When Donald Trump threw his hat in the ring for the Republican nomination in June, 2015, no one gave him a snowball's chance. As time passed, however, rival after rival dropped out of the race, until he was alone at the top at the beginning of May, 2016. How did an accomplished businessman, but a newcomer to politics, win a real-life version of ""The Apprentice?"" ""Trump's Tricks"" offers a psychologist's view of the tactics that were used to first attract attention in a crowded field, and then to defend against and counterattack all rivals and naysayers. The author describes the maneuvers that Donald Trump used to change politics and, perhaps, our society forever.

Doo-WopCentrism: The firmly held belief that vocal group rhythm and blues, created between the late 1940s and early 1960s, is vastly superior to all other musics, with no exceptions. Got it? Gribin & Schiff have unearthed the best 2000 songs of the doo-

Starting in 1945 and continuing for the next twenty years, dozens of African American rhythm and blues artists made records that incorporated West Indian calypso. Some of these recordings were remakes or adaptations of existing calypsos, but many were original compositions. Several, such as “Stone Cold Dead in de Market” by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan or “If You Wanna Be Happy” by Jimmy Soul, became major hits in both the rhythm and blues and pop music charts. While most remained obscurities, the fact that over 170 such recordings were made during this time period suggests that there was sustained interest in calypso among rhythm and blues artists and record companies during this era. Rhythm and Blues Goes Calypso explores this phenomenon starting with a brief history of calypso music as it developed in its land of origin, Trinidad and Tobago, the music’s arrival in the United States, a brief history of the development of rhythm and blues, and a detailed description and analysis of the adaptation of calypso by African American R&B artists between 1945 and 1965. This book also makes musical and cultural connections between the West Indian immigrant community and the broader African American community that produced this musical hybrid. While the number of such recordings was small compared to the total number of rhythm and blues recordings, calypso was a persistent and sometimes major component of early rhythm and blues for at least two decades and deserves recognition as part of the history of African American popular music.

The Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music is the first comprehensive reference to cover this important American musical form. Coverage includes all aspects of both African-American and white gospel from history and performers to recording techniques and styles as well as the influence of gospel on different musical genres and cultural trends.

This book traces vocal group music from Minstrelsy in the mid-19th century to the dawn of rock and roll in the early 1950s. It explores the history of vocal group music, including how the music changed and what factors influenced those changes. There is information on more than 1,500 vocal groups, a discography of over 15,000 recordings, 150-plus photographs, and other visuals, as well as sections on technology, sheet music and postcards.

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