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- 020 __ |a 9781496821959 |q hardcover : alk. paper
- 020 __ |a 9781496821966 |q pbk. : alk. paper
- 020 __ |z 9781496821973 |q epub single
- 020 __ |z 9781496821980 |q epub institutional
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- 050 00 |a E185.97.G66 |b J64 2019
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- 100 1_ |a Johnson, Michael K. |q (Michael Kyle), |d 1963- |e author.
- 245 10 |a Can't stand still : |b Taylor Gordon and the Harlem Renaissance / |c Michael K. Johnson.
- 246 3_ |a Cannot stand still
- 264 _1 |a Jackson : |b University Press of Mississippi, |c [2019]
- 300 __ |a vi, 277 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm.
- 336 __ |a text |2 rdacontent
- 337 __ |a unmediated |2 rdamedia
- 338 __ |a volume |2 rdacarrier
- 490 1_ |a Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies
- 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 505 0_ |a Growing up in White Sulphur Springs, Montana (1893-1910) -- Ringling's niggah (1910-16) -- The tenors went one way (1916-19) -- Syncopation (1919-24) -- Carlo -- A program of Negro spirituals -- Robeson, Hayes, Bledsoe, and Gordon -- Performances and parties (1926-27), part I -- Performances and parties (1926-27), part II -- Sex and the single spirituals singer -- Born to be (1928-29) -- Parties and performances (1929-34) -- Breaking me down (1934-48) -- Invisible man (1948-59).
- 520 __ |a "Born in 1893 into the only African American family in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, Emmanuel Taylor Gordon (1893-1971) became an internationally famous singer in the 1920s at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. With his musical partner, J. Rosamond Johnson, Gordon was a crucially important figure in popularizing African American spirituals as an art form, giving many listeners their first experience of black spirituals. Despite his fame, Taylor Gordon has been all but forgotten, until now. Michael K. Johnson illuminates Gordon's personal history and his cultural importance to the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance, arguing that during the height of his celebrity, Gordon was one of the most significant African American male vocalists of his era. Gordon's story--working in the White Sulphur Springs brothels as an errand boy, traveling the country in John Ringling's private railway car, performing on vaudeville stages from New York to Vancouver to Los Angeles, performing for royalty in England, becoming a celebrated author with a best-selling 1929 autobiography, and his long bout of mental illness--adds depth to the history of the Harlem Renaissance and makes him one of the most fascinating figures of the twentieth century. Through detailed documentation of Gordon's career--newspaper articles, reviews, letters, and other archival material--the author demonstrates the scope of Gordon's cultural impact. The result is a detailed account of Taylor's musical education, his career as a vaudeville performer, the remarkable performance history of Johnson and Gordon, his status as an in-demand celebrity singer and author, his time as a radio star, and, finally, his descent into madness. Can't Stand Still brings Taylor Gordon back to the center of the stage."--Provided by publisher.
- 600 10 |a Gordon, Taylor, |d 1893-1971.
- 650 _0 |a African Americans |v Biography.
- 650 _0 |a African American singers |v Biography.
- 650 _0 |a Harlem Renaissance |x History.
- 776 08 |i Online version: |a Johnson, Michael K. (Michael Kyle), 1963- author. |t Can't stand still |d Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019] |z 9781496821973 |w (DLC) 2018037498
- 830 _0 |a Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
- 921 __ |a CASHL |b CEPIEC |c 9781496821966