100 BEST SONGS BY BLACK COMPOSERS. From: Ebony | Date: June 1, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Johnson Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

WITHOUT them, there would be no Broadway, no Grammy, no jazz, no rock n' roll--no American music. The blues of America, the gospel of America, the jazz of America, the rock and roll and rap of America are all rooted in the rhythm and blues of African-American singers who came here in chains, bringing with them, W. E. B. DuBois said, "the gift of ... song--soft, stirring melody in an ill-harmonized and unmelodious land."

In remembrance of The Gift, which has never been ad...

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