New Soul Bio Book Due Out

[Roburt]

Should be of interest to fans of both 60's & 70's soul ........ Linda Cumbo's life story (aka Linda Clifford ) ........

....... bet it'll be a book that's an instant RUNAWAY success, LOVE ........

Edited July 14, 2016 by Roburt

[Mike]

any chance of  a link to the book ?

[Roburt]

Seems I may have jumped the gun. Linda announced on Facebook that it was out soon (or even yesterday, she didn't really know the exact date) and put up a picture of the actual front piece.

HOWEVER on checking Amazon US, it isn't even listed there as an upcoming publication. The front cover she posted refers to it being a 4 part series initially and so it appears it will be published to start with in 4 parts by Daeida Magazine. 

This mag describes itself as thus ....

  Daeida Magazine is a monthly print publication featuring exclusive interviews & images with veteran entertainers and contemporary stars in Music, Film, Theatre, etc.

Linda has said she's really looking forward to getting all the facts about her career & life out there, but it seems we'll have to wait a while for an actual book. The writer of her bio is a David Ybarra and it seems he's the owner of Daeida magazine, so perhaps an actual book will come some time in the future. Either way, it will be fascinating to learn more about her early career (when she was still using the Linda cumbo name). Born around 1948, I know she entered beauty contests from an early stage & used the publicity from her success at these to launch her dancing, singing & recording careers. She appeared at the Harlem Apollo as early as 1966 but I have no details on whether this was an 'amateur night' show or if she was part of a review package that played the venue for a week long booking.

[Roburt]

David Yabarra contacted me to say that although Linda's story would form the basis of a good book, it was up to her if she used the current 4 part story as the basis of such a book. He confirms that his piece has a lot about her period performing as Linda Cumbo (he states ... The "Linda Cumbo"/soul music years are indeed some of the most overlooked and alluring part of her history.  The first installment of the literary documentary goes "live" on the Daeida site on 7/30 ....

It seems that folk can view the contents of the mag on-line for free, though of course, he's very keen to sell copies of it (the printed version). He says he has had orders from around the world for previous editions that featured articles on soul singers (he has been running the mag for 9 years now).