Georgetown Peabody Library

So you think you know rock and roll?, an in-depth Q & A tour of the revolutionary decade 1965-1975, Peter E. Meltzer

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-412) and index

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So you think you know rock and roll?

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Peter E. Meltzer

an in-depth Q & A tour of the revolutionary decade 1965-1975

"Test your knowledge of the most important era of rock music. Rolling Stone magazine recently released its list of the 100 greatest albums in rock music history, a period spanning more than fifty years. Nearly 60 percent of those albums were released in the decade from 1965 to 1975--the golden age of classic rock. This book is a wide-ranging portrait of that transformative and remarkable time, from the dawn of the singer-songwriter era to days before disco. This book is presented in a question-and-answer format, but it is hardly a "trivia" book. It covers such diverse topics as censorship, chart phenomena, album covers, rock groupies, manufactured bands, one-hit wonders, rock festivals, supergroups, novelty songs, and the Beatles. All of the major figures of the '60s and '70s are here: Cream, CCR, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Simon and Garfunkel, the Who, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Queen, Neil Young, the Eagles, the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Linda Ronstadt, Pink Floyd, Billy Joel, Marvin Gaye, David Bowie, James Taylor, Carole King, Aretha Franklin, Lou Reed, Carly Simon, Laura Nyro, and many others. Exhaustively researched, So You Think You Know Rock and Roll? is filled with "I never knew that!" moments on every page."--Publisher's description

On the chart with a bullet!: billboard chart phenomenons and curiosities -- What's the story behind that song?: derivations of songs -- The Fab Four: or The Fab 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 -- Only the good die young: premature death -- We're having a party: rock festivals and benefit concerts -- I'm with the band: groupies -- That's not a real band!: manufactured or fictitious bands -- A poll not worth winning: worst songs -- Name that act: specific artists -- Name that tune: specific songs -- Odds and ends: or as The Who would say, odds and sods -- We write the songs that make the whole world sing: songwriters -- It's not just a man's world: female groups, composers and singers -- Commonality: songs or bands that have something in common -- "The streak" and other classics: novelty songs -- Politicians honouring the music: state songs, rock official, unofficial and otherwise