The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll
The Illustrated Story of Sun Records and the 70 Recordings That Changed the World
Peter Guralnick & Colin Escott
The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll
The Illustrated Story of Sun Records and the 70 Recordings That Changed the World
Peter Guralnick & Colin Escott
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Description
The first official history of Sun Records, written for the celebration of their 70th anniversary.
Award-winning and best-selling author Peter Guralnick is widely regarded as the nation's preeminent writer on twentieth-century American popular music. His books include the two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love; and the biography of Sun records founder Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll. He is a Grammy award winner and an inductee in the Blues Hall of Fame. Colin Escott is the foremost authority on Sun Records. He wrote the company's history in 1975 and has revised and expanded it several times since. He has published several other volumes on the early days of country music, has won a Grammy for his work on Mercury Records' The Complete Hank Williams, and received a Tony nomination for the book for Million Dollar Quartet in 2010.
Award-winning and best-selling author Peter Guralnick is widely regarded as the nation's preeminent writer on twentieth-century American popular music. His books include the two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love; and the biography of Sun records founder Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll. He is a Grammy award winner and an inductee in the Blues Hall of Fame. Colin Escott is the foremost authority on Sun Records. He wrote the company's history in 1975 and has revised and expanded it several times since. He has published several other volumes on the early days of country music, has won a Grammy for his work on Mercury Records' The Complete Hank Williams, and received a Tony nomination for the book for Million Dollar Quartet in 2010.