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The Story of Chess Records - Hardcover, by Collis John J

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Condition
Like new: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket ...
Type
Textbook
ISBN
9781582340050
Book Title
Story of Chess Records
Item Length
8.6in
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication Year
1998
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.8in
Author
John Collis
Genre
Music, Business & Economics
Topic
Business Aspects, Genres & Styles / Blues, Industries / Entertainment
Item Width
7.8in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz
Number of Pages
192 Pages

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If one man can be credited with creating the language of rock 'n' roll it is Chuck Berry. In the early 1950's he was just an ambitious Nat "King" Cole imitator gigging in St Louis, but ten years after moving to Chicago and cutting is first hit, "Maybelline," in 1955, he built a catalogue of classics that inspired the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and every rock musician since. Meanwhile his Chicago rival Bo Diddley, the earthiest and arguably the most exciting of the rock 'n' roll performers, was reminding us that this music was just a step away from the blues. Although he was raised in Chicago, his music was a bizarre, electric version of the blues of his birthplace, Mississippi. Between them Chuck and Bo caused a revolution in Chicago blues, hitherto largely unknown to white America and the mass market. Both were signed to Chess Records, established by Eastern European immigrants, the Chess brothers, who provided the shop window for Chicago bluesmen, while also conforming to a now all-too-familiar pattern, as white entrepreneurs exploiting black talent. Chess Records both examines the subject of exploitation within the record business and celebrated the music of two unique and important artists and the extraordinarily fertile blues environment out of which they grew.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1582340056
ISBN-13
9781582340050
eBay Product ID (ePID)
749411

Product Key Features

Book Title
Story of Chess Records
Author
John Collis
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Business Aspects, Genres & Styles / Blues, Industries / Entertainment
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Music, Business & Economics
Number of Pages
192 Pages

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Item Length
8.6in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
7.8in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Target Audience
Trade
Illustrated
Yes

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