Cooper, Ralph, 1908-1992

Amateur night at the Apollo : Ralph Cooper presents five decades of great entertainment / Ralph Cooper with Steve Dougherty. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, 1990. - x, 260 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

Paints a picture of fifty years of American music, set against a Harlem backdrop. From swing and bebop to R & B and rock and roll, soul, disco, funk, and rap ..."--Jacket.

0060160373 9780060160371

89046522


Apollo Theater (New York, N.Y. : 125th Street)
Teatro Apollo (Harlem, Nueva York)


African Americans--Music--History and criticism.--New York (State)--New York
Músicos afroamericanos --Crítica e interpretación
Popular music--History and criticism.--New York (State)--New York
Música popular --Historia y crítica --Nueva York (Estado) --Nueva York

ML 3479 / C778a 1990

792.7/09747/1