The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll
The Illustrated Story of Sun Records and the 70 Recordings That Changed the World
$63.50
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
17 May 2023
Summary
A fascinating look at the history of Sun Records, the label that started Rock n’ Roll, told through 70 of its iconic recordings.
In Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1950s, there was hard-edged blues playing on Beale Street, and hillbilly boogie on the outskirts of town. But at Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio on Union Avenue, there was something different going on – a whole lotta shakin’, rockin’, and rollin’.
This is where rock ’n’ roll was born.
Sun Record…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781681888965 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1681888963 |
| Author: | Peter Guralnick, Colin Escott, Jerry Lee Lewis |
| Publisher: | Insight Editions |
| Imprint: | Weldon Owen, Incorporated |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 17 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 2.38kg |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 241mm x 305mm |
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Peter Guralnick
Award-winning and best-selling author Peter Guralnick is widely regarded as the nation’s preeminent writer on twentieth-century American popular music. His books include the two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love; and the biography of Sun records founder Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ’n’ Roll. He is a Grammy award winner and an inductee in the Blues Hall of Fame.
Colin Escott is the foremost authority on Sun Records. He wrote the company’s history in 1975 and has revised and expanded it several times since. He has published several other volumes on the early days of country music, has won a Grammy for his work on Mercury Records’ The Complete Hank Williams, and received a Tony nomination for the book for Million Dollar Quartet in 2010.
Jerry Lee Lewis is a legendary musician, and a pioneer of rock ’n’ roll. He is a multiple Grammy Award winner and was inducted into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.
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