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Let's rock! : how 1950s America created Elvis and the rock & roll craze
- Title
- Let's rock! : how 1950s America created Elvis and the rock & roll craze / Richard Aquila.
- Author
- Aquila, Richard, 1946-
- Publication
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JNE 17-17 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 351 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-336) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : history you can dance to! -- Before Elvis : the rise of rock & roll (1946-1955). Mystery train : the African American roots of rock & roll -- Good rockin' tonight : from R&B to rock & roll ; Rock around the clock : rock & roll goes natural -- The coming of Elvis (1954-1956). I was the one : rock & roll personified ; Money honey : Presleymania sweeps the nation -- After Elvis : the growth of rock & roll (1956). The girl can't help it! : rock & roll and the media ; The rock and roll waltz : pop music's new fandango ; Let the good times roll : R&B goes mainstream ; Dixie fried : the growth of southern rockabilly -- Conclusion : crazy man, crazy! : the birth of rock & roll and 1950s America.
- Call Number
- JNE 17-17
- ISBN
- 9781442269361
- 1442269367
- LCCN
- 2016011928
- OCLC
- 945804242
- Author
- Aquila, Richard, 1946-
- Title
- Let's rock! : how 1950s America created Elvis and the rock & roll craze / Richard Aquila.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-336) and index.
- Chronological Term
- To 1961
- Other Form:
- Online version: Aquila, Richard, 1946- Let's rock! Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016 9781442269378 (DLC) 2016015726
- Research Call Number
- JNE 17-17