Description |
1 online resource (x, 318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Contents |
Prologue: Grand Avenue -- The Ville -- "De Sun Do Move" -- Maybellene -- Breaking White -- Deliver Me from the Days of Old -- Windermere Place -- Club Bandstand -- The Mask -- St. Louis Blues -- "Never Saw a Man So Changed" -- Mercury Falling -- Back Home -- The Whole World Knows the Music, Nobody Knows the Man -- Wentzville and St. Charles -- Johnson v. Berry -- Epilogue: Blueberry Hill |
Summary |
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry draws on voluminous public records and dozens of interviews done by the author himself to paint a complete picture of this complicated figure." "Now, independent author Bruce Pegg has located Berry's friends, lawyers, business associates, and fellow musicians to illuminate a complicated life story. While sympathetic and admiring of Berry, Pegg does not paint an entirely rosy picture, placing Berry's life both within the larger African-American cultural experience and the world of mid-century American popular music. In doing so, he offers what should be the definitive portrait of one of the greatest stars of rock and roll, a story that will appeal to all fans of American popular music."--Jacket |
Bibliography |
Includes discography (pages 259-268), bibliographical references (pages 295-302) , and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Berry, Chuck
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SUBJECT |
Berry, Chuck fast |
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Berry, Chuck. swd |
Subject |
Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
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MUSIC -- Lyrics.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Vocal.
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Rock musicians
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Biografie
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Rock-'n-roll.
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Etnische betrekkingen.
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United States
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781135356842 |
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113535684X |
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9780203953174 |
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0203953177 |
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