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Title details for The Sweethearts of Soul by Evelyn "Slim" Lambright - Available

The Sweethearts of Soul

by Evelyn "Slim" Lambright
Patricia R. Floyd
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Slim Lambright, a former member of an all-girl singing group, pens an outrageous novel of the glamour and pitfalls of rock and roll. This irresistible story pays homage to the 1960s Black music scene in Philadelphia. Reporter Laverne (Legs) Diamond is given a new assignment-interview the legendary singing sensations, the Sweethearts of Soul. As she comes to know these extraordinary women, Legs learns their dark secret. "Lambright knows how to portray the trials and tribulations of independent women seeking success."-Black Beat Magazines

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  • Release date

    September 1, 2015

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781490648095
      • File size: 232603 KB
      • Duration: 08:04:35

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Journalist Legs Diamond is assigned by the leading African-American music rag to interview a '60s' girl group just before they're inducted in to the Soul Hall of Fame. Patricia Floyd never hits a false note in this ensemble performance. This audiocassette has more than thirty voices, and Floyd makes each distinct and faithful to the character. She especially delivers a measure of joy, sorrow, jealousy, and humor to the members of the girl group. Most of all, Floyd makes the listener one of the girlfriends from the 'hood, privy to the rock-and-roll world of quick fame and dark secrets. P.R. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 22, 2004
      Bass player Barton Coleman's death under mysterious circumstances at a New Jersey motel sparks a search for the true story behind the Philadelphia-based 1960s singing group SOS, the Sweethearts of Soul, in Lambright's light, heartwarming second novel (after 2001's The Justus Girls
      ). Black Music
      magazine
      reporter LaVerne "Legs" Diamond sets out to interview the four former members of SOS, all foster children who began singing in church and achieved stardom before the age of 18: ruthless Ruth Thomas, who's still performing; Addie Lights, the glamorous owner of Busy Bee Realty; Venus Jones, who once ran a bridal shop; and the elusive Brenda "Birdie" Wade. As the women talk to Legs about the men in their lives and the star-crossed loves of their talented children, the secrets of the past begin to unfold, despite attempts to keep a certain family secret under wraps. The interviews don't flow clearly from one to the next at first and the format renders the action rather distant, but the author—herself a member of a Philly girl group back in the '60s called the Sweethearts of Soul—presents an enchanting portrait of a place and time that will particularly appeal to readers who like uplifting tales about strong African-American women. Agent, Victoria Sanders at the Victoria Sanders Literary Agency.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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