The Rolling stone illustrated history of rock & roll : the definitive history of the most important artists and their music /

The ultimate illustrated history of rock & roll-comprehensive, authoritative, and fully updated with coverage of the most important new sounds and artists of the 1980s and '90s.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors / Creators:DeCurtis, Anthony.
Henke, James.
George-Warren, Holly.
Format: Book
Language:English
Edition:Third edition.
Imprint: New York : Random House, [1992]
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Online Access:Publisher description
Other uniform title:Rolling stone (San Francisco, Calif.)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Anthony DeCurtis
  • Rock begins / Robert Palmer
  • Rhythm & 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 Forty AM / John Morthland
  • The teen idols / Greg Shaw
  • Rockfilm, rollfilm / Carrie Rickey
  • 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 solo Beatles / Allan Kozinn
  • The Rolling Stones / Robert Christgau
  • The sound of Texas / Ed Ward
  • Soul / Peter Guralnick
  • The sound of Memphis / Robert Palmer
  • Otis Redding / Jon Landau
  • Motown / Joe McEwen and Jim Miller
  • Stevie Wonder / John Rockwell
  • Bob Dylan / Alan Light
  • The Byrds / Bud Scoppa
  • Folk Rock / Paul Nelson
  • Paul Simon / Stephen Holden
  • Neil Young / Don McLeese
  • Aretha Franklin / Russell Gersten
  • B.B. King / Peter Guralnick.
  • The Blues revival / Ed Ward
  • The Velvet Underground / David Fricke
  • Protopunk: the garage bands / Lester Bangs
  • The sound of San Francisco / Charles Perry
  • The Grateful Dead / Parke Puterbaugh
  • 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 Zeppelin / Jim Miller
  • Heavy Metal / Lester Bangs
  • The Metal explosion / Chuck Eddy
  • Rock festivals / John Morthland.
  • The evolution of the singer-songwriter / Stephen Holden
  • The emergence of Art Rock / John Rockwell
  • Jazz Rock / Robert Palmer
  • Southern Rock / Joe Nick Patoski
  • Al Green / Robert Christgau
  • The sound of Philadelphia / Jim Miller
  • Funk / Joe McEwen
  • Elton John / Robert Christgau
  • David Bowie / Tom Carson
  • The sound of Southern California / John Rockwell
  • The sound of New York City / John Rockwell
  • Disco / Tom Smucker
  • Alternative scenes: America / Ken Tucker
  • Alternative scenes: Britain / Ken Tucker
  • Reggae / Ed Ward
  • Anarchy in the U.K. / Greil Marcus
  • Women in Revolt / Holly George-Warren
  • Bruce Springsteen / Anthony DeCurtis
  • Prince / Paul Evans
  • U2 / Bill Flanagan.
  • MTV: the revolution will be televised / Jim Farber
  • Michael Jackson / John Swenson
  • Madonna / J.D. Considine
  • The global beat / Daisann McLane
  • Up from underground / Tom Sinclair
  • Rap and Soul: from the Eighties onward / Alan Light.