Florida soul : from Ray Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Florida soul : from Ray Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band

Entry/Object ID

Library.2228

Tags

Library JAMM as of June 4, 2023

Description

396 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Florida soul : from Ray Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band by John Capouya. JAMM Summary: Celebrates great artists of the Sunshine State who produced some of the most electric, emotive soul music America has ever heard. Contents : Ray Charles : Greenville/Jacksonville/Orlando/Tampa -- Ernie Calhoun : Tampa -- Noble "Thin Man" Watts : Deland -- The twist came from Tampa : Tampa/Miami -- Linda Lyndell : Gainesville -- Lavell Kamma and the 100 Hour Counts : Jacksonville/Pahokee -- Sam Moore, soul survivor : Overtown -- James Purify : Pensacola -- Bobby Purify : Pensacola -- Papa Don Schroeder : Pensacola -- Wayne Cochran : Miami -- Willie Clarke and Deep City Records : Miami -- Helene Smith : Miami -- Henry Stone : Miami -- The Miami sound : Little Beaver, Chocolate Perry, and the T.K. Family -- Frankie Gearing : St. Petersburg -- Timmy Thomas : Miami -- Latimore : Riverview/Miami -- Jackie Moore : Jacksonville -- KC and the Sunshine Band : Miami. Selected photos: Image of Ray Charles c1949 -- Ray Charles' boyhood home in Greenville, Florida -- Dance floor at the Two Spot nightclub in Jacksonville, 1947 -- Ray Charles' 1940 sojourn to Jax frequenting Clara White Mission as the building housed the local Black musicians union --

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Soul music -- Florida -- History and criticism., Soul musicians -- Florida., African American singers -- Florida., Popular music -- Florida -- History and criticism., African American musicians -- Florida., African American musicians., African American singers., Jacksonville Area Music Museum (JAMM)., Charles, Ray, 1930-2004., Kamma, Lavell, 1941-2015., Moore, Jackie, 1946-2019.

Publication Details

Author

Capouya, John, 1956-

Publisher

University Press of Florida

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Gainesville.

Call No.

ML 3537 .C37 2017

ISBN

9780813064024