Ch. 1. What is rock? -- ch. 2. Roots : part 1, the blues -- ch. 3. Roots : part 2, country and western -- ch. 4. Roots : part 3, pre-rock pop -- ch. 5. Rhythm and blues -- ch. 6. Rhythm and blues people -- ch. 7. Doo-wop -- ch. 8. Rock and roll -- ch. 9. Rock and rollers -- ch. 10. Buildings and walls of sound -- ch. 11. Independent record labels and producers -- ch. 12. Rock and radio -- ch. 13. Motown -- ch. 14. Motown cavalcade -- ch. 15. Rock and roll onscreen in the 1950s
Summary
This volume examines the phenomenon of rock and roll, the way it was before it crept into the mainstream it had once retaliated against and the many musicians who made it into an art
