Dale Cockrell is a specialist in American popular music and Professor Emeritus of Musicology at Vanderbilt University and a Research Associate of the University of the Free State (South Africa).  He is the author of fourteen books and editions in addition to many articles and reviews.  His latest book published by NYC-based W.W. Norton & Company Everybody’s Doin’ It: Sex, Music, and Dance in New York, 1840-1917 will soon be available. Visit his website at: www.dalecockrell.com