Ward, Ed
Summary: "Ward covers the first half of the history of rock & roll in this ... narrative--from the 1920s, when the music of rambling medicine shows mingled with the songs of vaudeville and minstrel acts to create the very early sounds of country and rhythm and blues, to the rise of the first independent record labels post-World War II, and concluding in December 1963, just as an immense change in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 WARSummary: This 10-part documentary covers rock 'n' roll history from its humble beginnings in the '50s to Lollapalooza in the '90s. Experience favorite rock 'n' roll moments through hundreds of exclusive interviews, classic footage and concert performances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC HISKallen, Stuart A.
Summary: Explores the history of rock music and features the famous bands associated with each stage, including Chuck Berry, the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 781.6609 KALWard, Ed
Summary: "It's February 1964 and the Beatles just landed in New York City, where the NYPD, swarms of fans, and a crowd of two hundred journalists await their first American press conference. It begins with the question on everyone's mind: "Are you going to get a haircut in America?" and ends with a reporter tugging Paul McCartney's hair in an attempt to remove his nonexistent wig. This is where The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 WARMarcus, Greil.
Summary: Selects ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008 that embody rock and roll as a thing in itself--in the story each song tells, inhabits, and creates in its legacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 MARMiller, Steve
Summary: From the Stooges and MC to the White Stripes, Eminem, and Kid Rock, this account of rock in Detroit, which has always produced more subversive rock music than any city in the world, presents stories from the participants themselves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 MILCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 MILGaar, Gillian G.
Summary: Arranged chronologically and told with impassioned detail, She's a rebel charts a half century of women performers from the early R and B singers of the 1950s, to the girl groups, Motown acts, folksingers, and rock chicks of the 1960s, to the punk rebels and pop divas of the 1970s, to the brash all-girl bands, rappers, and riot grrls of the 1980s and 1990s. This expanded ten-year anniversary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 GAAContents: Vol. 3. That's Chicago's South Side. That's Chicago's South Side / Sam Tehard -- Peetie Wheatstraw / Pete Wheatstraw -- Devil's Island gin blues / Roosevelt Sykes -- Sail on, little girl, sail on / Amos Easton -- Black gal, what makes your head so hard? / Joe Pullum -- I lost my baby / Lil Johnson -- Keep your hands off her / Big Bill Broonzy -- When the sun goes down / Leroy Carr -- Selling my...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Bluebird 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES WHEContents: Disc 1. Catfish blues -- Baby, please don't go -- Ham an' eggs -- Mississippi River blues -- Just a good woman through with the blues -- Garbage man blues -- Panama limited -- Cool drink of water blues -- Midnight special -- Worried man blues -- Blues de voyage -- K.C. railroad blues -- Somebody's been stealin' -- Beale Street blues -- Devil in the wood pile -- Walk right in -- Ninety-nine year...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Victor 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES WHEWald, Elijah.
Summary: How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll rejects the conventional pieties of mainstream jazz and rock history. Rather than concentrating on those traditionally favored styles, the book traces the evolution of popular music through developing tastes, trends and technologies--including the role of records, radio, jukeboxes and television--to give a fuller, more balanced account of the broad...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64 WALJanovitz, Bill
Summary: "Leon Russell is an icon, but somehow is still an underappreciated artist. He is spoken of in tones reserved not just for the most talented musicians, but also for the most complex and fascinating. His career is like a roadmap of music history, often intersecting with rock royalty like Bob Dylan, the Stones, and the Beatles. He started in the Fifties as a teenager touring with Jerry Lee Lewis,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUSSELL, LEON JANCarlin, Peter Ames
Summary: "From journalist Peter Ames Carlin-the New York Times bestselling music biographer who chronicled the lives and careers of Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, the Beach Boys, and Paul Simon-Sonic Boom captures the rollicking story of the most successful record label in the history of rock and roll, Warner Bros Records, and the remarkable secret to its meteoric rise"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 CARSummary: This film profiles Chester Burnett, better known as the Howlin' Wolf. It includes an incredible compendium of never-before-seen footage of the Howlin' Wolf.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sea Productions 2003
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2 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC HOWSummary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MIDLeaf, David.
Summary: A history of the iconic rock-and-roll band draws on interviews with all four members, offering insight into their music, their high-energy stage performances, their decision to remove their makeup, and their triumphant reunion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 LEABrownstein, Ronald
Summary: Documents the kaleidoscopic year during which transformative talents from Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, and Beverly Hills heavily influenced pop culture, politics, and social movements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.4 BROMargotin, Philippe
Summary: Comprehensive visual history of the "World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band" as told through the recording of their monumental catalog, including 29 studio and 24 compilation albums, and more than a hundred singles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 ROLRolling Stones
Summary: Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the rock and roll band, a biography, written in part by each member, details its colorful history and includes contributions from some of the best-known Rolling Stones photographers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2012
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42 ROLLING STONES ROLGuralnick, Peter.
Summary: The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll: 70 Years of Sun Records is the official history of this legendary label, and looks at its story in a unique way: through the lens of 70 of its most iconic recordings. From the early days with primal blues artists like Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King to long nights in the studio with Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, you will see how the label was shaped and how it redefined...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 781.66 GURCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.66 GURBentley, Bill
Summary: In December 2015, the Smithsonian called on rock and roll lovers around the world to collect photos and stories of their favorite moments in music. Fans dug through attics, basements, closets, shoeboxes, digital cameras, and photo albums to post great rock shots to rockandroll.si.edu. From Woodstock to the Whisky a Go Go, from Lollapalooza to the 9:30 Club, and all the rockin' places in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 781.5 BENSummary: It is the fascinating and surprising story of the iconic American garment. Worn by everyone from presidents to supermodels, farmers to rock stars, they're more than just a pair of pants America's tangled past is woven deeply into the indigo fabric. From its roots in slavery to the Wild West, youth culture, the civil rights movement, rock and roll, hippies, high fashion, and hip-hop, jeans are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RIVSummary: It was 1967 in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco—a mecca for a visionary new society: one that rejected war, hatred, conformity, and money. And for a brief period, it was the playing field for a new way of life. This PBS American Experience episode is a striking picture of San Francisco's summer of ’67—from the utopian beginnings, when peace and love prevailed, to the chaos,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Deeply rooted in African rhythms, the first gospel music, as sung on southern plantations, expressed the collective sorrow of American slaves, and the history of their diaspora. Using narration and thrilling performance footage, these programs trace the 200-year history of gospel music from black churches, to the civil rights movement, to its influence on modern jazz, blues, and rock and roll....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005