Unsung Heroes Of Rock 'n' Roll: The Birth Of Rock In The Wild Years Before Elvis nirvana a year before his death

a year before his death

and the ways he reshaped popular music forever

"—The New York Times

Andy Rourke

has never ceased to grow and now encircles the globe

Unsung Heroes Of Rock 'n' Roll: The Birth Of Rock In The Wild Years Before Elvis nirvana a year before his deathAuthor: Nick Tosches Long before Elvis Presley entered Sam Phillips's Sun Records studio in 1954, rock 'n' roll was being performed and recorded by the likes of Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, the Clovers, the Dominoes, the Midnighters, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Wanda Jackson, and Johnny Ace. More than just a series of shrewd and evocative portraits of these and sixteen other performers, this book is also a paean to a forsaken time of