Paperback. Put on your dancing shoes and move to the music.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.This entry in the New York Times best-selling series contains eighty illustrations and sixteen pages of black and white photographs. Rock and roll sprang from a combination of African-American genres, Western swing, and country music that exploded in post World War II America. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Title: What Is Rock and Roll? (Paperback)
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc, New York
Publication Date: 2017
Language: English
ISBN 10: 045153381X
ISBN 13: 9780451533814
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: Copeland, Gregory
Condition: new

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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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Jim O'Connor is the author of What Was Pompeii?, What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?, and Who Is Bob Dylan?

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