That Old-Time Rock & Roll: A Chronicle of an Era, 1954-63

by Richard Aquila

Book Overview

Elvis Presley and Bill Haley. Sam Cooke and the Shirelles. The Crows and the Chords. American Bandstand and Motown. From its first rumblings in the outland alphabet soup of R&B and C&W, rock & roll music promised to change the world--and did it.

Combining social history with a treasure trove of trivia, Richard Aquila unleashes the excitement of rock's first decade and shows how the music reflected American life from the mid-1950s through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252069196
• ISBN13: 9780252069192
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"