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Rock and Roll History

By Charles Shaar Murray

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Table of Contents

Part 1 Whole lotta shakin' goin' on - the origins of rock & roll emerging from country music and rhythm & blues. Part 2 Be my baby - the idea of the "pop group". Part 3 R-e-s-p-e-c-t - the birth of soul music: Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye and the gospel music of Aretha Franklin. Part 4 A rolling stone - the creation of folk pop: the Everly Brothers, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. Part 5 Crossroads - the heavy-metal sound: The Rolling Stones; The Who and The Kinks; guitar kings Clapton and Hendrix. Part 6 Eight miles high - the late-Sixties' drug-inspired music of The Grateful Dead, The Doors and Frank Zappa. Part 7 Walk on the wild side - rock & roll theatre emerges. Part 8 Brand new bag - disco and the funk sound. Part 8 Blank generation: the punk spirit of The Sex Pistols; meanwhile, rock crossed with Reggae and African music. Part 10 Planet rock - the emergence of rap.