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_b.J65 1995
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_aB
100 1 _aJones, Hettie.
245 1 0 _aBig star fallin' mama :
_bfive women in Black music /
_cHettie Jones ; foreword by Nelson George.
250 _aRev. ed.
260 _aNew York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
_bViking,
_c1995.
300 _aix, 147 p. :
_bill. ;
520 _aPortraits 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.
650 0 _aAfrican American women musicians
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aBlues (Music)
_xHistory and criticism
_vJuvenile literature.
650 1 _aMusicians.
650 1 _aAfrican Americans
_vBiography.
650 1 _aBlues (Music)
942 _cBK
999 _c16002
_d16002