Gold Rush is designed for use as a college-level Rock and Roll History text, a Mass Media text, or a handy guide just to learn more about your favorite songs. We also identify a few formulas for that magic hit record that your fledgling garage band seeks. We give you the facts – Billboard chart numbers, personnel, music analysis, geographical factoids – but more important, we strive to bring you the Heart and Soul of Rock and Roll. What’s different about Gold Rush? We zero in on the most important nugget in the music you love – the single song. Most of them write about the groups, sketch out the eras, and try to bring you a quick peek at the Rock Revolution. ” – Oprah Winfrey, inadvertently expressing the chief reasons for every Rock and Roll song, Emmy Awards, NBC, 9-22-2002 “Hearing Elvis for the first time was like busting out of jail.” – Bob Dylan – “If you remember the 60s, you weren’t there.” – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame bumper sticker – “If it’s too loud, you’re too old.” – Ted Nugent – “The function of Rock and Roll is to annoy parents.” – Bob Merlis, Record Executive – “Not even boot camp is as tough as being in Rock and Roll.” – Patty Smith – “Without Elvis, none of us could have made it.” – Buddy Holly, 1958 – “Rock and Roll will be gone by June.” – Music trade magazine Variety, 1955 – “I like Rock and Roll, and I don’t like much else.” – John Lennon – “We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.” – Paul McCartney – Quotes above from video clips, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rock Hall of Fame Costume Collection, 1-8-2000 “We all just want to be heard. …Ĭhapter 41: Rockin’ Always - And Even Forevermore?.…….Ĭhapter 42: Take Good Care of Our Baby. ….Ĭhapter 40: Still Rock and Roll to Us!. …….Ĭhapter 38: MTV and ROCKFLIX: Nifty Mix or Jiffy Pix?. Goode: Women (and a Few Good Men) in Rock and Roll. …….Ĭhapter 36: Blue Star-Spangled Country and Roadhouse Rock. Ĭhapter 35: Light Metal - The Easy Squeezy Stuff. Ĭhapter 33: Punk, Rockabilly, and New Wave Rebels in the Old Surf. …….Ĭhapter 32: Jock Rock - Sports Rock Meets the Gold Rush ‘90s Waltz Kings. …….Ĭhapter 30: Rock & Roll - Marathoners and 38-Hit Wonders.Ĭhapter 31: Tango Fandango - Latino Rock: Chalypso To Reggae To Salsa. …….Ĭhapter 29: All That Glitters Is Glitz? Or Gold?. Ĭhapter 28: Smash, Thrash, and Crash - Rip-Roaring Rise of Metalmania. …….Ĭhapter 26: Rockin’ Jazz Razz-Mo-Tazz: Art, Orchestral, and Jazz Rock Fusion.Ĭhapter 27: Heart of Rock & Roll. ….Ĭhapter 24: A Joyful Noise Unto the Lord: Rock, Roll, & Religion. …….Ĭhapter 22: You’re Welcome in the Home of the Blues. ….Ĭhapter 21: Crossing the Great Divide - 1970. ….Ĭhapter 20: Rockets’ Red Glare: Cannonade Serenade.
…….Ĭhapter 18: Rock & Roll Thunder Over the Mersey, the Thames, and the Galaxy…….Ĭhapter 19: America’s Golden Age of Rock. ……….Ĭhapter 17: Dual Role: Liverpool and Motown Cool. Ĭhapter 16: Ringo’s Rockers in an International Role.
….Ĭhapter 14: North Coast, East Coast, and No Coast Rock.…….Ĭhapter 15: Kim Dandy to the Rescue - Women Who Rock & Roll. …….Ĭhapter 13: The Really Great Singers And a Few ‘A-’ Ones. Badde, Bandstand Teen Dreams, and the Sizzling Sixties. …….Ĭhapter 9: We’ll Sail on That Sloop ‘John B’. …Ĭhapter 8: Holly Days - Nevermore to Evermore. ……….Ĭhapter 5: Roll Over the Boogie: Dig That Rhythm and Blues. …….Ĭhapter 4: Just a Song at Twilight, with (Guitar) Strings Attached. …….Ĭhapter 3: Dixieland Cowboys - Moonlight Serenade. …….Ĭhapter 2: Stardust Yesteryear Pioneers. Proofreader, Copy Editor - Molly Altizer Text formatting - Mary Ann Still Picture selection and layout - Jeremy Dean Rock and roll : Gold rush / by Maury Dean. ISBN: 0-87586-207-1 (softcover) ISBN: 0-87586-208-X (hardcover) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dean, Maury. No portion of this book (beyond what is permitted by Sections 107 or 108 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976) may be reproduced by any process, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, without the express written permission of the publisher. GOLD RUSH A Singles Un-cyclopedia Maury Dean