| Description |
x, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Music in American life
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Music in American life.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-276) and index. |
| Contents |
Programmed chaos : Dewey Phillips on the air -- Before the storm : Dewey arrives at the five-and-dime -- The white brother on Beale Street -- The new Memphis sound : the birth of black programming -- "What in the world is that?" Is this guy black or white? -- Racial cross-pollination : black and white together -- The great convergence : "pop" tunes' one-stop -- The Phillips boys : soul (better than blood) brothers -- "Red, hot, and blue" : the hottest cotton-pickin' thang' in the country -- Dewey and Elvis : the synthesized sound -- Dewey introduces Elvis to the world -- The king and his court jester : men-children in the promised land -- Red hot at first-- blue at the very end -- The final descent : "If Dewey couldn't be number one, he didn't wanna be." -- "Goodbye, good people" -- The legacy : the next generation and beyond. |
| Subject |
Phillips, Dewey.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Phillips, Dewey. |
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Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977.
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Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977. |
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Disc jockeys -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Biography.
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Disc jockeys. |
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Tennessee -- Memphis. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Rock music -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History and criticism.
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Rock music. |
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Popular culture -- United States.
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Popular culture. |
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United States. |
| ISBN |
025202981X cloth alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780252029813 |
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