Awopbopaloobop alopbamboom : the golden age of rock / Nik Cohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohn, Nik.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock music--To 1961--History and criticism.

Rock music.

Rock music--1961-1970--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

255 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Da Capo Press edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Da Capo Press, 1996.

Summary:

At the age of eleven, Nik Cohn heard a record whose lyrics changed his life. Little Richard screamed: "Tutti frutti all rootie, tutti frutti all rootie, tutti frutti all rootie, awopbopaloobop alopbamboom!" For Cohn, this seemed a magical code--the language of the future.

Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom was the first book to celebrate that language, the primal essence of rock 'n' roll. But it was much more than that. Written in 1968 and revised in 1972, it was a cogent yet unruly history of the era, from Bill Haley to Jimi Hendrix. And while telling outrageous tales, vividly describing the music, and cutting through the hype, Nik Cohn unknowingly engendered a new form: rock criticism.

Contents:

1 Roots 11

2 Bill Haley 18

3 Elvis Presley 23

4 Classic Rock 31

5 Highschool 52

6 Eddie Cochran 58

7 English Rock 61

8 Rue Morgue 75

9 The Twist 86

10 Spectorsound 93

11 California 99

12 Soul 109

13 The Beatles 129

14 Merseybeat 147

15 The Rolling Stones 150

16 R&B England 162

17 Bob Dylan 168

18 The Who 175

19 England After The Beatles: Mod 182

20 P. J. Proby 196

21 America After The Beatles: Anglophilia, Bacharch and Folk/Rock 202

22 The Monkees 214

23 Love 218

24 England 1966 228

25 Ending 241

26 Afterthoughts 244.

Notes:

Originally published: England : Paladin, 1970 (1973 printing).

Includes index.

ISBN:

0306807092

OCLC:

34690810