Record Makers and Breakers : Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers /
This volume is a history of the independent rock 'n' roll record industry from its raw regional beginnings in the 1940s with R & B and hillbilly music through its peak in the 1950s and decline in the 1960s. John Broven combines narrative history with extensive oral history material fro...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- The independent revolution. We're rolling-take one! ; The super indies ; California booming ; New York : big city and little Tiffany ; The battle of the speeds and golden records' seeds
- Regional sounds. Riding the Nashville airwaves ; The Chess game ; King of them all ; Behind the southern Sun ; Louisiana gumbo
- The hustle is on. Billboard and Cash box : stars and bullets ; A-hustle and a-scuffle at old town
- Mercury rising and the Roulette wheel ; Tin Pan Alley and beyond ; Hillbilly boogie ; West coast rockin' and rollin' ; From Motown to Manhattan : in almost perfect harmony ; Harlem hotshots and the black experience ; On and off Broadway ; Gold coast Platters and stock matters ; Rock 'n' roll is here to stay. The London American group : rockin' around the world ; Teen scene ; Corporate takeover and talent makeover ; The payola scandal and changing times ; End of session : Art Rupe's new rules at Specialty Records.