ISBN: 9780634099267    Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation Year of publishing: 2006     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 376        

This calendar format book covers 60 years of mind-tickling trivia, history and events with more than 2000 facts about hundreds of artists. Each page also includes the No. 1 Hit on that day from different years by the best of black music's legendary performers. Truly a nostalgia trip through time that's entertainingly education, "On This Day In Black Music History" definitively demonstrates how black music is interwoven in American history. Artists Include: Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, Paula Abdul, Stevie Wonder, Queen Latifah, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, James Brown, P. Diddy, Usher, Destiny's Child, Run DMC...and many others.
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