Rock on Almanac: The First Four Decades of Rock 'N' Roll : A Chronology - Hardcover

Nite, Norm N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060551666 ISBN 13: 9780060551667

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1989

Synopsis

A chronology of rock and roll covers artist debuts, major concerts, record releases, gold records, videos, and television shows

About this title

From the Publisher:

A popular chronology covering four decades of rock music--with a foreword by Dick Clark and more than 400 dazzling photos of stars, groups, and album covers.

From Library Journal:

Certain recording artists and music-industry people (e.g., Fats Domino, The Supremes, The Beatles, Tina Turner, the founder of Motown and its former owner Berry Gordy Jr.) have made enormous contributions to the history of rock 'n' roll. Nite's book attempts to cover all those contributions in chronological fashion from the 1940s to the 1980s. However, as useful as it may appear, this book is nothing but a botched job of listing just about everyone who has ever been in the music business, with no special attention given to musical legends. Though readers may enjoy reminiscing about each year's "Debut Artists," "Top Song Hits," and "Grammy Winners" (despite the fact that American Music Award winners are neglected), listings like "Important 'News' Highlights," "Top TV Shows," "Academy Award Winners," and "Sports Winners" are often irrelevant to the book's focus. In addition, there are photographs, reputedly never-before-seen, that are no such thing. For Nite, this book may have been a stroll down memory lane , but it lacks both clarity and depth and is not entertaining. Try instead Michael Ochs's Rock Archives: A Photographic Journey Through the First Two Decades of Rock 'n' Roll ( LJ 12/84). Though its time frame is smaller, it is both entertaining and resourceful.
- Reginald E. Pruitt, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0060551666
• ISBN 13: 9780060551667
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 532