Jones, Hettie. <br/><br/>
Big star fallin' mama :  five women in Black music / 
Hettie Jones ; foreword by Nelson George. 
 - Rev. ed. 
 - New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :  Viking,  1995. 
 - ix, 147 p. :  ill. ; 
<br/><br/> Portraits of five Black women and the kind of music they sang during a period of social change. Includes Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, and Aretha Franklin. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0670856215 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African American women musicians--Juvenile literature.<br/>Blues (Music)--History and criticism--Juvenile literature.<br/>Musicians.<br/>African Americans--Biography.<br/>Blues (Music)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML82  / .J65 1995 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>782.42/1643/092  B