| Description |
220 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Enterprise |
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Enterprise (New York, N.Y.)
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| Contents |
Today you are a man, go get me a drink -- Jew Street -- They call it the blues, but it makes you want to dance -- 2120 South Michigan -- The kids dig it, but the kids are sick -- The record man pays for our sins |
| Summary |
As Vibrantly Written as the music it describes, The Record Men tells the story of how the Russian Jewish immigrant Leonard Chess--along with the other tough-as-nails record men of the 1950s--united with poor black blues singers to transform the music of Chicago's South Side into a multi-billion-dollar business. Full of absorbing lore, animated by stories of legendary performers like Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry and imbued with a deep love for popular music |
| Notes |
"Atlas Books." |
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Published in hardback entitled: Machers and rockers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index |
| Subject |
Chess, Leonard, 1917-1969.
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Chess, Phil, 1921-2016.
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Chess Records (Firm)
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Sound recording executives and producers -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Cohen, Rich.
Machers and rockers
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| ISBN |
0393327507 (paperback) |
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