Hosts Nate Wilcox and Brooks Long discuss "Rhythm And The Blues: A Life in American Music" by Jerry Wexler and David Ritz.

Brooks Long is back and that means he and Nate are talking about a book written or co-written by the great David Ritz.

While at Billboard magazine in the 1940s, Jerry Wexler coined the term Rhythm & Blues.

He went on to become one of the great "record men" at Atlantic Records in the 1950s, 60s and 70s where he produced career-peak recordings by legends such as Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker, Ray Charles, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin.

He also found time to be a villain in the stories of Stax Records, Bert Berns and FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

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it-roll.simplecast.com/episodes/writing-the-life-stories-of-ray-charles-marvin-gaye-and-aretha-franklin">Don't miss Nate's interview with David Ritz.

Don't miss Nate & Brooks discussing:

• it-roll.simplecast.com/episodes/aretha-franklin-brought-gospel-fervor-to-the-top-of-the-charts">Aretha Franklin
• it-roll.simplecast.com/episodes/ray-charles-combined-r-b-with-gospel-to-invent-soul-music">Ray Charles

it-roll.simplecast.com/episodes/bert-berns-songs-were-immortalized-by-the-beatles-the-isley-brothers-janis-joplin-van-morrison-and-more">Don't miss Nate's interview with Bert Berns biographer Joel Selvin.

Don't miss Nate's interviews with Robert Gordon about Stax Records:

• it-roll.simplecast.com/episodes/stax-records-and-the-soul-explosion">Part 1
• it-roll.simplecast.com/episodes/stax-records-blows-up-in-the-1970s">Part 2

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