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Table of Contents | 5/1979

Nile Rodgers & Chic

Browse through this archived edition of ROUTES, A Guide to Black Entertainment. See what was important and what happened in the African-American community in May 1979.

  • Publisher’s Statement
  • 7 Music: Ahhhh, Freak Out — Le Freak C’est Chic written by Ken Simmons
  • 10 Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis written by Brytt Dantzler
  • 14 Music Reviews: On Stage and On Disc written by Isabelle Ortiz/Amadeo Richardson
  • 19 Ashton Springer — Producer written by Theda Palmer-Head
  • 22 Now The Home Teams written by Di Spina’s
  • 24 Brooklyn’s New Muse Community Museum written by Mark Irving
  • 27 “K” Rated Movies written by Dina Michaels
  • 30 Luggage, Bags and Headaches written by Estelle Epps
  • 33 Discotelevision written by Howard Brock Garland
  • 35 Media:  Notes On A Journal — the Tony Brown Journal written by Elie Mystal
  • 35 Book Review “Edith Jackson” written by Elie Mystal
  • 37 Apple ROUTES — James Brown • Black Music Marketing Association written by Amadeo Richardson
  • 38 Dining: After Midnight  at David’s Pot Belly and Rusky’s written by Valerie G. Norman
  • 42 People: Simo Doe written by Amadeo Richardson
  • 43 “The Atchison Look” written by Pat Willis
  • 44 “The Jerry’s Den Look” written by Leon MacDonald
  • 45  “The Keyes West Look” written by Sandra M. Bell
  • 46 ROUTES’ Roots:  Eubie Blake written by Helen Armstead-Johnson
  • Cover Photograph by  Sam Emerson

See the complete issue of ROUTES, A Guide to Black Entertainment May 1979 as PDF in the original layout, with event listings and ads from that time.

ROUTES