Research Catalog

Title

The Rolling stone illustrated history of rock & roll / edited by Jim Miller.

Publication

New York : Rolling Stone, ©1980.

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Details

Additional Authors

Miller, Jim, 1947-

Description

474 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

Describes the stars, fans, promoters, producers, the festivals, disc jockeys, the record industry, and the culture that grew up around rock music.

Uniform Title

Rolling stone (San Francisco, Calif.)

Subjects

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Rock music > History and criticism
• Popmuziek

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• "A Random House/ Rolling Stone Press book."
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes discographies and index.

Contents

Introduction / Jim Miller -- Rock begins / Robert Palmer -- Rhythm and gospel / Barry Hansen -- Elvis Presley / Peter Guralnick -- The sound of New Orleans / Langdon Winner -- Fats Domino / Peter Guralnick -- Little Richard / Langdon Winner -- Chuck Berry / Robert Christgau -- Rockabilly / Peter Guralnick -- Jerry Lee Lewis / Jim Miller -- The Everly Brothers / Kit Rachlis -- Buddy Holly / Jonathan Cott -- Doo-wop / Barry Hansen -- The rise of Top 40 AM / John Morthland -- The teen idols / Greg Shaw -- The payola scandal / John Morthland -- The instrumental groups / Greg Shaw -- Ray Charles / Peter Guralnick -- Sam Cooke / Joe McEwen -- Jackie Wilson / Joe McEwen -- Brill Building pop / Greg Shaw -- Roy Orbison / Ken Emerson -- Italo-American rock / Ed Ward -- James Brown / Robert Palmer -- The sound of Chicago / Joe McEwen -- Phil Spector / Nik Cohn -- The girl groups / Greil Marcus -- The Beach Boys / Jim Miller -- The British Invasion / Lester Bangs -- The Beatles / Greil Marcus -- The Rolling Stones / Robert Christgau -- The sound of Texas / Ed Ward -- Soul / Peter Guralnick -- Otis Redding / Jon Landau -- The sound of Memphis / Robert Palmer -- Bob Dylan / Janet Maslin -- The Byrds / Bud Scoppa -- Folk rock / Paul Nelson -- Motown / Joe McEwen and Jim Miller -- Aretha Franklin / Russell Gersten -- B.B. King / Peter Guralnick -- The blues revival / Ed Ward -- Protopunk: the garage bands / Lester Bangs -- The sound of San Francisco / Charles Perry -- The Jefferson Airplane / Charles Perry -- Janis Joplin / Ellen Willis -- The Doors / Lester Bangs -- The Kinks / Ken Emerson -- The Who / Dave Marsh -- Eric Clapton / Dave Marsh -- Jimi Hendrix / John Morthland -- Britain: the second wave / Ken Emerson -- The Band / Ed Ward -- Sly and the Family Stone / Dave Marsh -- Van Morrison / Greil Marcus -- Creedence Clearwater Revival / Ellen Willis -- Bubblegum / Lester Bangs -- Led Zepplin / Jim Miller -- Heavy metal / Lester Bangs -- Rock festivals / John Morthland -- Singers/songwriters / Janet Maslin -- Art rock / John Rockwell -- Jazz rock / Robert Palmer -- Southern rock / Joe Nick Patoski -- Al Green / Robert Christgau -- Stevie Wonder / John Rockwell -- The sound of Philadelphia / Jim Miller -- Funk / Joe McEwen -- Rod Stewart / Greil Marcus -- Elton John / Robert Christgau -- David Bowie / Tom Carson -- Rock films / Greil Marcus -- Steely Dan / Ken Tucker -- Neil Young / Dave Marsh -- The sound of Hollywood / John Rockwell -- The sound of Manhattan / John Rockwell -- Disco / Tom Smucker -- New wave: Britain / Ken Tucker -- New wave: America / Ken Tucker -- Reggae / Ed Ward -- Anarchy in the U.K. / Greil Marcus -- Bruce Springsteen / Langdon Winner -- Elvis Costello / Jim Miller.

ISBN

• 0394513223
• 9780394513225
• 0394739388
• 9780394739380

LCCN

80005265

OCLC

• ocm06330633
• 6330633
• SCSB-14704220

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library