Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll
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On the south side of Chicago in the late 1940s, two immigrants; one a Jew born in Russia, the other a black blues singer from Mississippi; met and changed the course of musical history. Muddy Waters electrified the blues, and Leonard Chess recorded it. Soon Bo Diddly and Chuck Berry added a dose of pulsating rhythm, and Chess Records captured that, too. Rock & roll had arrived, and an industry was born. In a book as vibrantly and exuberantly written...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0393327507
ISBN13:9780393327502
Release Date:October 2005
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:222 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.0"
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