This volume takes up the challenge provided by a changing of the guard in New York City government - the election of a new mayor and City Council - to outline a new conceptual ...

(Book). In 1958, long before he created and hosted Don Kirshner's Rock Concert , the most dynamic rock-and-roll series in television history, before he developed the Monkees ...

A dual portrait of the music team that shaped rock-and-roll music in the 1950s and 1960s describes their humble origins, their relationships with such performers as Elvis ...

Halberstadt offers the first biography of legendary songwriter Doc Pomus, author of such classics as "Lonely Avenue," "Save the Last Dance for Me," and "Viva Las Vegas." In ...

The first joint biography of one of rock n roll's greatest song writing teams, Hitmakers Inc. explores the private lives and public triumphs of lyricist Doc Pomus and composer ...

An essential reference book for sixties music lovers, this encyclopedic overview includes detailed chart statistics and biographical information for eighty songwriters and ...

" Leiber and Stoller are perhaps the most celebrated (Rock'n'Roll Jews) along with Phil Spector, but there have been others who have contributed greatly. Michael Billig ...

Spector's achievements are well-chronicled in this tightly-written and very accessible book.