Rock N’ Roll

Through The Ages

Libraries Rock! 2018 Summer Reading Club

Robinson, Lisa.There Goes Gravity: a Life in Rock and Roll © 2014781.66 R An influential music columnist for The New York Post presents an insider's assessment of major rock-and-roll personalities while tracing her career and the genre's evolution throughout the past four decades.

Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay: An Anthology © 2000781.66 R A collection of essays on the world of rock music includes “Joan Didion's Musings on the Doors”, “Tom Wolfe on the Beatles”, “and Roddie Doyle on Irish Soul”.

The Sixties [videorecording (DVD)] © 2015DVD Sixties; Documentary The 1960s was the decade America transformed from a country of conformity to a land of political, cultural, and social liberation. Looking through the lens of television, this production weaves together the events and personalities that influenced and dominated the 1960s in America.

Ward, EdThe History of Rock & Roll. 1, 1920-1963 © 2016781.66WThe NPR “Fresh Air” rock & roll historian presents a sweeping history chronicling the emergence of blues, country and black popular music and the birth of independent record labels through the debut of The Beatles in their first American tour.

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Bentley, BillSmithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen © 2017781.66 BCollects previously unseen photographs of iconic rock musicians live in concert, ranging from the Who and Nirvana to Chuck Berry and Run-DMC.

Birnbaum, LarryBefore Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock N’ Roll © 2013781.66 BWritten in an easy style, Before Elvis presents a bold argument about rock’s origins and required reading for fans and scholars of rock ’n’ roll history.

Blush, Steven New York Rock: From the Rise of the Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB© 2016781.66 BOver 1,500 musicians, clubs, and labels, from Madonna to the Ramones, held roles in the making of New York Rock, and it’s their contributions that created this iconic art form. A compilation of firsthand narratives about each genre of rock, from Punk New Wave and Glitter Rock to New York Hardcore and Indie rock, New York Rock is the ultimate illustrated account of Rock’s role in New York City.

Cohen, RichThe Sun & the Moon & the Rolling Stones © 2016781.66 Rolling Stones C Describes the history of the English rock group, documenting the formation of the band in the 1960s, their rise to world fame, their skills as innovative songwriters, and their continuing endurance into the present day.

Phil Gernhard, Record Man© 2018B Gernhard D At just 19 years old and with no formal training, Gernhard was a go-getting, red-headed kid eager to break into the music business. "Stay" was just the beginning of a career that would span nearly fifty years' worth of chart-topping songs.

50 Years of Rolling Stone © 2017780.9; OVERSIZE Offers a pictorial look at the fifty-year history of Rolling Stone, with overviews of the publication's work by decade, as well as iconic photographs and articles from its pages throughout the years.

Guralnick, Peter Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll © 2015 781.66 G Draws on interviews and firsthand personal observations extending throughout a twenty-five-year period with both Phillips and legendary Sun Records artists to explain the label's unique and influential integration of new music styles.

Hepworth, DavidNever A Dull Moment: 1971-- the Year that Rock Exploded © 2016781.66 H Covers the musical events of the year 1971, which saw a surge of creativity and technological changes that influenced the musical world for years to come, with a look at the music of David Bowie, Carole King, Elton John, Bob Dylan, and Led Zeppelin.

Hepworth, DavidUncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars © 2017 781.66 H Presents an elegy to the age of the rock star that explores the defining moments and turning points in the lives of forty rock stars from 1955 to 1995, including Chuck Berry, Elvis, Madonna, David Bowie, and Prince.

Kay, SeanRockin' the Free World: How the Rock & Roll Revolution Changed America and the World © 2017781.66 K Through interviews with prominent American and international performing artists including Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, the book concludes with a look at how musical artists have defined the American experience and what that has meant for the world.

Marcus, GreilThe History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs © 2014781.66 M Selects ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008 that embody rock and roll as a thing in itself; in the story each song tells, inhabits, and creates in its legacy.

Masino, SusanAC/DC FAQ: All That's Left to Know about the World's True Rock 'n' Roll Band © 2015781.66 AC/DC M Travels through the successful career of the rock band AC/DC from their inception in 1973 to the death of lead singer, Bon Scott, and the future of the band with a new singer.

Neufeld, Timothy D.U2: Rock 'n' Roll to Change the World © 2017781.66 U2 NExplores U2's many phases of artistic expression and cultural engagement and the band's employment of faith and activism as a foundation for success.

Palmer, RobertRock & Roll: An Unruly History © 1995781.66 PThe companion volume to a PBS documentary traces the continuing evolution of rock, from its origins to the present day, examining the dimensions of the music itself and the culture that surrounds it.

Ramone, MarkyPunk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone © 2015781.66 Ramones R Marc Bell, aka Marky Ramone, one of the last surviving members of the band, presents both a cultural history of punk and a candid picture of the dysfunction behind the group that changed a generation.