Shout, Sister, Shout! Ten Girl Singers Who Shaped A Century

Dip into this collective biography of ten outstanding female singers of popular music in the twentieth century and meet some of the most remarkable women who've ever lived!Through intimate personal details and numerous photographs, interviews, and tidbits of little-known information, music critic Roxane Orgill brings to life ten "girl singers" and the decades in which they did their best work. Readers of Shout, Sister, Shout! will learn about the lives, the loves, and the music ofSOPHIE TUCKER (1900s)MA RAINEY (1910s)BESSIE SMITH (1920s)ETHEL MERMAN (1930s)JUDY GARLAND (1940s)ANITA O'DAY (1950s)JOAN BAEZ (1960s)BETTE MIDLER (1970s)MADONNA (1980s)LUCINDA WILLIAMS (1990s)Writing in a friendly, readable style, Roxane Orgill has created a book of great distinction that will fascinate and inspire readers of all ages.

Roxane Orgill played the violin as a child and concentrated on music history and theory in college and graduate school. She has been a music critic for more than twenty years, writing for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Bergen County (New Jersey) Record, the Milwaukee Journal, and Billboard. She is also the author of the picture book If I Only Had a Horn: Young Louis Armstrong. Ms. Orgill lives with her husband and young daughter in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroductionTHE 1900s:SOPHIE TUCKERThe Last of the Red-hot MamasTHE 1910s:MA RAINEYMother of the BluesTHE 1920s:BESSIE SMITHEmpress of the BluesTHE 1930s:ETHEL MERMANLa MermTHE 1940s:JUDY GARLANDThe Girl Next DoorTHE 1950s:ANITA O'DAYJazz GypsyTHE 1960s:JOAN BAEZSibyl with GuitarTHE 1970s:BETTE MIDLERThe Last of the Real Tacky LadiesTHE 1980s:MADONNAMaterial GirlTHE 1990s:LUCINDA WILLIAMSRamblin' WomanDiscographyBibliographyIndex