The restless generation : how rock music changed the face of 1950s Britain /
Frame, Pete, 1942-
The restless generation : how rock music changed the face of 1950s Britain / by Pete Frame. - London : Omnibus, 2007. - x, 500 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes chronology [1949-1959], top 20 UK singles [1950s] and index.
The 1950s represented the birth of rock 'n' roll music in the UK. This title presents a complete history and social analysis of the era tracing the music's emergence from the simple experimentation of teenage revolutionaries in the coffee bars of London's Soho to the marketing of the first generation of TV idols. Famous names mentioned include: Lonny Donegan, Cliff Richard, Tommy Steele, Lionel Bart and many others.
9780952954071 (pbk.) : £18.99 0952954079 (pbk.) : £18.99
Rock music--History and criticism.--To 1961
Rock music--Social aspects.
781.6'6'09045
The restless generation : how rock music changed the face of 1950s Britain / by Pete Frame. - London : Omnibus, 2007. - x, 500 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes chronology [1949-1959], top 20 UK singles [1950s] and index.
The 1950s represented the birth of rock 'n' roll music in the UK. This title presents a complete history and social analysis of the era tracing the music's emergence from the simple experimentation of teenage revolutionaries in the coffee bars of London's Soho to the marketing of the first generation of TV idols. Famous names mentioned include: Lonny Donegan, Cliff Richard, Tommy Steele, Lionel Bart and many others.
9780952954071 (pbk.) : £18.99 0952954079 (pbk.) : £18.99
Rock music--History and criticism.--To 1961
Rock music--Social aspects.
781.6'6'09045