Peter Guralnick

Broschiertes Buch

Sam Phillips

The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll

Beschreibung

How one man discovered B. B. King, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley, and how his tiny label, Sun Records of Memphis, revolutionised the world.

Autor

Peter Guralnick is the author of several highly acclaimed books, including Lost Highway, Sweet Soul Music, Searching for Robert Johnson, and the novel Nighthawk Blues. His two-volume biography of Elvis, published as Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love, is widely regarded as definitive. His essays on Elvis Presley in the 1992 and 1993 boxed sets The Complete '50s Masters and The Essential '60s Masters were both nominated for Grammy Awards and he won a Grammy for his liner notes to Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club. Peter Guralnick lives in Massachusetts. Visit his website at http://www.peterguralnick.com/ Find his Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/peterguralnickofficial https://twitter.com/PeterGuralnick

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion Publishing Group / W&N
• Seitenzahl: 784
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 51mm
• Gewicht: 866g
• ISBN-13: 9780297609490
• ISBN-10: 0297609491
• Artikelnr.: 42423051

Rezensionen

Author Peter Guralnick has no equals when it comes to researching the characters around Fifties and
Sixties rock music, and this biography has been many years in the writing. ...(a) valuable and fascinating book.
Ray Connolly DAILY MAIL - Book of the Week 20151106