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What Is Rock and Roll?

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title What Is Rock and Roll?
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jim O'Connor
By (author) Who HQ
Illustrated by Gregory Copeland
SeriesWhat Was?
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:112
Dimensions(mm): Height 194,Width 137
Category/GenreTravel and holiday guides
ISBN/Barcode 9780451533814
ClassificationsDewey:781.660973
Audience
Children's (6-12)

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.
Publication Date 22 August 2017
Publication Country United States

Description

Put on your dancing shoes and move to the music. Put on your dancing shoes and move to the music. Rock and roll sprang from a combination of African-American genres, Western swing, and country music that exploded in post World War II America. Jim O'Connor explains what constitutes rock music, follows its history and sub-genres through famous musicians and groups, and shows how rock became so much more than just a style of music influencing fashion, language, and lifestyle. This entry in the New York Times best-selling series contains eighty illustrations and sixteen pages of black and white photographs.

Author Biography

Jim O'Connor is the author of What Was Pompeii?, What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?, and Who Is Bob Dylan?