Rock & roll at 50
By: Life ; [editor, Robert Sullivan]
Publisher: Life Books; Time Inc. Books; Time-Life Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781929049493
Subjects: Rock music; Pictorial works; History
Other titles: Rock and roll at 50; Rock & roll at fifty; Life (New York, N.Y. : 2001)
Description: A fifty-year anniversary tour of rock & roll music begins with the sounds introduced by the riotous performance at Alan Freed's Moondog Coronation Ball and traverses the genre's many artists, evolution, and influence on American culture.
Table of contents: title: Introduction by Dick Clark; title: Top 100 Rock & Rollers of all time; title: Songwriters; title: Producers; title: Disc jockeys; title: Is this how it all began?; title: Eras; title: Nuggets; title: Dance to the music; title: Rockin' the box; title: It wasn't always pretty; title: Dozen discs that shook the world; title: Moved to mania; title: Their mamas and their papas; title: Before their time.