Blue Monday, 9780306815317
Paperback
The critically acclaimed first-ever biography of New Orleans rock ‘n’ roll legend Fats Domino by a writer who obtained exclusive access to the reclusive singer

Blue Monday

fats domino and the lost dawn of rock 'n' roll

$61.99

  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    23 April 2007

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Summary

While many think of Elvis Presley as rock ‘n’ roll’s driving force, the truth is that Fats Domino, whose records have sold more than 100 million copies, was the first to put it on the map with such hits as Ain’t That a Shame” and Blueberry Hill.” In Blue Monday , acclaimed R&B scholar Rick Coleman draws on a multitude of new interviews with Fats Domino and many other early musical legends to create a definitive biography of not just an extraordinary man but also a unique time and place…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780306815317
ISBN-10:0306815311
Author:Rick Coleman
Publisher:Hachette Books
Imprint:Da Capo Press Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Edition:New edition
Release Date:23 April 2007
Weight:505g
Dimensions:227mm x 153mm x 25mm
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Critics Review

”[The] definitive biography.“– Baton Rough Advocate

”(Blue Monday) is not just a masterly biography, boasting rare access to its reclusive subject… but an expansive social and musical history, of how 1950s America spawned rock’n’roll, and how rock’n’roll changed America…Excellent.” The Guardian”

About The Author

Rick Coleman

Rick Coleman’s work has appeared in Offbeat, Goldmine, Billboard, and Rolling Stone, and in liner notes for the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard. He lives outside New Orleans.

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