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Author Cosby, James A.

Title Devil's music, holy rollers and hillbillies : how America gave birth to rock and roll / James A. Cosby.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, [2016]

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Location Call No. Status
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  781.66 COSBY    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  781.66 C834D    Check Shelf
Description viii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243)and index.
Contents "What Is Wrong with Us?" -- Boom Time: and Cracks in the Foundation -- The Oral Tradition -- Being Black -- The Early Blues -- The Delta and the Devil: and Freedom -- The American Hillbilly and Country Music -- A Prelude and a Melting Pot -- The Church and Rock -- Memphis, Sun, and the Dawn of Rock -- Mr. Presley -- Mr. Berry and the First Wave of Rock -- A Changed World.
Summary "Rock music today is universal and its popular history is well known. Yet few know how and why it really came about. Taking a fresh look at events long overlooked or misunderstood, this book tells how some of the most disenfranchised people in a free and prosperous nation strove to make themselves heard--and changed the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Popular music -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Popular music -- United States -- 1951-1960 -- History and criticism.
Rock music -- United States -- To 1961 -- History and criticism.
Popular music. (OCoLC)fst01071422
Popular music -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01071460
Rock music. (OCoLC)fst01099204
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term To 1999
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781476662299 paperback alkaline paper
1476662290
9781476625386 (electronic bk.)
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