The Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll (Enterprise)

The Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll (Enterprise)
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 191
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ISBN-10 : 9780393352504
ISBN-13 : 0393352501
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Book Synopsis The Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll (Enterprise) by : Rich Cohen

Download or read book The Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll (Enterprise) written by Rich Cohen and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005-10-17 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brilliant; the best book I have ever read about the recording industry; a classic."--Larry King On the south side of Chicago in the late 1940s, two immigrants; one a Jew born in Russia, the other a black blues singer from Mississippi; met and changed the course of musical history. Muddy Waters electrified the blues, and Leonard Chess recorded it. Soon Bo Diddly and Chuck Berry added a dose of pulsating rhythm, and Chess Records captured that, too. Rock & roll had arrived, and an industry was born. In a book as vibrantly and exuberantly written as the music and people it portrays, Rich Cohen tells the engrossing story of how Leonard Chess, with the other record men, made this new sound into a multi-billion-dollar business; aggressively acquiring artists, hard-selling distributors, riding the crest of a wave that would crash over a whole generation. Originally published in hardcover as Machers and Rockers. About the series: Enterprise pairs distinguished writers with stories of the economic forces that have shaped the modern worlds; the institutions, the entrepreneurs, the ideas. Enterprise introduces a new genre; the business book as literature.

The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California (Enterprise)

The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California (Enterprise)
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 233
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ISBN-10 : 9780393242416
ISBN-13 : 0393242412
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Download or read book The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California (Enterprise) written by Richard Rayner and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-01-05 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A first-rate look at the little-known story behind the creation of America's first continental railroad…Entertaining and well written." —Publishers Weekly One hundred forty years ago, four shopkeepers in Sacramento, California, rose to become the force behind the American transcontinental railroad, achieving along the way wealth beyond measure. To build influence and maintain power, they lied, bribed, and, when necessary, arranged for obstacles, both human and legal, to disappear. Their names were Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Mark Hopkins, and they were known as "The Big Four" or "The Associates." Their drive for money—nothing more, nothing less—was epic. Their legacy is a university, public gardens, museums, mansions, banks, and libraries—and to a large degree, California itself. A captivating chronicle of a crucial period in American urban expansion, The Associates is a true-to-life tale of ruthless ambition, staggering greed, and the making of a nation.

THE RECORD MEN THE CHESS BROTHERS AND THE BIRTH OF ROCK AND ROLL.

THE RECORD MEN THE CHESS BROTHERS AND THE BIRTH OF ROCK AND ROLL.
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THE RECORD MEN: THE CHESS BROTHERS AND THE BIRTH OF ROCK & ROLL.

THE RECORD MEN: THE CHESS BROTHERS AND THE BIRTH OF ROCK & ROLL.
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Book Synopsis THE RECORD MEN: THE CHESS BROTHERS AND THE BIRTH OF ROCK & ROLL. by : RICH. COHEN

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The Story of Chess Records

The Story of Chess Records
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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ISBN-10 : 9781582340050
ISBN-13 : 1582340056
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Book Synopsis The Story of Chess Records by : John Collis

Download or read book The Story of Chess Records written by John Collis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Chess Records, tracing the evolution of the label, and discussing its role in introducing African-American music to white America.

Hip Hop America

Hip Hop America
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0143035150
ISBN-13 : 9780143035152
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Book Synopsis Hip Hop America by : Nelson George

Download or read book Hip Hop America written by Nelson George and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-04-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down, Hip Hop America is the definitive account of the society-altering collision between black youth culture and the mass media.

The Record Men

The Record Men
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Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 1861977662
ISBN-13 : 9781861977663
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Book Synopsis The Record Men by : Rich Cohen

Download or read book The Record Men written by Rich Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tour-de-force history of Chess Records and the business of Rock & Roll. On the south side of Chicago in the late 1940s two immigrants - one a Jew born in Eastern Europe, the other a black blues singer from Mississippi - met and changed the course of musical history. Muddy Waters electrified the blues, and Leonard Chess recorded it. Soon Bo Diddly and Chuck Berry added a dose of pulsating rhythm, and Chess Records captured that too. Rock & roll had arrived, and an industry was born. In a book as vibrantly and exuberantly written as the music and people it portrays, Rich Cohen tells the engrossing story of how Leonard Chess, with the other record men, made this new sound into a multi-billion-dollar business - aggressively acquiring artists, hard-selling distributors, riding the crest of a wave that would crash over a whole generation. Full of absorbing lore and animated by a deep love for popular music, The Record Men is a smash hit.