In 1948 Fryer had covered the arrival in Britain of settlers from the Caribbean on the Empire Windrush, which ultimately resulted in Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain (1984). Two short related books, originally given as lectures, are also in print: Aspects of British Black History and The Politics of Windrush.
While critical attention has tended to focus on Hungarian Tragedy and Staying Power, other books by Fryer - Private Case - Public Scandal: Secrets of the British Museum Revealed (1966), Mrs Grundy: studies in English prudery (1963), and The Birth Controllers (1965) - were also ground-breaking studies that had significant impacts at the time, opening the subjects to wider debate and helping to change established (and Establishment) attitudes.
His Rhythms of Resistance, about the African musical heritage in Brazil, was published in 2000. Fryer's interest in listening to and playing music came together with his travels in Brazil with his Brazilian son-in-law. As well as a leading authority on blues music, its history and related music in Africa and South America, he was a highly accomplished blues pianist, and was performing regularly until his death at the Caipirinha jazz bar in north London.
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