How The Beatles Destroyed Rock n Roll

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How The Beatles Destroyed Rock n Roll

Author	: Elijah Wald
File Size	: 49,7 Mb
Publisher	: OUP USA
Language	: English
Release Date	: 01 October 2011
ISBN	: 9780199756971
Pages	: 339 pages

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How The Beatles Destroyed Rock n Roll by Elijah Wald Book PDF Summary

How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll is an alternative history of American music that, instead of recycling the familiar cliches of jazz and rock, looks at what people were playing, hearing and dancing to over the course of the 20th century, using a wealth of original research, curious quotations, and an irreverent fascination with the oft-despised commercial mainstream.

How The Beatles Destroyed Rock n Roll by Elijah Wald

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