Introduction. "Something new-built along the same lines"
Starting out : Independence, 1892-1919
Getting the music : Okeh, records, and roots, 1919-1926
To victor, on to Bristol, and the making of giants, 1926-1927
Reaching out from the roots : southern music, 1927-1933
Breaking loose, branching out, starting over, 1933-1940
Crossing borders : the war, Latin music, and the media, 1940-1945
Going global : expanding, 1946-1951
Locking a legacy, 1952-1960
The roots and pop aftermath
Appendix. key recordings and published songs of Ralph Peer, 1920-1960.