Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll
Subtitle: The Birth of Rock in the Wild Years Before Elvis
Edition: 1st Da Capo Press Ed edition
Publisher: Da Capo
Published: April 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780306808913
Subjects: Rock & pop; Music; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; General; Genres & Styles - Rock; History & Criticism - General; Biography & Autobiography-General; Music / History & Criticism; Music-Genres & Styles - Rock; Biography; History and criticism; Rock music; Rock musicians; United States
First sentence: There is not much at the heart of Laurelton.
Description: "Long before Elvis Presley entered Sam Phillips's Sun Records studio in 1954, rock 'n' roll was being performed and recorded by the likes of Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, The Clovers. The Dominoes, The Midnighters, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Wanda Jackson, and Johnny Ace. More than just a series of shrewd and evocative portraits of these and sixteen other performers, this book is also a paean to a forsaken time of relentless excess, sudden ruin, and fierce music.

For this edition, the author has contributed a new listing of recent CD reissues. From 1945 to 1955, from Chinese hillbillies to Elvis's long-lost twin brother, here are the Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll."--BOOK JACKET.