Ducktails, drive-ins, and broken hearts : an unsweetened look at '50s music
Record details
- ISBN: 9781438492681 (trade paperback)
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Physical Description:
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xxii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Albany, NY : Excelsior Editions, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. Hitmakers and bold-faced names -- Carl Perkins meets Elvis in a high school parking lot -- LaVern Baker : play it fair -- Frankie Laine : bringing passion to pop -- Ella Johnson : since I fell for you -- Charlie Rich : before the fox was silver -- Betty Johnson : no more singing for her supper -- Rosco Gordon : just a little bit -- Ella Mae Morse : so much, so soon -- Part II. One-hit wonders, wannabees, and supporting characters -- Chuck Miller : fryers, broilers, and the house of blue lights -- Huelyn Duvall : close but no cigar -- Eddy Bell : his alter ego became a star -- Sherry Crane : a parakeet visits 706 Union Avenue -- Ben Hewitt : the best known unknown -- Joey Riesenberg : the scrapyard drummer -- Troy Shondell : the early years of a one-hit wonder -- Carl Mann : that "Mona Lisa" boy -- Part III. Chasing the story -- How Elvis and the Jones Brothers ended up in the Memphis landfill -- Hannah Fay and Jeannie Greene : searching for missing singers -- Allerton and Alton : black, white, and bluegrass -- Donna Dameron loses her gig in an Iowa cornfield -- The Kirby sisters : envy wrapped in red velvet -- "Unchained melody": the pre-Ghost story -- Chuck Berry and other passengers on the hellbound train -- Delia's not gone : the musical legacy of the late Delia Green -- Part IV. Doo wop stories -- A brief introduction to doo wop -- The paragons meet the turbans -- The channels : the closer you look -- God or girlfriend?: the prisonaires create a very confusing love song -- Going steady with the pearls -- The six teens meet the Cleftones -- Part V. The bigger picture -- The first rock 'n' roll record and other creation myths -- Politically incorrect music in the 1950s -- "Sugartime" and other subtle sexual content in '50s music -- Looking under the covers -- The dozen most influential records of the 1950s -- Instrumental hit records : no words were necessary -- Ancestors of the chipmunks -- The Bobbys : an antidote to all that rockin'. |
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Subject: | Musicians United States Singers United States Sound recording industry United States History 20th century Popular music United States 1951-1960 History and criticism |
Genre: | Biographies. Personal narratives. |
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