Crampton, Luke; Rees, Dafydd

Rock & Roll Year by Year: In Association With the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

Publisher: DK Pub. January 1, 2003.
Edition: First
Book Condition: New
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0789496496 / 9780789496492

From Abba to ZZ Top, from the birth of rock and roll in the 50s to the unpredictable music of the present day, Rock & Roll Year By Year is the definitive guide to the music that influenced generations and helped shape history. Meticulously written to cover key stories of every decade and insights into major artists of the time, this is the only full-color guide that details the major events in the last fifty years of rock and roll.

From School Library Journal

Adult/High School-Two prolific music writers have followed their Rock Stars Encyclopedia (DK, 1999; o.p.) with this massive photographic chronology of a musical and cultural phenomenon. At first, it seems to walk and talk like a coffee-table production, but the contents reveal considerably more substance than the usual oversized gift volume. Produced in cooperation with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the book is as notable for its careful research as for its striking pictorial layouts. Beginning in January 1950, when Sam Phillips opened his first recording studio in Memphis, the book chronicles rock history month by month through December 2002, ending with the sudden death of punk star Joe Strummer of The Clash. In addition to the facts, figures, and personalities highlighted within each month, lively essays summarize significant developments of each decade, charts compare No. 1 hits in the U.S. and the U.K. during identical periods, and entertaining sidebars provide expanded commentary and quotations. Every page includes fascinating historical photographs and color images of artifacts from the museum's rich collections. Though considerably larger than a backpack, this visual feast should tempt even thin-book devotees, and provide food for some cross-generational conversation among music-loving teens and adults.-Starr E. Smith, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
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About the Author

Co-founders of the Media Research & Information Bureau -- the largest chart-compiling and music research agency in Europe -- Luke Compton and Dafydd Rees have written more than 20 books about the music business, including DK's Encyclopedia of Rock Stars.

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