Bibliograph

How they got over, gospel quartets and the road to rock & roll, a Foundmedia production ; with Tannen Media ; One State Films ; and Diandrea Media ; a film by Robert Clem ; produced by Robert Clem and Mike Tannen ; directed and edited by Robert Clem

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How they got over, gospel quartets and the road to rock & roll, a Foundmedia production ; with Tannen Media ; One State Films ; and Diandrea Media ; a film by Robert Clem ; produced by Robert Clem and Mike Tannen ; directed and edited by Robert Clem

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

How they got over

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

1308985197

Responsibility statement

a Foundmedia production ; with Tannen Media ; One State Films ; and Diandrea Media ; a film by Robert Clem ; produced by Robert Clem and Mike Tannen ; directed and edited by Robert Clem

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Sub title

gospel quartets and the road to rock & roll

Summary

Beginning in the 1920s, Black singers across the country took to the highways as the new technology of radio and records made it possible to reach a wider audience. Intense competition brought new ways to entertain, first with guitars, and later with full bands. Their music was infectious, and the success of gospel quartets inspired record labels to form doo-wop groups that enticed gospel singers like Sam Cooke, Lou Rawls and Wilson Pickett to cross over to greater fame

Technique

live action

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Gospel quartets and the road to rock & roll

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