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Product Description: Rock and roll music evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and 1950s, as a combination of African American blues, country, pop, and gospel music produced a new musical genre. Even as it captured the ears of the nation, rock and roll was the subject of controversy and contention...read more

Hardcover:

9780415833127 | Routledge, May 19, 2014, cover price $130.00

Paperback:

9780415833134 | Routledge, May 22, 2014, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Rock and roll music evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and 1950s, as a combination of African American blues, country, pop, and gospel music produced a new musical genre.

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Product Description: Rock 'n' roll defined the last half of the twentieth century, and while many think of Elvis Presley as the genre's driving force, the truth is that Fats Domino, whose records have sold more than 100 million copies, was the first to put it on the map with such hits as "Ain't That a Shame" and "Blueberry Hill...read more

Hardcover:

9780306814914 | Basic Civitas Books, May 30, 2006, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: A noted R&B scholar celebrates the contributions of Fats Domino to the evolution of modern-day rock music, drawing on interviews with many early musical legends--including Lloyd Price, the Clovers, Charles Brown, and others--to examine the career of the legendary musician, the influence of New Orleans, and the impact of rock 'n' roll on the civil rights movement.

Paperback:

9780306815317 | Da Capo Pr, April 23, 2007, cover price $18.99

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9781435282292 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 22, 2008), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Rock 'n' roll defined the last half of the twentieth century, and while many think of Elvis Presley as the genre's driving force, the truth is that Fats Domino, whose records have sold more than 100 million copies, was the first to put it on the map with such hits as "Ain't That a Shame" and "Blueberry Hill.

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Looks at the cultural highlights of the 1950s in the United States
By Time-Life Books (editor)

Hardcover:

9780783555010 | Time Life Education, April 1, 1998, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Looks at the cultural highlights of the 1950s in the United States

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