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- catalog abstract ""The forgotten history of the "all-girl" big bands of the World War II era takes center stage in Sherrie Tucker's Swing Shift. American demand for swing skyrocketed with the onslaught of war as millions - isolated from loved ones - sought diversion, comfort, and social contact through music and dance. Although all-female jazz and dance bands had existed since the 1920s, now hundreds of such groups, both African American and white, barnstormed ballrooms, theaters, dance halls, military installations, and makeshift USO stages on the home front and abroad." "Tucker chronicles the careers of such bands as the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Phil Spitalny's Hours of Charm, The Darlings of Rhythm, and the Sharon Rogers All-Girl Band."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative ""All-girl" bands of the 1940s".
- catalog contributor b11576205.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""It don't mean a thing if it ain't in the history books" -- [pt]. 1. Playing the changes of World War II -- 1. Working the swing shift : effects of World War II on all-girl bands -- 2. "Hours of charm" with Phil Spitalny -- 3. Extracurricular activities with the Prairie View Co-Eds -- [pt]. 2. Road hazards -- 4. Surveillance and survival in the Jim Crow South -- 5. Internationalism and the Sweethearts of Rhythm -- 6. The darlings of rhythm : on the road and ready to run -- [pt]. 3. USO-camp shows -- 7. Female big bands, male mass audiences : gendered performances in a theater of war -- Battles of a "Sophisticated Lady" : Ada Leonard and the USO -- 9. "And, fellas, they're American girls!" : on the road with the Sharon Rogers All-Girl Band -- Conclusion : postwar changes, familiar refrains.".
- catalog description ""The forgotten history of the "all-girl" big bands of the World War II era takes center stage in Sherrie Tucker's Swing Shift. American demand for swing skyrocketed with the onslaught of war as millions - isolated from loved ones - sought diversion, comfort, and social contact through music and dance. Although all-female jazz and dance bands had existed since the 1920s, now hundreds of such groups, both African American and white, barnstormed ballrooms, theaters, dance halls, military installations, and makeshift USO stages on the home front and abroad." "Tucker chronicles the careers of such bands as the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Phil Spitalny's Hours of Charm, The Darlings of Rhythm, and the Sharon Rogers All-Girl Band."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Discography: p. 396.".
- catalog description "Filmography: p. 397.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-396) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 413 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Swing shift.".
- catalog identifier "0822324857 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0822328178 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Swing shift.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Durham : Duke University Press,".
- catalog relation "Swing shift.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "784.4/81654/082 21".
- catalog subject "Jazz 1941-1950 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "ML82 .T83 2000".
- catalog subject "Women jazz musicians United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents ""It don't mean a thing if it ain't in the history books" -- [pt]. 1. Playing the changes of World War II -- 1. Working the swing shift : effects of World War II on all-girl bands -- 2. "Hours of charm" with Phil Spitalny -- 3. Extracurricular activities with the Prairie View Co-Eds -- [pt]. 2. Road hazards -- 4. Surveillance and survival in the Jim Crow South -- 5. Internationalism and the Sweethearts of Rhythm -- 6. The darlings of rhythm : on the road and ready to run -- [pt]. 3. USO-camp shows -- 7. Female big bands, male mass audiences : gendered performances in a theater of war -- Battles of a "Sophisticated Lady" : Ada Leonard and the USO -- 9. "And, fellas, they're American girls!" : on the road with the Sharon Rogers All-Girl Band -- Conclusion : postwar changes, familiar refrains.".
- catalog title ""All-girl" bands of the 1940s".
- catalog title "Swing shift : "all-girl" bands of the 1940s / Sherrie Tucker.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".