Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll: The Birth of Rock in the Wild Years Before Elvis

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Condition
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Publication Date
1999-05-07
Pages
288
ISBN
9780306808913
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Hachette Books
ISBN-10
0306808919
ISBN-13
9780306808913
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1130747

Product Key Features

Book Title
Unsung Heroes of Rock 'N' Roll : the Birth of Rock in the Wild Years before Elvis
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Blues, Genres & Styles / Rock
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Reprint
Genre
Music, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Nick Tosches
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
12.2 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-052421
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
781.66/092/2 B
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
Long before Elvis Presley entered Sam Phillips's Sun Records studio in 1954, rock'n' roll was being performed and recorded by the likes of Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, the Clovers, the Dominoes, the Midnighters, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Wanda Jackson, and Johnny Ace. More than just a series of shrewd and evocative portraits of these and sixteen other performers, this book is also a paean to a forsaken time of relentless excess, sudden ruin, and fierce music. For this edition, the author has contributed a new listing of recent CD reissues. From 1945 to 1955, from Chinese hillbillies to Elvis's long-lost twin brother, here are the Unsung Heroes of Rock'n' Roll., Long before Elvis Presley entered Sam Phillips's Sun Records studio in 1954, rock 'n' roll was being performed and recorded by the likes of Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, the Clovers, the Dominoes, the Midnighters, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Wanda Jackson, and Johnny Ace. More than just a series of shrewd and evocative portraits of these and sixteen other performers, this book is also a paean to a forsaken time of relentless excess, sudden ruin, and fierce music. For this edition, the author has contributed a new listing of recent CD reissues. From 1945 to 1955, from Chinese hillbillies to Elvis's long-lost twin brother, here are the Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll.
LC Classification Number
Ml394.t67 1999

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