What Is Rock and Roll? (What Was?)

O'Connor, Jim; Who HQ

ISBN 10: 045153381X / ISBN 13: 9780451533814

Published by Penguin Workshop (edition Illustrated), 2017

About this Item

It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Seller Inventory # 045153381X-8-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Is Rock and Roll? (What Was?)
• Publisher: Penguin Workshop (edition Illustrated)
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 045153381X
• ISBN 13: 9780451533814
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Copeland, Gregory
• Edition: Illustrated.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Put on your dancing shoes and move to the music.

Rock and roll sprang from a combination of African-American genres, Western swing, and country music that exploded in post World War II America. Jim O'Connor explains what constitutes rock music, follows its history and sub-genres through famous musicians and groups, and shows how rock became so much more than just a style of music influencing fashion, language, and lifestyle.

This entry in the New York Times best-selling series contains eighty illustrations and sixteen pages of black and white photographs.

About the Author

Jim O'Connor is the author of What Was Pompeii?, What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?, and Who Is Bob Dylan?