Record makers and breakers
Subtitle: voices of the independent rock 'n' roll pioneers
By: John Broven.
Series: Music in American life
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9780252032905
Subjects: Sound recording executives and producers -- United States -- Biography; Sound recording industry -- United States -- History
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The independent revolution. We're rolling-take one! ; The super indies ; California booming ; New York : big city and little Tiffany ; The battle of the speeds and golden seeds; title: Regional sounds. Riding the Nashville airwaves ; The Chess game ; King of them all ; Behind the southern Sun ; Louisiana gumbo; title: The hustle is on. Billboard and Cash box : stars and bullets ; A-hustle and a-scuffle at old town; title: Mercury rising and the Roulette wheel ; Tin Pan Alley and beyond ; Hillbilly boogie ; West coast rockin' and rollin' ; From Motown to Manhattan : in almost perfect harmony ; Harlem hotshots and the black experience ; On and off Broadway ; Gold coast Platters and stock matters ; Rock 'n' roll is here to stay. The London American group : rockin' around the world ; Teen scene ; Corporate takeover and talent makeover ; The payola scandal and changing times ; End of session : Art Rupe's new rules at Specialty Records.