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Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers
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Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers Hardcover - 2009

by John Broven


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This volume is an engaging and exceptional history of the independent rock 'n' roll record industry from its raw regional beginnings in the 1940s with R & B and hillbilly music through its peak in the 1950s and decline in the 1960s. John Broven combines narrative history with extensive oral history material from numerous recording pioneers including Joe Bihari of Modern Records; Marshall Chess of Chess Records; Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertegun, and Miriam Bienstock of Atlantic Records; Sam Phillips of Sun Records; Art Rupe of Specialty Records; and many more.

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  • Title Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers
  • Author John Broven
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition; F
  • Pages 640
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Illinois Press, Urbana
  • Date 2009-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780252032905 / 025203290X
  • Weight 3 lbs (1.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.2 x 7.3 x 2 in (25.91 x 18.54 x 5.08 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 1950's
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
  • Library of Congress subjects Sound recording executives and producers -, Sound recording industry - United States -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008027204
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Choice, 08/01/2009, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 01/15/2009, Page 91
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/17/2008, Page 52

About the author

John Broven is a respected expert on the rock 'n' roll era and has served as a consultant at Ace Records in the United Kingdom. A one-time coeditor of Blues Unlimited and cofounder of Juke Blues Magazine, he is the author ofRhythm and Blues in New Orleans and South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous. He lives on Long Island, New York.
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