All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
God's Children
S1 • E2 Feb 19, 1977 55m
It is generally assumed that American popular music comes from the coastal regions of Africa; that the slaves brought drums to the United States; that jazz originated, somehow, in New Orleans; that the blues developed in the Mississippi Delta, and later became the cornerstone of everything from rock n roll to ragtime. All of these assumptions are untrue, and this episode with seek to uncover the real story – in Africa, on the edge of the Sahara; in Austria and the Salzkammergut; in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas; in New Orleans and in Texas.
featuring
Duke Ellington
Ginger Baker
James Brown
LeRoi Jones
Lightnin' Hopkins
Rufus Thomas
The Platters
Tina Turner
featuring
Duke Ellington
Ginger Baker
James Brown
LeRoi Jones
Lightnin' Hopkins
Rufus Thomas
The Platters
Tina Turner