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Table of Contents: “…Rock begins -- Rhythm and gospel -- Elvis Presley -- The sound of New Orleans -- Fats Domino -- Little Richard -- Chuck Berry -- Rockabilly -- Jerry Lee Lewis -- The Everly Brothers -- Buddy Holly -- Doo-Wop -- The rise of Top 40 AM -- The teen idols -- The payola scandal -- The instrumental groups -- Ray Charles -- Sam Cooke -- Jackie Wilson -- Brill Building pop -- Roy Orbison -- Italo-American rock -- James Brown -- The sound of Chicago -- Phil Spector -- The girl groups -- The Beach Boys -- The British invation -- The Beatles -- The Rolling Stones -- The Sound of Texas -- Soul -- Otis Redding -- The sound of Memphis -- Bob Dylan -- The Byrds -- Folk rock -- Motown -- Aretha Franklin -- B.B. …”

Table of Contents: “…(Jack) Duncan ; A Czech way of business / Lori Najvar ; Some recollections of defining events / Al Lowman -- Texas music: "Hell in Texas": crossing between sin and salvation in Texas folk songs / Ken Baake ; Buddy Holly, Beethoven, and Lubbock in the 1950s / Paul H. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Alabama -- Laurie Anderson -- Claudio Arrau -- Burt Bacharach -- Joan Baez -- The Beach Boys -- Chuck Berry -- David Bowie -- Betty Buckley -- Johnny Cash -- Ray Charles -- Cher -- Eric Clapton -- Roy Clark -- Richard Clayderman -- James Cleveland -- Natalie Cole -- Sam Cooke -- Ileana Cotrubas -- Miles Davis -- Paco De Lucia -- John Denver -- Neil Diamond -- Placido Domingo -- Billy Eckstine -- The Fabulous Thunderbirds -- Bryan Ferry -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Crystal Gayle -- Debbie Gibson -- Philip Glass -- Marvin Hamlisch -- John Hartford -- Heart -- Buddy Holly -- John Lee Hooker -- Vladimir Horowitz -- Michael Jackson -- Al Jarreau -- Keith Jarrett -- Stanley Jordan -- B.B. …”
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