Rock: An Illustrated History

by Stephen Barnard and Stephen Barnard

From Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock," which shocked the world in 1955, to the "global jukebox" of Live Aid in 1985, this exciting book tells the full story of rock music, and the people who made-and make-it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028702514
• ISBN13: 9780028702513
• Release Date: February 1987
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.9" x 11.6"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

a great reference

This book is a GREAT reference and outline to the history of blues and rock, breifly detailing such era's ranging from the 40's to influences of the 80's-early 90's. It covers such greats as Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, the beginnings of Elvis Presley, Tommy Steele, the Beatles, the Clash, breifly touching on punk, new wave, and so forth. I feel this book hold's no bias to genre's in general, and doesn't list complete GARBAGE like Britney Spears and so on. If you love and appreciate the art and history of music, you will definetely enjoy this book.(p.s.- I really don't understand the review of the person before me, referencing this book as a 'Beatles' book- yes, they talk about the Beatles, but that's only a small part of this entire book.... odd.)