James Miller, Jim Miller

Flowers in the Dustbin

The Rise of Rock and Roll, 1947-1977

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Miller presents a fly-on-the-wall look at the history of rock and roll music, recounting 45 rock epiphanies in a provocative and anecdotal format.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fireside
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780684865607
• ISBN-10: 0684865602
• Artikelnr.: 23832859

Autorenporträt

A retired chef of over 40 years, James Miller has finally achieved his dream of becoming a writer. This is his second book written during the Covid shutdown. Married for 32 years to Jill, he has three children and two grandchildren. James enjoys travelling and meeting people along the way, which helps to inspire his writing creativity. Having achieved a lot as a chef, James hopes one day to write a piece of work that will propel him forward in the literary world and hopefully make him a bestseller.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface: A Rock and Roll Chronicle
1: Life Could Be a Dream
December 28, 1947: "Good Rockin' Tonight"
October 29, 1949: Red Hot and Blue
April 1950: Fender Guitars
Winter 1950-1951: "The Tennessee Waltz"
Winter 1950-1951: "Teardrops From My Eyes"
1951: Top 40
March 21, 1952: The Moondog Coronation Ball
August 1952: "Kansas City"
Summer 1953: Elvis Hears Voices
March 15, 1954: "Sh-Boom"
July 30, 1954: Elvis Discovers His Body
November 24, 1954: Copyrighting "Rock and Roll"
Spring 1955: Blackboard Jungle
2: Rock and Roll Music
March 15, 1955: "Ain't It a Shame"
May 21, 1955: "Maybellene"
September 14, 1955: "Tutti Frutti"
November 1955: "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
December 19, 1955: "Blue Suede Shoes"
3: All Shook Up
June 5, 1956: Elvis From the Waist Down
March 25, 1957: Ricky Nelson Impresses His Girlfriend
August 5, 1957: American Bandstand
October 21, 1957: Jailhouse Rock
October 15, 1958: "Lonely Teardrops"
November 22, 1959: Payola
May 12, 1960: Elvis Comes Home
4: Glad All Over
November 9, 1961: Brian Epstein Enters the Cavern
1961-1962: Robert Johnson: King of the Delta Blues Singers
September 4, 1962: "How Do You Do It?"
April 28, 1963: Andrew Loog Oldham Enters the Crawdaddy Club
November 11, 1963: BEATLEMANIA!
July 25, 1965: Dylan Goes Electric
October-November 1965: Rubber Soul
5: Break on Through
December 4, 1965: The Acid Test
February 8-13, 1966: Andy Warhol, Up-Tight
June 1, 1967: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
June 16-18, 1967: Monterey Pop
June 7, 1968: "Sympathy for the Devil"
1970-1971: What's Going On
July 3, 1971: The End
6: Stairway to Heaven
July 9, 1972: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
1972-1973: The Harder They Come
August 1, 1973: American Graffiti
October 1975: Rock and Roll Future
December 2, 1976: "Anarchy in the U.K."
August 16, 1977: My Way
Epilogue: "No Future"
Notes and Discographies
Acknowledgments
Index