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The Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll (Enterprise)

Author : Rich Cohen
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393352501
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll (Enterprise) written by Rich Cohen and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005-10-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brilliant; the best book I have ever read about the recording industry; a classic."--Larry King On the south side of Chicago in the late 1940s, two immigrants; one a Jew born in Russia, the other a black blues singer from Mississippi; met and changed the course of musical history. Muddy Waters electrified the blues, and Leonard Chess recorded it. Soon Bo Diddly and Chuck Berry added a dose of pulsating rhythm, and Chess Records captured that, too. Rock & roll had arrived, and an industry was born. In a book as vibrantly and exuberantly written as the music and people it portrays, Rich Cohen tells the engrossing story of how Leonard Chess, with the other record men, made this new sound into a multi-billion-dollar business; aggressively acquiring artists, hard-selling distributors, riding the crest of a wave that would crash over a whole generation. Originally published in hardcover as Machers and Rockers. About the series: Enterprise pairs distinguished writers with stories of the economic forces that have shaped the modern worlds; the institutions, the entrepreneurs, the ideas. Enterprise introduces a new genre; the business book as literature.

THE RECORD MEN: THE CHESS BROTHERS AND THE BIRTH OF ROCK & ROLL.

Author : RICH. COHEN
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (136 download)

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The Record Men

Author : Rich Cohen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781861977663
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (776 download)

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Download or read book The Record Men written by Rich Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tour-de-force history of Chess Records and the business of Rock & Roll. On the south side of Chicago in the late 1940s two immigrants - one a Jew born in Eastern Europe, the other a black blues singer from Mississippi - met and changed the course of musical history. Muddy Waters electrified the blues, and Leonard Chess recorded it. Soon Bo Diddly and Chuck Berry added a dose of pulsating rhythm, and Chess Records captured that too. Rock & roll had arrived, and an industry was born. In a book as vibrantly and exuberantly written as the music and people it portrays, Rich Cohen tells the engrossing story of how Leonard Chess, with the other record men, made this new sound into a multi-billion-dollar business - aggressively acquiring artists, hard-selling distributors, riding the crest of a wave that would crash over a whole generation. Full of absorbing lore and animated by a deep love for popular music, The Record Men is a smash hit.

The Story of Chess Records

Author : John Collis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1582340056
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Chess Records written by John Collis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-10-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If one man can be credited with creating the language of rock 'n' roll it is Chuck Berry. In the early 1950's he was just an ambitious Nat "King" Cole imitator gigging in St Louis, but ten years after moving to Chicago and cutting is first hit, "Maybelline", in 1955, he built a catalogue of classics that inspired the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and every rock musician since. Meanwhile his Chicago rival Bo Diddley, the earthiest and arguably the most exciting of the rock 'n' roll performers, was reminding us that this music was just a step away from the blues. Although he was raised in Chicago, his music was a bizarre, electric version of the blues of his birthplace, Mississippi. Between them Chuck and Bo caused a revolution in Chicago blues, hitherto largely unknown to white America and the mass market. Both were signed to Chess Records, established by Eastern European immigrants, the Chess brothers, who provided the shop window for Chicago bluesmen, while also conforming to a now all-too-familiar pattern, as white entrepreneurs exploiting black talent. Chess Records both examines the subject of exploitation within the record business and celebrated the music of two unique and important artists and the extraordinarily fertile blues environment out of which they grew.

The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California (Enterprise)

Author : Richard Rayner
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393333612
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California (Enterprise) written by Richard Rayner and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-01-05 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true-life tale of ruthless ambition, staggering greed, and the making of a nation. Four men--Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Mark Hopkins--rose from their position as middle-class merchants to become the force behind the transcontinental railroad.

Machers and Rockers: Chess Records and the Business of Rock & Roll

Author : Rich Cohen
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393052800
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (528 download)

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Download or read book Machers and Rockers: Chess Records and the Business of Rock & Roll written by Rich Cohen and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

THE RECORD MEN.

Author : RICH. COHEN
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book THE RECORD MEN. written by RICH. COHEN and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hip Hop America

Author : Nelson George
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780143035152
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Hip Hop America written by Nelson George and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-04-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down, Hip Hop America is the definitive account of the society-altering collision between black youth culture and the mass media.

Spinning Blues Into Gold

Author : Nadine Cohodas
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312284947
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book Spinning Blues Into Gold written by Nadine Cohodas and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-09-28 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sun Records gave us rock and roll, Motown Records gave us pop soul, and Chess Records gave us the blues. Chess was label for Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Etta James, and Bo Diddley--and in this critcially acclaimed history we learn the full story of this legendary label. The greatest artists who sang and played the blues made their mark with Leonard and Phil Chess, whose Chicago-based record company was synonymous with the sound that swept up from the South, embraced the Windy City, and spread out like wildfire into mid-century America. Spinning Blues into Gold is the impeccably researched story of the men behind the music and the remarkable company they created. Chess Records--and later Checkers, Argo, and Cadet Records--was built by Polish immigrant Jews, brothers who saw the blues as a unique business opportunity. From their first ventures, a liquor store and then a nightclub, they promoted live entertainment. And parlayed that into the first pressings sold out of car trunks on long junkets through the midsection of the country, ultimately expanding their empire to include influential radio stations. The story of the Chess brothers is a very American story of commerce in the service of culture. Long on chutzpah, Leonard and Phil Chess went far beyond their childhoods as the sons of a scrap-metal dealer. They changed what America listened to; the artists they promoted planted the seeds of rock 'n' roll--and are still influencing music today. In this book, Cohodas expertly captures the rich and volatile mix of race, money, and recorded music. She also takes us deep into the world of independent record producers, sometimes abrasive and always aggressive men striving to succeed. Leonard and Phil Chess worked hand-in-glove with disenfranchised black artists, the intermittent charges of exploitation balanced by the reality of a common purpose that eventually brought fame to many if not most of the parties concerned. From beginning to end, as we find in these pages, the lives of the Chess brothers were socially, financially, and creatively entwined with those of the artists they believed in.

Stories Done

Author : Mikal Gilmore
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416594531
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Stories Done written by Mikal Gilmore and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-11-18 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1960s and 1970s represent a rare moment in our cultural history -- music was exploring unprecedented territories, literature was undergoing a radical reinvention, politics polarized the nation, and youth culture was at the zenith of its influence. There has never been, nor is there likely to be, another generation that matches the contributions of the artists of that time period. In this poignant book, journalist Mikal Gilmore weaves a narrative of the '60s and '70s as he examines the lives of the era's most important cultural icons. Keeping the power of rock & roll at the forefront, Gilmore gathers together stories about major artists from every field -- George Harrison, Ken Kesey, Johnny Cash, Allen Ginsberg, to name just a few. Gilmore reveals the truth about this idealized period in history, never shying away from the ugly influences that brought many of rock's most exciting figures to their knees. He examines how Jim Morrison's alcoholism led to the star's death at the age of twenty-seven, how Jerry Garcia's drug problems brought him to the brink of death so many times that his bandmates did not believe the news of his actual demise, how Pink Floyd struggled with the guilt of kicking out founding member Syd Barrett because of his debilitating mental illness. As Gilmore examines the dark side of these complicated figures, he paints a picture of the environment that bred them, taking readers from the rough streets of Liverpool (and its more comfortable suburbs) to the hippie haven of Haight-Ashbury that hosted the infamous Summer of Love. But what resulted from these lives and those times, Gilmore argues, was worth the risk -- in fact, it may be inseparable from those hard costs. The lives of these dynamic and diverse figures are intertwined with Gilmore's exploration of the social, political, and emotional characteristics that defined the era. His insights and examinations combine to create a eulogy for a formative period of American history.

The Art of the Blues

Author : Bill Dahl
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022639669X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Blues written by Bill Dahl and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning book charts the rich history of the blues, through the dazzling array of posters, album covers, and advertisements that have shaped its identity over the past hundred years. The blues have been one of the most ubiquitous but diverse elements of American popular music at large, and the visual art associated with this unique sound has been just as varied and dynamic. There is no better guide to this fascinating graphical world than Bill Dahl—a longtime music journalist and historian who has written liner notes for countless reissues of classic blues, soul, R&B, and rock albums. With his deep knowledge and incisive commentary—complementing more than three hundred and fifty lavishly reproduced images—the history of the blues comes musically and visually to life. What will astonish readers who thumb through these pages is the amazing range of ways that the blues have been represented—whether via album covers, posters, flyers, 78 rpm labels, advertising, or other promotional materials. We see the blues as it was first visually captured in the highly colorful sheet music covers of the early twentieth century. We see striking and hard-to-find label designs from labels big (Columbia) and small (Rhumboogie). We see William Alexander’s humorous artwork on postwar Miltone Records; the cherished ephemera of concert and movie posters; and Chess Records’ iconic early albums designed by Don Bronstein, which would set a new standard for modern album cover design. What these images collectively portray is the evolution of a distinctively American art form. And they do so in the richest way imaginable. The result is a sumptuous book, a visual treasury as alive in spirit as the music it so vibrantly captures.

Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years

Author : Brian Sweet
Publisher : Omnibus Press
ISBN 13 : 1787591298
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years written by Brian Sweet and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reelin’ in the Years tell the remarkable story of the American jazz rock band who have sold over 50 million albums during a career lasting over 20 years: Steely Dan. Updated and revised for 2018. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, a couple of cynical New York jazz fans wormed their way into a record contract and astonished critics with their first album Can't Buy a Thrill in 1973. Nine albums later, they were among the biggest selling acts in the world. Steely Dan were different from the rest of rock's super-sellers. They rarely gave interviews and, after some early bad experiences on the road, they refused to tour. They didn't have their photographs taken and few people knew what they looked like. Steely Dan weren’t even a proper group; it was two musicians and a producer, yet every top notch player in the world lined up to appear on their albums. This book, penned by Brian Sweet, the editor and publisher of Metal Leg, the UK-based Steely Dan fanzine, finally draws back the veil of secrecy that surrounded Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Here is the story of how they made their music and lived their lives.

X-Ray

Author : Ray Davies
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468302388
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book X-Ray written by Ray Davies and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Like his songs, Davies’s book is alternately poignant, funny, and bawdy . . . indispensable for Kinks fans and recommended for anyone interested in 1960s pop music.” —Library Journal This subversively brilliant, one-of-a-kind rock autobiography is ingeniously styled as a biography, written by a nameless, faceless writer hired by an Orwellian entity called “the Corporation” to capture the essence of Ray Davies, lead singer and songwriter of the Kinks and one of the greatest rock and rollers of all time. The Kinks frontman reveals his life and times to the young writer, often seemingly passing his stories directly into the writer’s consciousness. Carnaby Street, Top of the Pops, the Cavern Club, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who and other fixtures of the times fade in and out of this compelling narrative. Part autobiography, part social history, part psychological thriller, this elusive and daring book exposes rock stardom as the heaven, hell, and purgatory it is. “In an age when everybody’s in show business and writes a lousy book about it, Ray Davies is to be honored for not doing the usual thing. We would expect no less of him.” —Rolling Stone “A major addition to pop-culture literature.” —Booklist

Chicago Portraits

Author : June Skinner Sawyers
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810126494
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Chicago Portraits written by June Skinner Sawyers and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-31 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The famous, the infamous, and the unjustly forgotten—all receive their due in this biographical dictionary of the people who have made Chicago one of the world’s great cities. Here are the life stories—provided in short, entertaining capsules—of Chicago’s cultural giants as well as the industrialists, architects, and politicians who literally gave shape to the city. Jane Addams, Al Capone, Willie Dixon, Harriet Monroe, Louis Sullivan, Bill Veeck, Harold Washington, and new additions Saul Bellow, Harry Caray, Del Close, Ann Landers, Walter Payton, Koko Taylor, and Studs Terkel—Chicago Portraits tells you why their names are inseparable from the city they called home.

Machers and Rockers

Author : Rich Cohen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781422355886
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Machers and Rockers written by Rich Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll

Author : Peter Guralnick
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316341843
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll written by Peter Guralnick and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the critically acclaimed Elvis Presley biography: Last Train to Memphis brings us the life of Sam Phillips, the visionary genius who singlehandedly steered the revolutionary path of Sun Records. The music that he shaped in his tiny Memphis studio with artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, Ike Turner, Howlin' Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash, introduced a sound that had never been heard before. He brought forth a singular mix of black and white voices passionately proclaiming the vitality of the American vernacular tradition while at the same time declaring, once and for all, a new, integrated musical day. With extensive interviews and firsthand personal observations extending over a 25-year period with Phillips, along with wide-ranging interviews with nearly all the legendary Sun Records artists, Guralnick gives us an ardent, unrestrained portrait of an American original as compelling in his own right as Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, or Thomas Edison.

Tearing Down The Wall of Sound

Author : Mick Brown
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408819503
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Tearing Down The Wall of Sound written by Mick Brown and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2002, the reclusive and legendary record producer Phil Spector gave his first interview in twenty-five years to Mick Brown. The day after it was published an actress named Lana Clarkson was shot dead in Spector's LA castle. This is Brown's odyssey into the strange life and times of Phil Spector. Beginning with that fateful meeting in Spector's home and going on to explore his colourful and extraordinary life and career, including the unfolding of the Clarkson case, this is one of the most bizarre and compelling stories in pop history.