Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul

by Stuart Cosgrove

Book Overview

Winner of the Penderyn Music Book Prize

In the 1950s and 1960s, Memphis, Tennessee, was the launch pad of musical pioneers such as Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Al Green and Isaac Hayes, and by 1968 was a city synonymous with soul music. It was a deeply segregated city, ill at ease with the modern world and yet to adjust to the era of civil rights and racial integration. Stax Records offered an escape from the turmoil of the...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846974135
• ISBN13: 9781846974137
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Polygon
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.0"