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Rhythm and Blues, Klezmer, and the music that Italian Americans, with Frank Sinatra leading, entered the heart of American identity in the twentieth century. In your journal reflection, explain how some of these processes occurred through time. How did Rhythm and Blues become Rock and Roll? Was this an inclusive or exclusionary process? What makes Klezmer traditional music if, as Slobin argues, is an “American genre”? Finally, why does Frontani argue that American success is a myth? How does he do it? If it is not a myth, can success be measured through individuals or communities?