Ralph Peer and the making of popular roots music

By Barry Mazor

Subjects: Southern Music Publishing Co, Biography, Popular music, history and criticism, Sound recording industry, Sound recording executives and producers, Musicians, biography

Description: The first biography of Ralph Peer, the adventurous A&R man and music publisher who changed the breadth and flavor of popular music in the United States and around the world, a man who was crucial in discovering star musicians and establishing the genres of blues, jazz, country, gospel, and Latin music.