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

by John Broven

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025203290X
• ISBN13: 9780252032905
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 7.3" x 10.2"