In the middle of the conservative 1950s, rock and roll hit popular culture like an explosion—a Big Bang, Baby! And the fallout from that explosion is still electrifying music fans today. Popular music expert Richard Crouse has ventured...
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Author:Crouse, RichardSummary: - Author:Cole, Clay, Hinckley, DavidSummary:
There was a small sliver of time between Be-Bop and Hip-Hop, when a new generation of teenagers created rock 'n' roll. Clay Cole was one of those teenagers he was the host of his own Saturday night, pop music television show. Clay Cole'...
- Author:Brown, CraigSummary:
A distinctive portrait of the Fab Four by one of the sharpest and wittiest writers of our time "If you want to know what it was like to live those extraordinary Beatles years in real time, read this book." —Alan Johnson, The...
- Author:Greenburg, Zack O'MalleySummary:
Tells the story of hip-hop's three most dynamic stars and their rise to fame: Diddy, Dr. Dre, and Jay-Z and examines the entrepreneurial genius of the first musician tycoons that largely helped to create a global multibillion-...
- Author:Wenner, Jann S.Summary:
For the past fifty years, Rolling Stone has been a leading voice in journalism, cultural criticism, and-above all-music. This landmark book documents the magazine's rise to prominence as the voice of rock and roll and a leading...
- Author:Murray, JasonSummary:
In this narrative history and memoir, journalist, musician, and Monctonian Jason Murray follows the rise of the band that put the Maritimes on the map.Eric's Trip was a band defined as much by its DIY ethos as its low-fi, discordant...
- Author:Burkholder, J. Peter, Grout, Donald Jay, Palisca, Claude V.Summary:
Building on his monumental revision of the Seventh Edition, PeterBurkholder has refined an inspired narrative for a new generation ofstudents, placing people at the center of the story.The narrative of A History of Western Music...
- Author:Battery RadioSummary:
A centuries-old caroling tradition takes place during Christmas and New Year's in a small Newfoundland outport. The carols and their tunes have been handed down through the ages in the community's oral tradition, and there is no written...
- Author:King, CaroleSummary:
She created the soundtrack of our lives. Now, at last, she tells the stories behind the music. Here is the long-awaited memoir from one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents--Carole King.
- Author:Kubernik, HarveySummary:
The first major rock music festival and the precursor to Woodstock, the Monterey International Pop Festival was an unprecedented gathering of pop, soul, jazz, and folk artists who took the stage one luminous weekend during the "Summer...
- Author:Manton, JoSummary:
"All music", said Johann Sebastian Bach, "should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the soul's refreshment; where this is not remembered there is no true music." At twenty three, in 1708, he accepted an invitation to...
- Author:FleaSummary:
The iconic bassist and co-founder of the Red Hot Chili Peppers tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd want from an LA street rat turned world famous rock star. In Acid for the...
- Author:Gaye, Jan.Summary:
On her seventeenth birthday in 1973, Janice Hunter met Marvin Gaye- the soulful prince of Motown with the seductive liquid voice whose chart-topping, socially conscious album What's Going On made him a superstar two years earlier....
- Author:Brown, PeterSummary:
An oral history of The Beatles from never-before-seen interviews. All You Need Is Love is a groundbreaking oral history of the one of the most enduring musical acts of all time. The material is comprised of intimate interviews with...
- Author:Goodman, FredSummary:
Allen Klein was like no one the music industry had seen before. The hard-nosed business manager became infamous for allegedly catalyzing the Beatles' breakup and robbing the Rolling Stones, but the truth is both more complex and more...
- Author:Schneider, JasonSummary:
Canadian songwriters have always struggled to create work that reflects the environment in which they were raised, while simultaneously connecting with a mass audience. While nearly every songwriter who successfully crossed this divide...
- Author:Sachs, LloydSummary:
A singer belts out a lonesome song. A guitarist plucks out a twangy lead. A fiddle player brings out a sweet melody. These are the sounds of country. Country music rose out of the folk songs that immigrants brought to the United States...
- Author:Doeden, MattSummary:
The crowd sways to the melodic strumming of a bossa nova guitarist. A vocalist belts out lyrics that blend English and Spanish. Couples dance to salsa's syncopated rhythms. These are the sounds of Latin music. Before Latin music...
- Author:Kaplan, ArieSummary:
Throbbing disco beats boom at the club. Crowds move to the lively beat of dance pop hits. Fans scream and cheer for teen idols. These are the sounds of pop. After Elvis hit the scene in the 1950s, a distinct youth taste in popular music...
- Author:Farseth, ErikSummary:
A guitarist fires off riffs. A drummer pounds out primal rhythms. Fans scream along to a booming chorus. These are the sounds of rock. When rock 'n' roll first shook up young audiences, parents and politicians screamed in...
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