What is rock and roll? /

By: O'Connor, Jim [author.]Contributor(s): Copeland, Gregory [illustrator.]Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 2017Description: 112 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780451533814 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Rock music -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature | Non-Fiction 9+ | Music and EntertainmentDDC classification: 781.66 Summary: Put on your dancing shoes and move to the music. Rock and roll sprang from a combination of African-American genres, Western swing, and country music that exploded in post World War II America. Jim O'Connor explains what constitutes rock music, follows its history and sub-genres through famous musicians and groups, and shows how rock became so much more than just a style of music influencing fashion, language, and lifestyle.
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Put on your dancing shoes and move to the music. Rock and roll sprang from a combination of African-American genres, Western swing, and country music that exploded in post World War II America. Jim O'Connor explains what constitutes rock music, follows its history and sub-genres through famous musicians and groups, and shows how rock became so much more than just a style of music influencing fashion, language, and lifestyle.