The following pages were not included in the bound volume used for scanning: January, pages 7, 8; February, pages 5, 6; March, pages 5, 6; April, pages 5, 6; November, pages 9, 10. These were probably advertising inserts.
In 1959 and 1960, Alan Lomax revisited the American South to record the still-living stream of traditional music in newly developed stereo sound. The collection features some of the region's most representative musicians and styles: Delta blues...
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of rural African Americans dancing to music made by a banjo player, an accordionist, and by wood blocks; photo inset of jack Connors Jr.(see 417)
These recordings of oral history, play songs, blues, spirituals, and stories were made in 1948 when Alan Lomax invited Vera Hall to come from her home in Livingston, Alabama, to New York City for a concert. Vera Hall's mother had been a slave, and...
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of a well-dressed African American female having her palm read by an African American palm reader; photo inset of Bert Williams in blackface
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of three African American male faces; photo inset of Irving Jones; text reads: ""The most successful song hit of 1901. As introduced and sung by Lew Dockstader.""