Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop IWF12956573
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A weave of biography, criticism, and memoir,Shine Brightis Danyel Smiths intimate history of Black womens music as the foundational story of American pop. Smith has been writing this history for more than five years. But as a music fan, and then as an essayist, editor (Vibe, Billboard), and podcast host (Black Girl Songbook), she has been living this history since she was a latchkey kid listening to Midnight Train to Georgia on the family stereo.
Smiths detailed narrative begins with Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved woman who sang her poems, and continues through the stories of Mahalia Jackson, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, and Mariah Carey, as well as the under-considered careers of Marilyn McCoo, Deniece Williams, and Jody Watley.
Shine Brightis an overdue paean to musical masters whose true stories and genius have been hidden in plain sightand the book Danyel Smith was born to write.
Paperback, Feb 14th 2023
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