Radiolab | The Rise and Fall of Black Swan | The Vanishing of Harry Pace Podcast Miniseries | Episode 1 @Radiolabpod | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 18 hours ago.
The Vanishing of Harry Pace is a miniseries from Radiolab about the phenomenal but forgotten man who changed the American music scene. It's a story about betrayal, family, hidden identities and a time like no other.
It was Motown before Motown, FUBU before FUBU: Black Swan Records, the record company founded by Harry Pace.
In the first episode we meet Harry Pace, who founded Black Swan Records in March 1921. He launched the career of Ethel Waters, inadvertently invented the term rock ’n’ roll, played an important role in W.C. Handy becoming "Father of the Blues," inspired Ebony and Jet magazines, and helped desegregate the South Side of Chicago in an epic Supreme Court battle.
Then, he disappeared.
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The Vanishing of Harry Pace was created and produced by Shima Oliaee and Jad Abumrad. This series was produced in collaboration with author Kiese Laymon, scholar Imani Perry, screenwriter Cord Jefferson, and WQXR’s Terrance McKnight. Jami Floyd is our consulting producer; our fact checker is Natalie Meade. Peter Pace lent his voice for our readings. Based on the book “Black Swan Blues: the Hard Rise and Brutal Fall of America’s First Black Owned Record Label” by Paul Slade. The series features interviews with Pace's descendants and more than 40 musicians, historians, writers and musicologists, all of whom grapple with Pace’s enduring legacy.
Illustration by Katia Herrera [theblackfists.com/2020/03/10/the-creative-power-and-afrofuturism-of-katia-herrera]
Video by Michael Snyder, Andrea Latimer and Kim Nowacki.
The Vanishing of Harry Pace is a miniseries from Radiolab about the phenomenal but forgotten man who changed the American music scene. It's a story about betrayal, family, hidden identities and a time like no other.
It was Motown before Motown, FUBU before FUBU: Black Swan Records, the record company founded by Harry Pace.
In the first episode we meet Harry Pace, who founded Black Swan Records in March 1921. He launched the career of Ethel Waters, inadvertently invented the term rock ’n’ roll, played an important role in W.C. Handy becoming "Father of the Blues," inspired Ebony and Jet magazines, and helped desegregate the South Side of Chicago in an epic Supreme Court battle.
Then, he disappeared.
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👍 Like this video ✏️ and leave us a comment!
🎶 If you're enjoying this podcast miniseries, check out Dolly Parton's America: bit.ly/3ugClQc
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The Vanishing of Harry Pace was created and produced by Shima Oliaee and Jad Abumrad. This series was produced in collaboration with author Kiese Laymon, scholar Imani Perry, screenwriter Cord Jefferson, and WQXR’s Terrance McKnight. Jami Floyd is our consulting producer; our fact checker is Natalie Meade. Peter Pace lent his voice for our readings. Based on the book “Black Swan Blues: the Hard Rise and Brutal Fall of America’s First Black Owned Record Label” by Paul Slade. The series features interviews with Pace's descendants and more than 40 musicians, historians, writers and musicologists, all of whom grapple with Pace’s enduring legacy.
Illustration by Katia Herrera [theblackfists.com/2020/03/10/the-creative-power-and-afrofuturism-of-katia-herrera]
Video by Michael Snyder, Andrea Latimer and Kim Nowacki.
