Amateur Night At The Apollo: Ralph Cooper Presents Five Decades Of Great Entertainment

Cooper, Ralph with Steve Dougherty

ISBN 10: 0060160373 / ISBN 13: 9780060160371

Published by Harper Collins, New York, 1990

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Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Category: African Americans; ISBN: 0060160373. ISBN/EAN: 9780060160371. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8934.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Amateur Night At The Apollo: Ralph Cooper Presents Five Decades Of Great Entertainment
• Publisher: Harper Collins, New York
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060160373
• ISBN 13: 9780060160371
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • African Americans

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Synopsis

The emcee remembers fifty years of great performances and personalities on- and off-stage

Reviews

Dancer-turned-emcee Cooper, host of weekly amateur contests at Harlem's Apollo Theatre from 1934 to the present, recounts the victories and defeats of young entertainers as they sought the favor of the notoriously vocal Apollo audiences. Speaking in hip show-biz lingo, the often self-serving and name-dropping Cooper recalls Apollo debuts of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, James Brown, and others, and describes Harlem life during the Prohibition era and the height of the Cotton Club. Illustrated with many large photos, this book will entertain anyone interested in the development of popular music, particularly soul and R&B, even as it casts light on the racism and dishonesty that victimized black entertainers.
- Paul Baker, CUNA Inc., Madison, Wis.
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