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The history of rock 'n' roll in ten songs

Marcus, Greil2014
Book
Selects ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008 that embody rock and roll as a thing in itself--in the story each song tells, inhabits, and creates in its legacy.
Main title:
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014.New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]copyright2014
Collation:
307 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: A New Language -- Shake Some Action: 1976 -- Transmission: 2007/1979/2010 -- In the Still of the Nite: 1956/1959/2010 -- All I Could Do Was Cry: 2013/1960/2008 -- Crying, Waiting, Hoping: 1959/1969 -- Instrumental Break -- Another History of Rock `n' Roll -- Money (That's What I Want): 1959/1963 and Money Changes Everything: 1978/1983/2008/2005 -- This Magic Moment: 2007/1959 -- Guitar Drag: 2006/2000 -- To Know Him Is to Love Him: 1958/2006.
ISBN:
9780300187373 (hardback)
Dewey class:
782.4216609782.4216
LC class:
ML3534
Language:
English
BRN:
172004
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
City Library-Art and CultureARTS 782.4216 MARCAvailable
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