What is rock and roll? /
O'Connor, Jim
What is rock and roll? / by Jim O'Connor ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland. - pages ; cm
[Typographic symbols and accents removed for systems compatibility.]
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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."--
9780451533814 (pbk : alk. paper)
Rock (Music--History and criticism--Juvenile literature.
ML3534 / .O27 2017
781.66
What is rock and roll? / by Jim O'Connor ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland. - pages ; cm
[Typographic symbols and accents removed for systems compatibility.]
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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."--
9780451533814 (pbk : alk. paper)
Rock (Music--History and criticism--Juvenile literature.
ML3534 / .O27 2017
781.66