How Long to Read Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music (Enhanced Edition)

How Long Does it Take to Read Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music (Enhanced Edition)?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music (Enhanced Edition) by Barry Mazor

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This is the first biography of Ralph Peer, the adventurous—even revolutionary—A&R man and music publisher who saw the universal power locked in regional roots music and tapped it, changing the breadth and flavor of popular music around the world. It is the story of the life and fifty-year career, from the age of cylinder recordings to the stereo era, of the man who pioneered the recording, marketing, and publishing of blues, jazz, country, gospel, and Latin music. The book tracks Peer’s role in such breakthrough events as the recording of Mamie Smith’s “Crazy Blues” (the record that sparked the blues craze), the first country recording sessions with Fiddlin’ John Carson, his discovery of Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family at the famed Bristol sessions, the popularizing of Latin American music during World War II, and the postwar transformation of music on the airwaves that set the stage for the dominance of R&B, country, and rock ‘n’ roll. But this is also the story of a man from humble midwestern beginnings who went on to build the world’s largest independent music publishing firm, fostering the global reach of music that had previously been specialized, localized, and marginalized. Ralph Peer redefined the ways promising songs and performers were identified, encouraged, and promoted, rethought how far regional music might travel, and changed our very notions of what pop music can be. This enhanced e-book includes 49 of the greatest songs Ralph Peer was involved with, from groundbreaking numbers that changed the history of recorded music to revelatory obscurities, all linked to the text so that the reader can hear the music while reading about it.

How long is Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music (Enhanced Edition)?

Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music (Enhanced Edition) by Barry Mazor is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music (Enhanced Edition) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music (Enhanced Edition) aloud.

What Reading Level is Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music (Enhanced Edition)?

Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music (Enhanced Edition) is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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