He later adopted the black style of music in the 1930's because of their popularity. This is also the view of Gail Saunders and Michael Craton. "Curiously it was taken up(and given some respectability) by a talented member of the white elite, Charles lofthouse, who wrote the popular "Bahama Mama" and "Goombay Pappa, Beat the Drum again" in the 1930's." Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People. Vol. 2: From the Ending of Slavery to the Twenty-First Century. By Michael Craton and Gail Saunders. Pg. 478
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