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Grade 5-10?This overview gives little sense of the historical context in which the music was created. Rather than using a strict chronological organization, Shirley has chosen to tell individual stories of key personalities straight through?Elvis, Little Richard, etc. For example, after the author follows the Beatles through their 1970 breakup, he starts back in the '50s chronicling the folk movement. This approach is successful in telling the individual stories, but going back and forth across decades from chapter to chapter can be confusing. It is difficult to see connections and draw parallels among things that were happening at the same time. Many bands are covered in short paragraphs that seem to exist only so the groups will receive mention?but why devote two sentences to a dismissive swipe at the group Chicago in a section on jazz influences in rock and not mention Steely Dan at all? Sidebars provide sketches of obscure or neglected figures and rock events. Black-and-white publicity photos are scattered throughout and an appendix lists inductees into the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame.?Tim Wadham, Dallas Public Library, TX
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Gr. 6^-9. This history of rock can serve only as an overview, but it is bright and well written and hits the high spots. Shirley begins with Elvis and describes how Presley bridged the gap between black music and white music. The author then introduces rock's early wild men--Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Chuck Berry--and moves on to Buddy Holly and some of his less talented peers, such as Fabian and Frankie Avalon. Shirley next looks at members of the British invasion and moves on to rock and roll into the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Although the layout is crisp and clean, too many of the pictures are dark and, for the most part, uninteresting. Too bad, because the book has moments of twitchy excitement that really demand better art. Good for report writers, fun for browsers. Source notes appended. Ilene Cooper
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Grade 5-10?This overview gives little sense of the historical context in which the music was created. Rather than using a strict chronological organization, Shirley has chosen to tell individual stories of key personalities straight through?Elvis, Little Richard, etc. For example, after the author follows the Beatles through their 1970 breakup, he starts back in the '50s chronicling the folk movement. This approach is successful in telling the individual stories, but going back and forth across decades from chapter to chapter can be confusing. It is difficult to see connections and draw parallels among things that were happening at the same time. Many bands are covered in short paragraphs that seem to exist only so the groups will receive mention?but why devote two sentences to a dismissive swipe at the group Chicago in a section on jazz influences in rock and not mention Steely Dan at all? Sidebars provide sketches of obscure or neglected figures and rock events. Black-and-white publicity photos are scattered throughout and an appendix lists inductees into the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame.?Tim Wadham, Dallas Public Library, TX
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 6^-9. This history of rock can serve only as an overview, but it is bright and well written and hits the high spots. Shirley begins with Elvis and describes how Presley bridged the gap between black music and white music. The author then introduces rock's early wild men--Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Chuck Berry--and moves on to Buddy Holly and some of his less talented peers, such as Fabian and Frankie Avalon. Shirley next looks at members of the British invasion and moves on to rock and roll into the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Although the layout is crisp and clean, too many of the pictures are dark and, for the most part, uninteresting. Too bad, because the book has moments of twitchy excitement that really demand better art. Good for report writers, fun for browsers. Source notes appended. Ilene Cooper
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