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Stein & Day Paperback, Date: 1985-01. Paperback. Good. 1985. Stein & Day Paperback ISBN 0812881168 9780812881165 [US]

ISBN10: 0812881168, ISBN13: 9780812881165, [publisher: Stein & Day Paperback] Softcover First Edition BILL HALEY: THE DADDY OF ROCK AND ROLL, John Swenson, softcover, first edition thus, illustrated (photos), 1985. BOOK CONDITION: very good. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition, with no tears, dogears, or marks. Inscribed by author on copyright page. Pages are age-toned. No bookplate nor signature of prior owner. Not a remainder nor library book. The wraps are in good condition (reading creases on spine, some rippling on front and back but with no effect on interior). 7 x 4 ¼, 307 pages, 6 ounces XX [from the back cover] ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK, CRAZY MAN, CRAZY SKINNY MINNIE, SEE YOU LATER, ALLIGATOR, SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL, ROCK THE JOINT, DIM, DIM THE LIGHTS. Bill Haley was the first great white rock and roller. He mined a rich vein of pent-up teenage verve in the early 1950s with songs like "Shake, Rattle and Roll," "Crazy Man, Crazy," and "See You Later, Alligator." In 1954, Haley and his group, the Comets, released the song that was to become the classic anthem of the new music? "Rock Around the Clock." It became the largest-selling rock record of all time, in excess of 30 million copies. With exclusive, never-before-published materials, author John Swenson chronicles the extraordinary Haley phenomenon from the '50s riots around the world, to what happened in his really bad years, to the story be ...
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