Research Catalog

Title

Elvis and the birth of rock and roll / Alfred Wertheimer ; ed. by Chris Murray ; essay by Robert Santelli.

Author

Wertheimer, Alfred

Publication

Köln : Taschen, [2015]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Santelli, Robert.
• Murray, Chris, 1951-

Description

359 pages : chiefly illustrated; 39 cm

Summary

""Elvis who?" was photographer Alfred Wertheimer's response when, in early 1956, an RCA Victor publicist asked him to photograph an up-and-coming crooner from Memphis. Little did Wertheimer know that this would be the job of his life: just 21 years old, Elvis Presley was -- as we now know -- about to become a legend. Trailing Presley like a shadow, Wertheimer took nearly 3,000 photographs of Presley that year, creating a penetrating portrait of a man poised on the brink of superstardom. Extraordinary in its intimacy and unparalleled in its scope, Wertheimer's Elvis project immortalized a young man in the very process of making history.... [this book] collects Wertheimer's most remarkable Elvis shots from that magical year, along with a selection of his historic 1958 pictures of the star being shipped off to an army base in Germany. Each chapter is illustrated with a poster by Hatch Show Print, one of the oldest letterpress print shops in America, which created many early Elvis posters in the 1950s."--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

• Rock music
• Rock musicians
• Rock musicians > United States > Portraits
• United States
• Wertheimer, Alfred
• To 1961
• Portraits
• Pictorial works
• Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977 > Portraits
• Rock music > United States > To 1961 > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

• Pictorial works.
• Portraits.

Note

• Biographical essay on Wertheimer by Chris Murray.

Language (note)

• English, with French and German translations.

Contents

In the beginning = Am Aufang = Au commencement / Alfred Wertheimer -- Elvis: the life and legacy = Elvis: Sein Leben, sein Vermächtnis = Elvis: sa vie, son héritage / Robert Santelli -- Stage show hosted by the Dorsey Brothers -- The Steve Allen Show -- The Mosque Theater concerts -- Studio 1 recording session -- Return to Memphis -- Welcome home -- Concert at Russwood Park -- Pvt. Presley ships out -- Just another assignment = Ein Auftrag unter vielen = Rien qu'une commande de plus / Chris Murray.

Call Number

JNG 15-366

ISBN

• 9783836559072
• 3836559072

LCCN

• 2016562060
• 9783836559072

OCLC

910103362

Author

Wertheimer, Alfred, photographer.

Title

Elvis and the birth of rock and roll / Alfred Wertheimer ; ed. by Chris Murray ; essay by Robert Santelli.

Publisher

Köln : Taschen, [2015]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Language

English, with French and German translations.

Chronological Term

To 1961

Added Author

Santelli, Robert.

Murray, Chris, 1951-

Other Form:

9783836534239

(GyWOH)har120348831

Other Standard Identifier

9783836559072

Research Call Number

JNG 15-366