Blue Monday
fats domino and the lost dawn of rock 'n' roll
$61.99
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
23 April 2007
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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