Record Makers and Breakers : Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Broven, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sound recording industry.
Sound recording executives and producers.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Pop Vocal.
Sound recording industry > United States > History.
Sound recording executives and producers > United States > Biography.
United States.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 from numerous recording pioneers including Joe Bihari of Modern Records; Marshall Chess of Chess Records; Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertegun, and Miriam Bienstock of Atlantic Records; Sam Phillips of Sun Records; Art Rupe of Specialty Records; and many more. --From publisher's description.
Physical Description:1 online resource (640 pages): illustrations, portraits
ISBN:9780252094019

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