BLUE RHYTHMS

"Somebody has to pay the dues", says La Vern Baker. Here are the remarkable stories of six dazzlingly talented performers who blazed the R & B trail -- the story of the performers' music and also of their struggle against racism and financial exploitation: Ruth Brown and La Vern Baker, two of the most popular female black singers of the 1950s...Little Jimmy Scott, whom Madonna calls the only singer who ever really made her cry...Charles Brown, master of the "club blues" style...Floyd Dixon, a more rambunctious fellow-traveler...and the earthy, urbane Jimmy Witherspoon, who recorded some of the biggest R & B hits ever.

„Cineva trebuie sa plateasca cotizatiile”, spune La Vern Baker. Iata povestile remarcabile ale a sase interpreti orbitor de talentati care au tras pe traseul R & B - povestea muzicii interpretilor si a luptei lor impotriva rasismului si a exploatarii financiare: Ruth Brown si La Vern Baker, doua dintre cele mai populare femei cantareti negri din anii 1950 ... Micutul Jimmy Scott, pe care Madonna il numeste singurul cantaret care a facut-o vreodata sa planga ... Charles Brown, stapan al stilului „club blues” ... Floyd Dixon, un coleg de calatorie mai distractiv ... si pamanteanul, urbanul Jimmy Witherspoon, care a inregistrat unele dintre cele mai mari hituri de cercetare si dezvoltare din istorie.