Isbn: 9781845295783 - a brief history of rock 'n' roll: the spirit of 1956! (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. This title covers the Spirit of 1956 and the Birth of Rock n Roll! Rock n Roll was born in 1956. In that year: Elvis released Heartbreak Hotel; Chuck Berry sang Roll Over Beethoven; Little Richard blurred the boundary with Tutti Frutti; Janis Martin sang for women with Drugstore Rock and Roll; while pop music hit the big screen with Rock Around the Clock, featuring Bill Haley and the Comets. It was fun, it was gaudy, it was provocative and sexy, fresh and new. And radio listeners and record buyers, black and white equally, fell in love with rock n roll. Music journalist Nick Johnstone charts the events the year rock n roll broke into the mainstream and explores its African-American roots. He also shows how the DNA fused in that one burst of creativity has persisted for the next 50 years, first re-born as rock in the hands of two new superstar artists: The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and its many incarnations through punk, Ngrunge to the present day.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This title covers the Spirit of 1956 and the Birth of Rock n Roll! Rock n Roll was born in 1956. In that year: Elvis released Heartbreak Hotel; Chuck Berry sang Roll Over Beethoven; Little Richard blurred the boundary with Tutti Frutti; Janis Martin sang for women with Drugstore Rock and Roll; while pop music hit the big screen with Rock Around the Clock, featuring Bill Haley and the Comets. It was fun, it was gaudy, it was provocative and sexy, fresh and new. And radio listeners and record buyers, black and white equally, fell in love with rock n roll. Music journalist Nick Johnstone charts the events the year rock n roll broke into the mainstream and explores its African-American roots. He also shows how the DNA fused in that one burst of creativity has persisted for the next 50 years, first re-born as rock in the hands of two new superstar artists: The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and its many incarnations through punk, Ngrunge to the present day.…