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Author: Divine Laboratories (Association)
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp PressLtd
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781551520032
DOWNLOAD EBOOKQuotations on the mythology, sensation, and hype that is rock music. I won't be happy until I'm as famous as God. -Madonna
Author: Maureen Mahon
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2020-10-09
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 1478012773
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfrican American women have played a pivotal part in rock and roll—from laying its foundations and singing chart-topping hits to influencing some of the genre's most iconic acts. Despite this, black women's importance to the music's history has been diminished by narratives of rock as a mostly white male enterprise. In Black Diamond Queens, Maureen Mahon draws on recordings, press coverage, archival materials, and interviews to document the history of African American women in rock and roll between the 1950s and the 1980s. Mahon details the musical contributions and cultural impact of Big Mama Thornton, LaVern Baker, Betty Davis, Tina Turner, Merry Clayton, Labelle, the Shirelles, and others, demonstrating how dominant views of gender, race, sexuality, and genre affected their careers. By uncovering this hidden history of black women in rock and roll, Mahon reveals a powerful sonic legacy that continues to reverberate into the twenty-first century.
Author: Richard Aquila
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-10-28
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1442269375
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRock & roll was one of the most important cultural developments in post–World War II America, yet its origins are shrouded in myth and legend. Let’s Rock! reclaims the lost history of rock & roll. Based on years of research, as well as interviews with Bo Diddley, Pat Boone, and other rock & roll pioneers, the book offers new information and fresh perspectives about Elvis, the rise of rock & roll, and 1950s America. Rock & roll is intertwined with the rise of a post–World War II youth culture, the emergence of African Americans in society, the growth of consumer culture, technological change, the expansion of mass media, and the rise of a Cold War culture that endorsed traditional values to guard against communism. Richard Aquila’s book demonstrates that early rock & roll was not as rebellious as common wisdom has it. The new sound reflected the conservatism and conformity of the 1950s as much as it did the era’s conflict. Rock & roll supported centrist politics, traditional values, and mainstream attitudes toward race, gender, class, and ethnicity. The musical evidence proves that most teenagers of the 1950s were not that different from their parents and grandparents when it came to basic beliefs, interests, and pastimes. Young and old alike were preoccupied by the same concerns, tensions, and insecurities. Rock & roll continues to permeate the fabric of modern life, and understanding the music’s origins reminds us of the common history we all share. Music lovers who grew up during rock & roll’s early years as well as those who have come to it more recently will find Let’s Rock an exciting historical and musical adventure.
Author: Wise Publications
Publisher: Wise Publications
Published: 2017-08-16
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1783239468
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis latest addition to the The Little Black Songbook library gathers together some of the greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll hits that have ever been recorded; songs that have defined and sculpted the history of popular music. Presented in chord songbook format, this collection features Guitar chords, diagrams and complete lyrics. Ideal for strumming and singing, this collection places some of the most popular and well-respected artists at your disposal, including The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, Little Richard and many more! Perfect for any aspiring guitarist, these tunes are ideal for a group singalongs, a spot of busking or, using the Spotify playlist included within the book, simply to explore the rich history of the world's best rock ‘n’ roll music. Included within this little book are: - Ain't That A Shame [Fats Domino] - All Shook Up [Elvis Presley] - At The Hop [Danny & The Juniors] - Baby It's You [The Beatles] - Be-Bop-A-Lula [Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps] - Blue Suede Shoes [Carl Perkins] - Blueberry Hill [Fats Domino] - Brown Eyed Handsome Man [Chuck Berry] - Claudette [The Everly Brothers] - Come On [The Rolling Stones] - Everyday [Buddy Holly] - Great Balls Of Fire [Jerry Lee Lewis] - The Great Pretender [The Platters] - Honey Don't [Carl Perkins] - Hoots Mon [Lord Rockingham's XI] - Hound Dog [Elvis Presley] - Johnny B. Goode [Chuck Berry] - Let's Twist Again [Chubby Checker] - Long Tall Sally [Little Richard] - Lucille [Little Richard] - Oh, Pretty Woman [Roy Orbison] - Rave On [Buddy Holly] - Rock Around The Clock [Bill Haley & His Comets] - Roll Over Beethoven [Chuck Berry] - Runaround Sue [Dion] - Shout [Lulu & The Luvvers] - Surfin' U.S.A. [The Beach Boys] - That'll Be The Day [The Crickets] - Twenty Flight Rock [Eddie Cochran] - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On [Jerry Lee Lewis] - Willie And The Hand Jive [The Johnny Otis Show] - Yakety Yak [The Coasters] - You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover [Bo Diddley] ... And many more!
Author: Lynn Goldsmith
Publisher: ABRAMS
Published: 2013-11-05
Total Pages: 619
ISBN-13: 1613125763
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of rock lives in Lynn Goldsmith’s photographs. After coming of age in the Midwest in the tumultuous 1960s, she crashed the music scene in New York and emerged as one of its leading image-makers. She chronicled Bruce Springsteen’s passage to glory, the Rolling Stones’ legendary stadium tours, Michael Jackson’s staggering ascent, U2’s arrival in New York, and the brooding force of Bob Marley. Culture heroes like Bob Dylan and Patti Smith became frequent subjects for her lens. The range of her work is staggering. In Rock and Roll Stories, she shares the best of this work. Her commentary takes the reader into the studio, the tour bus, the concert hall, and the streets where the pictures were made, offering revealing perspectives on her subjects and herself. A greatly expanded and newly designed edition of her very successful book PhotoDiary (1995), this volume captures the story of a generation’s loyalty to rock and roll.
Author: Judy Mcguire
Publisher: Catapult
Published: 2012-05-22
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1593764456
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGet ready for the most outrageous, unapologetically hedonistic rock-and-roll book ever. Combing the best nuggets of drug- andsex-related exploits from the lives of Mötley Cru¨e, Led Zeppelin, Elvis Presley, Keith Richards, Michael Jackson, and dozens more of infamous rock-and-roll animals, sexpert Judy McGuire has compiled the mother lode of all books of lists. Beginning with health tips from Ozzy Osbourne and weeding its way through every possible vice, The Official Book of Sex, Drugs, and Rock ’n’ Roll Lists leaves no Rolling Stone unturned in its quest for cheap laughs and mind-blowing trivia, especially when it comes to the debauchery of rock-star lives and the songs that make parents crazy. It’s all here, and lavishly illustrated by comic book hero Cliff Mott, the genius behind the outrageous drawings in the punk rock and heavy metal volumes in this series. The Official Book of Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll Lists is the ultimate trip for all rock-and-roll fans living life vicariously from the comfort of their armchair or toilet. But be careful . . . after reading this book, you just may just wind up in rehab!
Author: Jean Beauvoir
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2022-03-22
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1641604794
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe life and career of Haitian American musician Jean Beauvoir, a member of the legendary New York City punk band the Plasmatics Jean Beauvoir joined the Plasmatics in 1979, playing bass and keyboards for the most notorious band to emerge out of the New York City punk scene. By 1982, he was a member of Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, a retro-rock revival act headed by Steven Van Zandt. The Disciples of Soul videos played on MTV during the network's earliest years, making Beauvoir one of the first Black recording artists to cross the start-up music channel's "color line." Beauvoir went on to become a multi-platinum artist, producer, and songwriter. Bet My Soul on Rock 'n' Roll follows his ride through the American music industry, detailing his encounters with rock stars such as Bruce Springsteen, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, and Lita Ford, as well as the actor Sylvester Stallone, the billionaire executive Richard Branson, and even Donald Trump. Beauvoir also considers the manner in which his Haitian heritage has shaped his public image, his music, and his role as an activist for the dispossessed and the poor. Beauvoir's collaborations—and stories—span genres, including work with KISS, Debbie Harry, Lionel Richie, and the Ramones
Author: Ian Plenderleith
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2015-09-22
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 1466884002
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJournalist Ian Plenderleith's Rock 'n' Roll Soccer presents the raucous history of the hype and chaos surrounding the rapid rise and cataclysmic fall of the NASL. The North American Soccer League - at its peak in the late 1970s - presented soccer as performance, played by men with a bent for flair, hair and glamour. More than just Pelé and the New York Cosmos, it lured the biggest names of the world game like Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Eusebio, Gerd Müller and George Best to play the sport as it was meant to be played-without inhibition, to please the fans. The first complete look at the ambitious, star-studded NASL, Rock 'n' Roll Soccer reveals how this precursor to modern soccer laid the foundations for the sport's tremendous popularity in America today. Bringing to life the color and chaos of an unfairly maligned league, soccer journalist Ian Plenderleith draws from research and interviews with the men who were there to reveal the madness of its marketing, the wild expectations of businessmen and corporations hoping to make a killing out of the next big thing, and the insanity of franchises in scorching cities like Las Vegas and Hawaii. That's not to mention the league's on-running fight with FIFA as the trailblazing North American continent battled to innovate, surprise, and sell soccer to a whole new world. As entertaining and raucous as the league itself, Rock 'n' Roll Soccer recounts the hype and chaos surrounding the rapid rise and cataclysmic fall of the NASL, an enterprising and groundbreaking league that did too much right to ignore.
Author: Dave Marsh
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1994-11
Total Pages: 626
ISBN-13: 0671787004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDave Marsh has been an editor and columnist at Creem and Rolling Stone. His books include Born to Run, Behind Blue Eyes: The Story of the Who, Glory Days, and Louie Louie. This virtual Methusaleh of rock critics currently serves as a music critic at Playboy and as editor of Rock and Rap Confidential.
Author: Jake Austen
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2005-07
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1569762414
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Elvis and a hound dog wearing matching tuxedos and the comic adventures of artificially produced bands to elaborate music videos and contrived reality-show contests, television--as this critical look brilliantly shows--has done a superb job of presenting the energy of rock in a fabulously entertaining but patently "fake" manner. The dichotomy of "fake" and "real" music as it is portrayed on television is presented in detail through many generations of rock music: the Monkees shared the charts with the Beatles, Tupac and Slayer fans voted for corny American Idols, and shows like" Shindig! "and "Soul Train "somehow captured the unhinged energy of rock far more effectively than most long-haired guitar-smashing acts. Also shown is how TV has often delighted in breaking the rules while still mostly playing by them: Bo Diddley defied Ed Sullivan and sang rock and roll after he had been told not to, the Chipmunks' subversive antics prepared kids for punk rock, and things got out of hand when" Saturday Night Live "invited punk kids to attend a taping of the band Fear. Every aspect of the idiosyncratic history of rock and TV and their peculiar relationship is covered, including cartoon rock, music programming for African American audiences, punk on television, Michael Jackson's life on TV, and the tortured history of MTV and its progeny.
