| Description |
474 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Rock begins -- Rhythm and gospel -- Elvis Presley -- The sound of New Orleans -- Fats Domino -- Little Richard -- Chuck Berry -- Rockabilly -- Jerry Lee Lewis -- The Everly Brothers -- Buddy Holly -- Doo-Wop -- The rise of Top 40 AM -- The teen idols -- The payola scandal -- The instrumental groups -- Ray Charles -- Sam Cooke -- Jackie Wilson -- Brill Building pop -- Roy Orbison -- Italo-American rock -- James Brown -- The sound of Chicago -- Phil Spector -- The girl groups -- The Beach Boys -- The British invation -- The Beatles -- The Rolling Stones -- The Sound of Texas -- Soul -- Otis Redding -- The sound of Memphis -- Bob Dylan -- The Byrds -- Folk rock -- Motown -- Aretha Franklin -- B. B. King -- The blues revival -- Protopunk: the garage bands -- The sound of San Francisco -- The Jefferson Airplane -- Janis Joplin -- The Doors -- The Kinks -- The Who -- Eric Clapton -- Jimi Hendrix -- Britain: the second wave -- The Band -- Sly and the Family Stone -- Van Morrison -- Creedence Clearwater Revival -- Bubblegum -- Led Zeppelin -- Heavy Metal -- Rock festivals -- Singer/songwriters -- Art rock -- Jazz rock -- Southern rock -- Al Green -- Stevie Wonder -- The sound of Philadelphia -- Funk -- Rod Stewart -- Elton John -- David Bowie -- Rock films -- Steely Dan -- Neil Young -- The sound of Hollywood -- The sound of Manhattan -- Disco -- New Wave: Britain -- New Wave: America -- Reggae -- Anarchy in the U.K. -- Bruce Springsteen -- Elvis Costello |
| Summary |
Describes the stars, fans, promoters, producers, the festivals, disc jockeys, the record industry, and the culture that grew up around rock music |
| Analysis |
Rock music History and criticism |
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Rock music History and criticism |
| Notes |
"A Random House/ Rolling Stone Press book." |
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Edition statement also appears as: First edition |
| Bibliography |
Includes discographies and index |
| Subject |
Rock music -- History and criticism.
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Rock music -- History and criticism.
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| Author |
Miller, Jim, 1947-
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| LC no. |
80005265 |
| ISBN |
0394513223 |
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0394739388 (paperback) |
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