Rock on: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock N' Roll

MY HUSBAND & I ARE AVID DOO-WOP FANS & WE HAVE HAD THIS BOOK SINCE THE EARLY 80'S. WE LOVE IT & USE IT OFTEN. OUR FRIENDS HAVE ALL BORROWED IT SO MUCH, WE HAVE BEEN BUYING AFFORDABLE COPIES TO GIVE THEM! I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT - IF YOU'RE A FAN, YOU'LL LOVE IT!!!!

I didn't really love music untill Rock and Roll was invented. I went to all the Alan Freed Rock and Roll Shows, to the Apollo, and the Murray The K shows. I am an old baby boomer, and no books that I know of are more complete and accurate the Norm N Nite's Rock N' Roll The Solid Gold Years, and the other two that followed it up. If you love rock and roll you got to have those books. I wish they would reprint them, because the condition my coppies are in is not great. The books are so great that I would buy new reprints because I have used my original quantities so much, they could be in better condition.

I bought this book way back when it first came out and also have the 2nd edition (encompasses the 60's).I read that the price for a used copy is $30.00....WELL, I wouldn't sell mine for $300.Over the years, it has been my most used book in my possession.I wish I had a copy on CD....I rate this volume and the 2nd edition 5 Stars ONLY because there is nothing higher....

For anyone who lived through the early beginnings of Rock N Roll, the 50's and 60's this book is a goldmine. It lists by artists most all of their charted records and some others that might not have made the charts but that were essential to the development of Rock N Roll.It contains many photos, facts about the artists, months & years that the songs were released and the record labels.I grew up during the 50's and was there when it all happened, so for anyone interested in collecting music from that period, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this book