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Box 2494-002

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

"Johnny Ace: His Death and How It Played in America." Goldmine, 5 October 1990, 34+. Full journal (204 pages)

 Item — Box: 2494-002, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series 9:
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the research done by Dr. James M. Salem, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, for his book, The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from R and B to Rock and Roll. Materials include audio recordings, correspondence, research notes and documents, that relate not only to Johnny Ace specifically, but to the larger context of African American Popular Culture in the 1950s. Included in the collection are various 33 1/3, 78,...
Dates: 1929-2003