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Blue Monday
Rick Coleman
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Description for Blue Monday
Paperback. The critically acclaimed first-ever biography of New Orleans rock 'n' roll legend Fats Domino by a writer who obtained exclusive access to the reclusive singer Num Pages: 416 pages, 82 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 596. Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'n' Roll. 416 pages, 82 b&w photographs. Rock 'n' roll defined the last half of the 20th century, and while many think of Elvis Presley as the genre's driving force, the truth is that Fats Domino was the first to put it on the map with such hits as "Ain't That a Shame" and "Blueberry Hill". This is a biography of an extraordinary man and New Orleans at the birth of rock 'n' roll. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGK; AVGP; BGF. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight: 522.
While many think of Elvis Presley as rock 'n' roll's driving force, the truth is that Fats Domino, whose records have sold more than 100 million copies, was the first to put it on the map with such hits as Ain't That a Shame" and Blueberry Hill." In Blue Monday , acclaimed R&B scholar Rick Coleman draws on a multitude of new interviews with Fats Domino and many other early musical legends to create a definitive biography of not just an extraordinary man but also a unique time and place: New Orleans at the birth of rock ... Read more
While many think of Elvis Presley as rock 'n' roll's driving force, the truth is that Fats Domino, whose records have sold more than 100 million copies, was the first to put it on the map with such hits as Ain't That a Shame" and Blueberry Hill." In Blue Monday , acclaimed R&B scholar Rick Coleman draws on a multitude of new interviews with Fats Domino and many other early musical legends to create a definitive biography of not just an extraordinary man but also a unique time and place: New Orleans at the birth of rock ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306815317
SKU
V9780306815317
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About Rick Coleman
Rick Coleman's work has appeared in Offbeat, Goldmine, Billboard, and Rolling Stone, and in liner notes for the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard. He lives outside New Orleans.
Reviews for Blue Monday
"(Blue Monday) is not just a masterly biography, boasting rare access to its reclusive subject... but an expansive social and musical history, of how 1950s America spawned rock'n'roll, and how rock'n'roll changed America...Excellent." The Guardian"