| Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll Contributor(s): Escott, Colin (Author), Hawkins, Martin (Author), Escott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312081995 ISBN-13: 9780312081997 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1992 Annotation: Elvis Presley. Jerry Lee Lewis. Johnny Cash. Carl Perkins. Roy Orbison. All got their start in a little recording studio in Memphis called Sun Records.Good Rockin' Tonight is the story, in words and hundreds of photos of Sun Records and its founder, producer Sam Phillips. "From Sun-rise to Sun-set . . . the last word on the first great rock 'n' roll record label".--Rolling Stone. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Genres & Styles - Rock |
| Dewey: 781.660 |
| LCCN: 92018997 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 7.03" W x 9.01" (1.09 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Memphis, Tennessee. The early 1950s. The Mississippi rolls by, and there's a train in the night. Down on Beale Street there's hard-edged blues, on the outskirts of town they're pickin' hillbilly boogie. At Sam Phillips' Sun Records studio on Union Avenue, there's something different going on. Shake it, baby, shake it! Go, cat, go! We're gonna rock... This is where rock 'n' roll was born-the record company that launched Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins. The label that brought the world, Blue Suede Shoes, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, Breathless, I Walk the Line, Mystery Train, Baby, Let's Play House, ' Good Rockin' Tonight. Good Rockin Tonight is the history, in words and over 240 photographs, of Sam Phillips' legendary storefront studio, from the early days with primal blues artists like Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King to the long nights in the studio with Elvis and Jerry Lee. As colorful and energetic as the music itself, it's a one-of-a-kind book for anyone who wants to know where it all started. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hawkins, Martin: - Martin Hawkins has conducted twenty years of research on Sun Records as a catalog and reissue specialist. He lives in London.Escott, Colin: - Colin Escott has conducted twenty years of research on Sun Records as a catalog and reissue specialist. Escott lives in Toronto. |