Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
In his short career, Johnny Ace became one of the first black rhythm and blues artists to appeal to white audiences, and it wouldn’t be long before the influence of he and other black performers on music would be widely felt. Kojo and guests discuss music in the early nineteen-fifties and the fusion of black and white styles that became rock n’ roll.
Guests
- Charlie McGovern Curator, Division of Cultural History, National Museum of American History
- James "Jim" Salem Author of "The Late Great Johnny Ace: and the Transition from R&B to Rock 'N' Roll"; also Professor of American Studies, University of Alabama
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