little Richard
by:
Richard Penniman
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
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Jazz Diasporas: Race, Music, and Migration in Post-World War II Paris (Music of the African Diaspora) (Volume 18)
by:
Rashida Braggs
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings 
28. 
Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion
by:
Robert Gordon
4.31 avg rating — 774 ratings 28. 
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Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul
by:
Mark Ribowsky
3.67 avg rating — 230 ratings 
34. 
Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music
by:
Ted Gioia
4.30 avg rating — 753 ratings 36. 
Ain't Too Proud To Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of The Temptations
by:
Mark Ribowsky
4.05 avg rating — 126 ratings 36. 
The Latin Tinge: The Impact of Latin American Music on the United States 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings
38. 
The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal
by:
Mark Ribowsky
3.83 avg rating — 130 ratings 
40. 
Where Did Our Love Go? The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound
by:
Nelson George
3.93 avg rating — 238 ratings 40. 
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll
by:
Peter Guralnick
3.99 avg rating — 1,088 ratings 42. 
Honkers And Shouters: The Golden Years Of Rhythm & Blues
by:
Arnold Shaw
4.19 avg rating — 47 ratings 
46. 
Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, or My Life As a Fabulous Ronette
by:
Ronnie Spector
4.07 avg rating — 2,152 ratings 46. 
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
by:
Robert Palmer
4.22 avg rating — 1,994 ratings 
50. 
They All Sang on the Corner: A Second Look at New York City's Rhythm and Blues Vocal Groups
by:
Philip Groia
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings 51. 
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.24 avg rating — 2,349 ratings 
53. 
Jookin': The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture 3.98 avg rating — 47 ratings
55. 
Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues & Coming of Age Through Vinyl
by:
Rashod Ollison
4.22 avg rating — 93 ratings 56. 
Giant Steps: Bebop and the Creators of Modern Jazz, 1945-65
by:
Kenny Mathieson
4.12 avg rating — 90 ratings 
58. 
I Put a Spell on You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone
by:
Nina Simone
4.10 avg rating — 1,972 ratings 59. 
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Jim Crow's Counterculture: The Blues and Black Southerners, 1890-1945
by:
R.A. Lawson
4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings 
62. 
Songs in Black and Lavender: Race, Sexual Politics, and Women's Music
by:
Eileen M. Hayes
3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings 63. 
Big Road Blues: Tradition And Creativity In The Folk Blues
by:
David Evans
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings 64. 
Way Down in Louisiana: Clifton Chenier, Cajun, Zydeco, and Swamp Pop Music
by:
Todd Mouton
4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings 
68. 
Bulldaggers, Pansies, and Chocolate Babies: Performance, Race, and Sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance
by:
James F. Wilson
3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings 69. 
Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan’s Lost Places of Leisure
by:
David Freeland
4.15 avg rating — 46 ratings 70. 
Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues (H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series)
by:
William Ferris
4.15 avg rating — 68 ratings 71. 
Brotherhood in Rhythm: The Jazz Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers 3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings
72. 
Wake Up Dead Man: Afro-American Worksongs from Texas Prisons
by:
Bruce Jackson
4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings 
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Everybody's Doin' It: Sex, Music, and Dance in New York, 1840-1917
by:
Dale Cockrell
3.37 avg rating — 71 ratings 78. 
Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues, Third Edition: The Holy Sites of the Delta Blues 4.38 avg rating — 52 ratings
80. 
Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War
by:
Dena J. Epstein
4.31 avg rating — 36 ratings 
83. 
FEEL LIKE GOING HOME: LEGENDES DU BLUES & PIONNIERS DU ROCK N ROLL
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.18 avg rating — 498 ratings