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304 pages ; 20 cm Rock and Roll was born in 1956. In that year, Elvis released "Heartbreak Hotel;" Chuck Berry sang "Roll Over Beethoven;" Little Richard blurred the boundary with "Tutti Fruitti;" Janis Martin sang for women with "Drugstore Rock and Roll;" while pop music hit the big screen with "Rock Around the Clock." In one year the youth quake went overground. Music journalist Nick Johnstone charts the events of this turning point and the origins of rock and roll, showing how the DNA fused in that one burst of creativity persisted for the next 50 years "Further listening: a brief history of rock 'n' roll in song": pages 285-287 Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-284) and index

Author

Nick Johnstone

Publisher

London: Constable & Robinson

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781845295783

Subjects

Music, History, Arts