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How they got over gospel quartets and the road to rock & roll

How they got over gospel quartets and the road to rock & roll

DVD 2022

HOW THEY GOT OVER celebrates the spirit of gospel performers and how they helped usher in a musical revolution that changed the world forever. 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, later with full bands, then with a performance style that would inspire...

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Gospel music History
Gospel singers History
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Description:
1 videodisc (86 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Target Audience Note:
E
Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
Other Title:
Gospel quartets and the road to rock & roll
Notes:
Title from container
Ira Tucker, Isaac Freeman, Jerry Zolten, JoJo wallace, Otis Clay, Rosetta Tharpe, the Davis Sisters
Originally produced by First Run Features in 2020
DVD
For private home use only
Audio track in English
Control Number:
3191065
UPC:
720229918145
Other Authors:
Clay, Otis, 1942-2016, on-screen participant
Clem, Robert, film director
Davis Sisters (Gospel music group), on-screen participant
First-Run Features (Firm), film distributor
Freeman, Isaac, on-screen participant
Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973, on-screen participant
Tucker, Ira, on-screen participant
Wallace, JoJo, on-screen participant
Zolten, J. Jerome, on-screen participant
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