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Preface / Michael Ochs -- Introduction / Peter Guralnick -- Part I. Mitosis: late '40s to late '50s. Singing the blues: predecessors -- Crooners and criers: early MOR -- T for Tennessee: '50s country & western -- Crazy man, crazy: Bill Haley -- Big boss men: early Black soloists -- T for Texas: Duke Records -- Crazy little mamas: Faye Adams, LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown -- Swingin' like a rusty ax: '50s honkers -- Birth of the boogie: Alan Freed -- Tell Tchaikovsky the news: Chuck Berry -- Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley -- I was the one: Elvis Presley -- Put your cat clothes on: Rockabilly -- Street corner symphonies: Doo-wop -- A white sport coat: '50s male stars -- Wonderful, wonderful: Nat "King" Cole, Johnny Mathis, the Chordettes -- Say it loud: James Brown -- Finger poppin' time: Hank Ballard, Little Willie John, Screamin' Jay Hawkins -- Great balls of fire: Jerry Lee Lewis -- Crying in the rain: The Everly Brothers -- Walking to New Orleans: The Louisiana sound -- Southern love: Dale Hawkins, Buddy Knox, Ronnie Hawkins -- Party dolls: '50s girl groups -- His master's voice: Elvis soundalikes -- Memories of El Monte: '50s L.A. rhythm & blues -- Race with the devil: Gene Vincent -- I'm gonna raise a fuss: Eddie Cochran -- Genius and soul: Ray Charles -- Do you wanna dance: '50s Black rock -- Love is strange: '50s duos -- Sweet nothin's: Connie Francis and Brenda Lee -- Teenagers in love: Dion and the Belmonts -- Teen beats: '50s instrumentalists -- Bigger than a Cadillac: Buddy Holly -- Part II: Osmosis: late '50s to mid-'60s. Soul man: Sam Cooke -- The bird's the word: White rock groups -- Somethin' else: '50s white soloists -- Dream lover: Bobby Darin -- Just a dream: Jimmy Clanton -- Teenage idols: '50s TV and film stars, Rick Nelson -- Guitar man: Duane Eddy -- Crossfire: '50s instrumental groups -- Puppy love: Paul Anka and Annette -- Land of 1000 dances: Philadelphia -- Lightnin' strikes: '60s white soloists -- A star is born: '60s TV and film stars -- Come back when you grow up: Bobby Vee -- Teen angels: teen disasters -- Just a little bit longer: Doo-wop continues -- Stairway to heaven: The Brill building -- Girls talk: girl groups -- Half heaven, half heartache: Roy Orbison, Del Shannon, Gene Pitney -- He's a rebel: Phil Spector -- River deep: Ike and Tina Turner -- Sounds of silence: East Coast folk -- Boots of Spanish leather: Chicano rock -- Goin' to Chicago: The Chi-town sound -- Two divided by love: '60s duos -- Jackie Wilson said -- Dancing in the street: Motown -- Part III. Cosmosis: 'mid-'60s to late '60s -- Wipe out: surf rock -- Soul stew: '60s instrumentalists -- Tossin' and turnin': '60s Black soloists -- California dreamin': L.A. folk rock -- Shake a tail feather: '60s Black groups -- It's my party: '60s White soloists -- Soul deep: Memphis -- Star dust: '60s TV and film stars -- What kind of fool: musical oddities -- Blue on blue: '60s MOR -- Teenager's romance: '60s teen idols -- Midnight hours: '60s Black soloists -- Summer in the city: East Coast rock -- Kick out the jams: Midwest rock -- North of the border: Canadian rock -- South of the bordern: Southern rock -- Dirty water: The Bosstown sound -- Are you sure Hank done it this way? '60s country -- Good vibrations: West Coast rock -- Israelites: early Reggae -- Glad all over: The British Invasion -- Two faces have I: British impersonators -- Just a little lovin': British soloists -- Rave up: British groups -- Bits and pieces -- Get together: The San Francisco sound. |
