abstract:Root races are stages in human evolution in the esoteric cosmology of theosophist Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, as described in her book The Secret Doctrine (1888). These races existed mainly on now-lost continents.
Jones' early hits, such as "Lightning, " "The Race Is On" and "Root Beer, " were in a high-powered, rockabilly mode, but he found his biggest success as a crooner.