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Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll
Peter Guralnick
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Description for Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1008.
Rock 'n' roll was born in rural Alabama, 1923, in the form of Sam Phillips, the youngest son of a large family living in a remote colony called the Lovelace Community. His father had a gift for farming, which was brought to an end by the Depression. His mother picked guitar and showed the kind of forbearance that allowed her to name her son after the doctor who delivered him drunk and then had to be put to bed himself. And yet from these unprepossessing origins, in 1951 Phillips made what is widely considered to be the first rock 'n' ... Read more
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Publisher
W&N
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
784
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780297609490
SKU
V9780297609490
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99-10
About Peter Guralnick
Peter Guralnick is the author of several highly acclaimed books, including Lost Highway, Sweet Soul Music, Searching for Robert Johnson, and the novel Nighthawk Blues. His two-volume biography of Elvis, published as Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love, is widely regarded as definitive. His essays on Elvis Presley in the 1992 and 1993 boxed sets The Complete '50s Masters ... Read more
Reviews for Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll
Author Peter Guralnick has no equals when it comes to researching the characters around Fifties and Sixties rock music, and this biography has been many years in the writing. ...(a) valuable and fascinating book.
Ray Connolly
DAILY MAIL - Book of the Week
In the hands of a storyteller as deft as Peter Guralnick it effortlessly engages ... Read more
Ray Connolly
DAILY MAIL - Book of the Week
In the hands of a storyteller as deft as Peter Guralnick it effortlessly engages ... Read more