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In the 1920s a little boy named Jack Gibson shook hands with the great Marcus Garvey. Over the course of his amazing life, Gibson continued to cross paths with the most famous personalities of the 20th century. He would become a giant of the music industry, known to all as "Jack the Rapper."
In the '40s, he and J.B. Blayton established the first black-owned radio station in the United States--WERD. As a disc jockey and emcee, he built enduring friendships with the royalty of black entertainment: Sammy Davis Jr., Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Nat King Cole, Pearl Bailey, Nancy Wilson, and Ray Charles. In the '60s and '70s, he worked at Motown, Revelot, and Stax promoting a new generation of stars: Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson, Isaac Hayes, and The Staple Singers.
During the Civil Rights Movement, he reported history as he lived it. He interviewed both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, and reported from Detroit as it burned following Dr. King's assassination.
As publisher of an influential Black trade magazine called the Mello Yello, Gibson contributed to sweeping changes for African Americans in radio and the recording industry. But The Rapper's most long-reaching achievement was his glittering "Family Affair"--an annual black music convention and springboard for new talent. The heavy hitters of the music industry always cleared their schedules to lend their talents to The Rapper's big night: Prince, Tina Turner, Janet Jackson, James Brown, Whitney Houston, Eddie Murphy, Hammer, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Sinbad, L.L. Cool J, Babyface, Heavy D, Tupac, Queen Latifah, Snoop Dogg, Suge Knight, Bobby Brown... And the list goes on like a "Who's Who" of entertainment superstars.
This tell-all book contains the inside stories you have never heard before...
- Sales Rank: #1961042 in Books
- Published on: 2015-01-15
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 8.75" h x 5.75" w x .75" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 284 pages
Review
Walker Smith's unique expertise as a historical novelist serves Mello Yello quite well. Jack speaks to us through Walker Smith his voice, his personality, his rap is as unadulterated as if he were sitting beside us; and the stories all flow together to create a lasting written tribute to a remarkable man. --Joe Donn Martin
From the Author
Over the course of my two-year collaboration with Jack the Rapper Gibson, I listened to hundreds of stories--some personal, some historical. He always called me "Father Walker" because he said that talking to me was like going to confession.
I listened to Jack laugh and talk trash as only he could. I was his sounding board for ranting and raving about life's injustice. I heard the pain of too many goodbyes and felt the indomitable spirit of a man who fought that "final curtain" right up to the end. Jack the Rapper. Jockey Jack. Ol' Nosey. He was part "Green Onions" and a little Shostakovich. A zoot-suit wearin' bebop man and the voice of The Symphony Hour. From the Rum Boogie to the Lord Calvert and Club Wallahajee to Hitsville, U.S.A. and the White House. From "assuming the position" as a policy man in 1940s Chicago to his place in the spotlight, center-stage at all those glittering Family Affairs that we all miss so much. He crisscrossed the country riding on airwaves, and probably shook more hands than any president or his old buddy Thurgood Marshall. He was a man who lived history and then reported it. He played too hard and loved too many women. And he raised hell when hell needed raising.
Only two things sobered him. Impassioned him. Gave him pause.
Music and angels.
His rap went completely rhapsodic when it came to music--from Arthur Prysock's "This Is My Beloved" to "Purple Rain" by Prince. Jack the Rapper showed us the colors of music and made us feel its magic with every spin. And he did have his angels. First there was Sadye, who blessed him with two angels of their own, Little Jack and Jamilla, Lady of the Moonlight. And one last angel named Elsie came along "Just In Time" for one last lovely romance.
Music and angels.
The volume of Jack's voice has faded over the years, but it's still alive in my memory. Now I guess it's my turn to put in my two-cents' worth...
Jack, this was so much more than a book project. There was so much wisdom between the lines of your stories; so much truth in your tall tales. Even when your wicked side was wrong, you always walked on the side of right when it counted. For over two years you were my clown prince, a grouchy pain in the ass, a "Talking Book" of history, and a streetwise philosopher. You were one of my most revered teachers, and you will always be my cherished friend. Writing your life was a blast. Thanks for the ride in your time machine.
With love,
--Father Walker
About the Author
With a background in writing and music, Walker recorded three solo albums with the prestigious Casablanca label before shifting back to writing. Moving from the L.A. music scene to New York, she wrote interviews and commentary for Vertigo and African Voices, as well as features for the Reel Sisters Film Festival. After the publication of her first novel The Color Line, she completed two additional novels, Bluestone Rondo and Letters from Rome. Mello Yello is the result of a two-year collaboration with Jack Gibson.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
A lasting written tribute to a remarkable man.
By Joe Donn Martin
There is a soundtrack to your best memories. The morning radio in your mother’s kitchen; music blasting from a car’s speakers while cruising for trouble with your friends; and, all importantly, that one song which will forever make you think of her….
A significant number of people can credit their personal life soundtrack to one Mr. Jack Gibson, aka Jockey Jack, aka Jack the Rapper - a renowned disk jockey and pioneer of Black Radio with a career spanning over half a century.
In Mello Yello, Jack the Rapper shares his own incredible reminiscences, and it is much more than just a soundtrack; it is a first-hand insight into the lives of the legends who created - and distributed - the music responsible for so many important memories in so many people, it has certainly forged the soul of this country.
The radio in mother’s kitchen? Jack was there. Stories of his family, his childhood, his wife and children are touching and, as too often happens, heartbreaking. Ballads inseparable from tender moments shared by lovers? Jack was there. Not that Mello Yello is a kiss ‘n tell expose, but Mr. Gibson was no stranger to the romantic rendezvous. Finally, those dangerous songs that drive you and your crew right over the edge of trouble? Oh yeah. Jack was definitely there. Some of his wild stories are jaw-droppingly reckless, others are infuriating, and many are simply laugh-out-loud hilarious.
The best memories are set to music. Why trust them to anything less than a professional?
Speaking of professionals; Walker Smith, the author, is a skilled and confident historian. Her novels of historical fiction are meticulously written and are thematically significant and important. Which has many of you now thinking they must be boring as hell - but nothing could be further from the truth. Her prose is lively, she never loses pace, and her characters are full of passion - all while working in the unforgiving confines of history. In fact, to the list of paradoxes associated with time travel, I would add: Time travel must be impossible, because if it weren’t every image ever rendered of humanity - from cave drawing to holographic projections - would include the figure of Walker Smith standing there taking notes.
And this unique expertise serves Mello Yello quite well. Jack speaks to us through Walker Smith - his voice, his personality, his rap is as unadulterated as if he were sitting beside us; and the stories all flow together to create a lasting written tribute to a remarkable man.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Mello Yello Jack The Rapper
By Patrick Spencer
This book gives the reader a history lesson about the life of one of America’s first black disc jockey, Jack Gibson aka Jockey Jack or Jack The Rapper. Jack takes you back to his early childhood starting in Chicago, being the son of a doctor and his mother was a teacher. After his parents divorced he spent part of his childhood in NYC. Jack actually attended the same HS attended for one year, that my father graduated from years later, the prestigious all black boarding school, Bordentown Military Institute in NJ. ( My dad and Jack both played center for their football teams and neither weighed more than 170 lbs)
The origins of Black formatted radio was started by Jack. He tells some many wonderful stories of the struggles prominent black entertainers experienced and his relationship with them over the years.Anyone who has ever been in Jack’s company will cherish how he relived his young days as disc jockey starting from WERD Atlanta, to WLOU in Louisville and on to many other markets. Jack then works in the music industry as a record promoter for Motown and several other labels. Anyone who attended or ever heard of the Jack the Rapper Family Affair Convention starting in the late 70’s in Atlanta will want to read this book. You will relive and reminiscence the fun and joy of music industry executives, radio dj’s, programmers and recording artists coming together for the annual gathering.
Jack could tell some of the most amazing and funny stories anyone can ever imagine. You will laugh and you will learn about the past reading this book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
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