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Ducktails, drive-ins, and broken hearts : an unsweetened look at '50s music / Hank Davis.

by Davis, Hank, 1941- author.

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Albany : State University of New York Press, [2023]

Popular music -- United States -- 1951-1960 -- History and criticism.

Sound recording industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Singers -- United States.

Musicians -- United States.

9781438492681 (paperback)

1438492685 (paperback)

Excelsior editions.

xxii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Part I : Hitmakers and bold-faced names. Carl Perkins meets Elvis in a high school parking Lot / with Shawn Pitts ; LaVern Baker : play it fair ; Frankie Laine : bringing passion to pop ; Ella Johnson : since I fell for you ; Charlie Rich : before the fox was silver ; Betty Johnson : no more singing for her supper ; Rosco Gordon : just a little bit ; Ella Mae Morse : so much, so soon -- Part II : One-hit wonders, wannabees, and supporting characters. Chuck Miller : fryers, broilers, and the House of Blue Lights ; Huelyn Duvall : close but no cigar ; Eddy Bell : his alter ego became a star ; Sherry Crane : a parakeet visits 706 Union Avenue ; Ben Hewitt : the best known unknown ; Joey Riesenberg : the scrapyard drummer ; Troy Shondell : the early years of a one-hit wonder ; Carl Mann : that "Mona Lisa" boy -- Part III : Chasing the story. How Elvis and the Jones Brothers ended up in the Memphis landfill ; Hannah Fay and Jeannie Greene : searching for missing singers ; Allerton and Alton : black, white, and bluegrass ; Donna Dameron loses her gig in an Iowa cornfield ; The Kirby Sisters : envy wrapped in red velvet ; "Unchained melody" : the pre-ghost story ; Chuck Berry and other passengers on the hellbound train ; Delia's not gone : the musical legacy of the late Delia Green / with Paula Cimba -- Part IV : Doo wop stories. A brief introduction to doo wop ; The Paragons meet the Turbans ; The Channels : the closer you look ; God or girlfriend? : the Prisonaires create a very confusing love song ; Going steady with the Pearls ; The Six Teens meet the Cleftones -- Part V : The bigger picture. The first rock 'n' roll record and other creation myths ; Politically incorrect music in the 1950s / with Scott Parker ; "Sugartime" and other subtle sexual content in '50s music ; Looking under the covers / with Scott Parker ; The dozen most influential records of the 1950s ; Instrumental hit records : no words were necessary / with Scott Parker ; Ancestors of the Chipmunks ; The Bobbys : an antidote to all that rockin'.

"An unflinching look at the triumphs and tragedies of '50s rock and roll, from the biggest stars, like Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins, to those who barely grabbed the spotlight"--Provided by publisher.

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