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Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll

Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll

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Availability:In StockContributor:Rich CohenSeries:Enterprise #0Publish date:2005-10-01Pages:222
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393327502ISBN-10:393327507UPC:9780393327502Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, History & CriticismBook Topic:RockSize:8.00 x 5.48 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.4409Product ID:SCD71N2QVA

Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll

On the south side of Chicago in the late 1940s, two immigrants; one a Jew born in Russia, the other a black blues singer from Mississippi; met and changed the course of musical history. Muddy Waters electrified the blues, and Leonard Chess recorded it. Soon Bo Diddly and Chuck Berry added a dose of pulsating rhythm, and Chess Records captured that, too. Rock & roll had arrived, and an...

Series: Enterprise #0
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393327502ISBN-10:393327507UPC:9780393327502Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, History & CriticismBook Topic:RockSize:8.00 x 5.48 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.4409Product ID:SCD71N2QVA
Cohen, Rich: - Rich Cohen is the author of Tough Jews, The Avengers, and Lake Effect. He lives in New York City.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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