Rock of ages : the Rolling Stone history of rock & roll / by Ed Ward, Geoffrey Stokes, Ken Tucker ; with an introduction by Jann S. Wenner.

Author/creator Ward, Ed
Other author Stokes, Geoffrey, 1940-
Other author Tucker, Ken, 1953-
Other author Wenner, Jann, writer of introduction.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Rolling Stone Press : Summit Books, 1986.
Description649 pages, 38 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The fifties and before / by Ed Ward. All-American music ; Swinging into peacetime ; Music of a new world ; Declaration of independence ; Teenage nation ; Sunrise in the south ; Streetcorner symphony ; Rock and roll is born ; Don't lose that kid ; Whole lotta shakin' ; It's only make believe ; Tragedy ; The dark ages ; The new Tin Pan Alley -- The sixties / by Geoffrey Stokes. Roll over, Frankie Avalon ; Brits rule ; Red clay vs. sequins ; American made ; Dope and its discontents ; The pros turn weird ; Boogie and backlash ; Love for sale ; The counter-counterculture ; Troubles in Pepperland ; Woodstock ... and Altamont ; Trimming the sails -- The seventies and beyond / by Ken Tucker. The early 1970s. The invasion of the singer-songwriters ; Hard rock on the rise ; Wham, glam, thank you, ma'am ; Black rock in the 1970s ; The "new Beatles" -- The mid-1970s. Outsider art: disco and funk ; Rock and reggae ; All shook up: the punk explosion ; The postpunk implosion ; Rock endures -- The 1980s. Rock in the video age ; The Black rock revival ; New faces in the 1980s ; Rock into the future.
General noteIncludes index.
Other title Rolling stone (San Francisco, Calif.)
LCCN 86014553
ISBN0671544381 (hbk.)
ISBN9780671544386 (hbk.)

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML3534 .W33 1986 ✔ Available Place Hold