From rhythm and blues to hip-hop and jazz, this chronicle covers more than 60years of black music history and events with facts about hundreds of artists, from

Brimming with fascinating trivia about popoular music from rock and R&B to country.

Births, deaths and marriages, No1 singles, drug busts and arrests, famous gigs and awards... all these and much more appear in this fascinating 50 year almanac.

Looks at the history of African American music from its roots in Africa and slavery to the present day and examines its place within African American communitie

"The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music -- through the music that is most c