Title:
Before Elvis : the African American musicians who made the King
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2025
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group, 2025.
Physical Description:
xiii, 299 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780306833083
Abstract:
"[The author] examines the lives, music, legacies, and interactions with Elvis Presley of the four innovative Black artists who created a style that would come to be known as Rock 'n' Roll: Little Junior Parker, Big Mama Thornton, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and ... Calvin Newborn"-- Flap page 1 of dust jacket.
Genre:
Language:
English
