Devil's Music, Holy Rollers and Hillbillies (eBook)

How America Gave Birth to Rock and Roll

Cosby James A. Cosby (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
264 Seiten
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4766-2538-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Rock music today is universal and its popular history is well known. Yet few know how and why it really came about. Taking a fresh look at events long overlooked or misunderstood, this book tells how some of the most disenfranchised people in a free and prosperous nation strove to make themselves heard--and changed the world. Describing the genesis of rock and roll, the author covers everything from its deep roots in the Mississippi Delta, key early figures, like deejay "e;Daddy-O"e; Dewey Phillips and gospel star Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and the influence of so-called "e;holy rollers"e; of the Pentecostal church who became crucial performers--Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.6.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-4766-2538-7 / 1476625387
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-2538-6 / 9781476625386