Description In 1956 Harry Belafonte\'s Calypso became the first LP to sell more than a million copies.
Vogel situates the Calypso cr.
Stolen Time provides a vivid cultural history of this moment and outlines a new framework--Black fad performance--for understanding race, performance, and mass culture in the twentieth century United States.
For a few fleeting months, Calypso music was the top-selling genre in the US--it even threatened to supplant rock and roll.
Description In 1956 Harry Belafonte\'s Calypso became the first LP to sell more than a million copies