Full name: Unsung Heroes Of Rock 'n' Roll: The Birth Of Rock In The Wild Years Before Elvis

Author: Nick Tosches Year: 1984 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Music, History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780306808913 0306808919

Long before Elvis Presley entered Sam Phillips's Sun Records studio in 1954, rock 'n' roll was being performed and recorded by the likes of Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, the Clovers, the Dominoes, the Midnighters, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Wanda Jackson, and Johnny Ace. More than just a series of shrewd and evocative portraits of these and sixteen other performers, this book is also a paean to a forsaken time of relentless excess, sudden ruin, and fierce music. For this edition, the author has contributed a new listing of recent CD reissues. From 1945 to 1955, from Chinese hillbillies to Elvis's long-lost twin brother, here are the Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll. Similar books: Where Dead Voices Gather by Nick Tosches The Sound Of The City by Charlie Gillett The Wrecking Crew by Kent Hartman Mystery Train by Greil Marcus Last Night a DJ Saved My Life by Bill Brewster Yeah Yeah Yeah by Bob Stanley A Change Is Gonna Come by Craig Werner Bootleg by Clinton Heylin Generation Ecstasy by Simon Reynolds How Music Works by David Byrne Big Bangs by Howard Goodall This is Uncool by Garry Mulholland Where Did Our Love Go? by Nelson George Perfecting Sound Forever by Greg Milner Stranded by Greil Marcus Deep Blues by Robert Palmer Rip it Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds Bass Culture by Lloyd Bradley Language of the Spirit by Jan Swafford