Godfather of the Music Business: Morris Levy

by Richard Carlin

Book Overview

Association of Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence
Best Historical Research in Record Labels - Best History (2017)

This biography tells the story of one of the most notorious figures in the history of popular music, Morris Levy (1927-1990). At age nineteen, he cofounded the nightclub Birdland in Hell's Kitchen, which became the home for a new musical style, bebop. Levy operated one of the first integrated clubs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496814800
• ISBN13: 9781496814807
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"