GOOD ROCKIN TONIGHT. Sun Records and the Birthof Rock n Roll.

Escott, Colin and Hawkins, Martin.

ISBN 10: 0863695736 / ISBN 13: 9780863695735

Published by Virgin, 1992., 1992

About this Item

1st U.K. edition. Small 4to. [xii] + 276pp. B/w. illustrations. Paperback in original pictorial blue wrapps., slightly rubbed, spine creased. ISBN 0863695736 US$7.

Seller Inventory # 179526

Bibliographic Details

• Title: GOOD ROCKIN TONIGHT. Sun Records and the Birthof Rock n Roll.
• Publisher: Virgin, 1992.
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0863695736
• ISBN 13: 9780863695735
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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Synopsis

Memphis, Tennessee. The early 1950s. The Mississippi rolls by, and there's a train in the night. Down on Beale Street there's hard-edged blues, on the outskirts of town they're pickin' hillbilly boogie.At Sam Phillips' Sun Records studio on Union Avenue, there's something different going on. "Shake it, baby, shake it!" "Go, cat, go!" "We're gonna rock...." This is where rock 'n' roll was born-the record company that launched Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins. The label that brought the world, "Blue Suede Shoes," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Breathless," "I Walk the Line," "Mystery Train," "Baby, Let's Play House,' "Good Rockin' Tonight." Good Rockin' Tonight is the history, in words and over 240 photographs, of Sam Phillips' legendary storefront studio, from the early days with primal blues artists like Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King to the long nights in the studio with Elvis and Jerry Lee. As colorful and energetic as the music itself, it's a one-of-a-kind book for anyone who wants to know where it all started.

About the Author

Colin Escott and Martin Hawkins have conducted twenty years of research on Sun Records as catalog and reissue specialists. Escott lives in Toronto, Hawkins in London.