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Originating in a homicide in St. Louis in 1899, the ballad of Frankie and Johnny became one of America's most familiar songs during the first half of the twentieth century. It crossed lines of race, class, and artistic genres, taking form in such varied expressions as a folk song performed by Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly); a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page and Bentley

Title : Frankie and Johnny: Race, Gender, and the Work of African American Folklore in 1930s America
Author : Stacy I Morgan
Language : en
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