Unsung Heroes Of Rock 'n' Roll: The Birth Of Rock In The Wild Years Before Elvis nirvana a year before his death

a year before his death

and Vicki Peterson

ISBN: 978-0826415714

and even guest stars from every stratum of rock culture

Unsung Heroes Of Rock 'n' Roll: The Birth Of Rock In The Wild Years Before Elvis nirvana a year before his deathAuthor: Nick Tosches Long before Elvis Presley entered Sam Phillips's Sun Records studio in 1954, rock 'n' roll was being performed and recorded by the likes of Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, the Clovers, the Dominoes, the Midnighters, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Wanda Jackson, and Johnny Ace. More than just a series of shrewd and evocative portraits of these and sixteen other performers, this book is also a paean to a forsaken time of