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Before Elvis : the African American musicians who made the King / Preston Lauterbach.

Summary:

"[The author] examines the lives, music, legacies, and interactions with Elvis Presley of the four innovative Black artists who created a style that would come to be known as Rock 'n' Roll: Little Junior Parker, Big Mama Thornton, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and ... Calvin Newborn"-- Flap page 1 of dust jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780306833083 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0306833085 (hardcover)
Physical Description: xiii, 299 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group, 2025.
Copyright: ©2025

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-284) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Am I? Am I? -- Part One: Before Elvis. Electric minstrelsy -- 'That's all right' -- 'Lord I've tried' -- You told me you was high class -- Train I ride, sixteen coaches long -- Thus chuckled Nat D. -- Omnifarious music -- The flamingo room -- Part Two: After Elvis. Franktown blues -- Just for kicks -- Shine my shoes and buy my records -- Next time you see me -- The jazz mountaintop -- Long live the queen -- Ball and chain -- And naked I shall leave it -- Funny how time slips away -- Keep it short and make 'em smile -- Beyond time -- I love you, maddly! -- A voice from God -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index.