What Is Rock and Roll? |
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Author:
| O'Connor, Jim Who HQ, |
Illustrator:
| Copeland, Gregory |
Series title: | What Was? Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-451-53383-8 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2017 |
Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers Group
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Imprint: | Penguin Workshop |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $15.99 |
Book Description:
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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
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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.