The Story Of Rock N Roll

Author : Tom Harrison
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780988028050

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Tom Harrison’s History of Vancouver Rock ’n’ Roll by Tom Harrison Pdf

The history of Vancouver rock 'n' roll is populated by pioneers, visionaries and mavericks. Many of those work(ed) behind the scenes. The musical talent always has always been here, but not the infrastructure (managers, producers, independent labels) needed. While musicians plugged away, learning what they needed to succeed, the support formed. Music and business merged and went out in the world as a symbiotic relationship. There was trial and error but eventually a music industry was created. From The Poppy Family to BTO, Bryan Adams, Sarah McLachlan, Nickelback and Michael Buble - No. 1 stars all - the history of Vancouver rock 'n' roll is their story and the story of countless others.

Author : Greil Marcus
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780300190304

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History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs by Greil Marcus Pdf

The legendary critic and author of Mystery Train “ingeniously retells the tale of rock and roll” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Unlike previous versions of rock ’n’ roll history, this book omits almost every iconic performer and ignores the storied events and turning points everyone knows. Instead, in a daring stroke, Greil Marcus selects ten songs and dramatizes how each embodies rock ’n’ roll as a thing in itself, in the story it tells, inhabits, and acts out—a new language, something new under the sun. “Transmission” by Joy Division. “All I Could Do Was Cry” by Etta James and then Beyoncé. “To Know Him Is to Love Him,” first by the Teddy Bears and almost half a century later by Amy Winehouse. In Marcus’s hands these and other songs tell the story of the music, which is, at bottom, the story of the desire for freedom in all its unruly and liberating glory. Slipping the constraints of chronology, Marcus braids together past and present, holding up to the light the ways that these striking songs fall through time and circumstance, gaining momentum and meaning, astonishing us by upending our presumptions and prejudices. This book, by a founder of contemporary rock criticism—and its most gifted and incisive practitioner—is destined to become an enduring classic. “One of the epic figures in rock writing.”—The New York Times Book Review “Marcus is our greatest cultural critic, not only because of what he says but also, as with rock-and-roll itself, how he says it.”—The Washington Post Winner of the Deems Taylor Virgil Thomson Award in Music Criticism, given by the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers

Author : Ed Ward
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781250071170

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The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1 by Ed Ward Pdf

Ed Ward covers the first half of the history of rock & roll in this sweeping and definitive narrative—from the 1920s, when the music of rambling medicine shows mingled with the songs of vaudeville and minstrel acts to create the very early sounds of country and rhythm and blues, to the rise of the first independent record labels post-World War II, and concluding in December 1963, just as an immense change in the airwaves took hold and the Beatles prepared for their first American tour. The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1 shines a light on the far corners of the genre to reveal the stories behind the hugely influential artists who changed the musical landscape forever. In this first volume of a two-part series, Ward shares his endless depth of knowledge and through engrossing storytelling hops seamlessly from Memphis to Chicago, Detroit, England, New York, and everywhere in between. He covers the trajectories of the big name acts like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and Ray Charles, while also filling in gaps of knowledge and celebrating forgotten heroes such as the Burnette brothers, the “5” Royales, and Marion Keisker, Sam Phillips’s assistant, who played an integral part in launching Elvis’s career. For all music lovers and rock & roll fans, Ward spins story after story of some of the most unforgettable and groundbreaking moments in rock history, introducing us along the way to the musicians, DJs, record executives, and producers who were at the forefront of the genre and had a hand in creating the music we all know and love today.

Author : Lindsey Sagar
Publisher : Caterpillar Books
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Board books
ISBN : 184857830X

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The Story of Rap by Lindsey Sagar Pdf

From Grandmaster Flash to Jay-Z rap has shaped generations and transformed the charts. Bop along with the greats in this adorable baby book that introduces little ones to the rappers that started it all.

Author : Jim Driver
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781849014618

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The Mammoth Book of Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll by Jim Driver Pdf

Over 60 gripping accounts tracking the dark side of rock 'n' roll from the early days of the drugs-and-drink culture, and the birth of rock 'n' roll, through The Beatles, Stones, Sex Pistols, Madonna, Kurt Cobain and Oasis, to Amy Winehouse, Pete Doherty and other stars of the current rock-music scene. From trashed hotel rooms to cars in swimming pools, all rock 'n' roll's excesses are here, including murder and sexual deviancy, surprising brushes with the law that the stars thought they'd kept quiet, early and tragic deaths, drug overdoses, robbery, mis-marriages and groupies by the truckload

Author : Ritchie Yorke,CHUM (Radio station) Toronto, Ont
Publisher : Toronto ; Methuen : New York : Methuen/Two Continents
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Rock music
ISBN : UCSD:31822008434235

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The History of Rock 'n' Roll by Ritchie Yorke,CHUM (Radio station) Toronto, Ont Pdf

Author : Paul Du Noyer
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:49015002905181

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The Story of Rock 'n' Roll by Paul Du Noyer Pdf

Traces the history of rock and roll music from the 1950's to the present day and discusses its changing styles and leading personalities.

Author : Steve Chapple,Reebee Garofalo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Music
ISBN : 0882293958

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Rock 'n' Roll is Here to Pay by Steve Chapple,Reebee Garofalo Pdf

Author : Richard Aquila
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0252069196

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That Old-time Rock & Roll by Richard Aquila Pdf

From the huge success of the Chords' "Sh-Boom" to the arrival of the Beatles a decade later, rock 'n' roll influenced an entire generation of young Americans. Combining popular culture and social history with a sourcebook of lists and a biographical dictionary, That Old-Time Rock & Roll recreates the fun and excitement of rock's first decade and shows how the music reflected American life and thought in the 1950s and early 1960s. Richard Aquila provides an overview of the birth and growth of this pivotal genre and demonstrates early rock's links to both the youth culture and the dominant culture of the Eisenhower/Kennedy era. Year-by-year timelines and a photo essay place the music in historical perspective by illustrating the decade's top news stories, movies, TV shows, fads, and lifestyles. Complementing this topical summary is a concise biographical dictionary that details all the performers who made the charts between 1954 and 1963, along with the label and chart position of each hit. Both a history of the music and a history of the times, That Old-Time Rock & Roll is an outstanding source of information about the charter members of the baby-boom generation. In a new introduction, Aquila discusses how his long-time interest in rock 'n' roll came to fruition and surveys the progress of rock 'n' roll scholarship since his book's original publication.

Author : Julia Sneeringer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350034402

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A Social History of Early Rock ‘n’ Roll in Germany by Julia Sneeringer Pdf

A Social History of Early Rock 'n' Roll in Germany explores the people and spaces of St. Pauli's rock'n'roll scene in the 1960s. Starting in 1960, young British rockers were hired to entertain tourists in Hamburg's red-light district around the Reeperbahn in the area of St. Pauli. German youths quickly joined in to experience the forbidden thrill of rock'n'roll, and used African American sounds to distance themselves from the old Nazi generation. In 1962 the Star Club opened and drew international attention for hosting some of the Beatles' most influential performances. In this book, Julia Sneeringer weaves together this story of youth culture with histories of sex and gender, popular culture, media, and subculture. By exploring the history of one locale in depth, Sneeringer offers a welcome contribution to the scholarly literature on space, place, sound and the city, and pays overdue attention to the impact that Hamburg had upon music and style. She is also careful to place performers such as The Beatles back into the social, spatial, and musical contexts that shaped them and their generation. This book reveals that transnational encounters between musicians, fans, entrepreneurs and businessmen in St. Pauli produced a musical style that provided emotional and physical liberation and challenged powerful forces of conservatism and conformity with effects that transformed the world for decades to come.

Author : Paul Elliott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2025-02-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1786751682

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Guns N' Roses by Paul Elliott Pdf

Guns N' Roses emerged from Los Angeles in the 1980s with a reputation for hard-hitting music and a riotous rock 'n' roll lifestyle that earned them the title of "The Most Dangerous Band in the World." Their first album, 1987's Appetite For Destruction, took the music industry by storm, becoming the biggest selling debut in the history of American music. Since then, rock writer Paul Elliott has interviewed the band many times, and he brings real insight to this updated exploration of the group; its music; its success; its struggles. With more than 200 stunning colour photographs from the band's 40-year career, this comprehensive biography is the complete, incredible story of one of the hardest-rocking bands in music history.

Author : Michael Billig
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001-05-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0815607059

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Rock 'n' Roll Jews by Michael Billig Pdf

" Leiber and Stoller are perhaps the most celebrated (Rock'n'Roll Jews) along with Phil Spector, but there have been others who have contributed greatly. Michael Billig examines that influence through the worl of luminaries like Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Carole King and Lou Reed." Nottingham Evening Post, From the bookjacket.

Author : Pete Fornatale
Publisher : William Morrow & Company
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Music
ISBN : 0688062776

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The Story of Rock "n" Roll by Pete Fornatale Pdf

Traces the history of rock and roll music from the 1950's to the present day and discusses its changing styles and leading personalities.

Author : Peter Guralnick
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780316341844

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Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll by Peter Guralnick Pdf

From the author of the critically acclaimed Elvis Presley biography: Last Train to Memphis brings us the life of Sam Phillips, the visionary genius who singlehandedly steered the revolutionary path of Sun Records. The music that he shaped in his tiny Memphis studio with artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, Ike Turner, Howlin' Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash, introduced a sound that had never been heard before. He brought forth a singular mix of black and white voices passionately proclaiming the vitality of the American vernacular tradition while at the same time declaring, once and for all, a new, integrated musical day. With extensive interviews and firsthand personal observations extending over a 25-year period with Phillips, along with wide-ranging interviews with nearly all the legendary Sun Records artists, Guralnick gives us an ardent, unrestrained portrait of an American original as compelling in his own right as Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, or Thomas Edison.

Author : Jim O'Connor,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780451533821

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What Is Rock and Roll? by Jim O'Connor,Who HQ Pdf

Put on your dancing shoes and move to the music. Rock and roll sprang from a combination of African-American genres, Western swing, and country music that exploded in post World War II America. Jim O'Connor explains what constitutes rock music, follows its history and sub-genres through famous musicians and groups, and shows how rock became so much more than just a style of music influencing fashion, language, and lifestyle. This entry in the New York Times best-selling series contains eighty illustrations and sixteen pages of black and white photographs.