Sh-boom! : the explosion of rock 'n' roll, 1953-1968
There was a small sliver of time between Be-Bop and Hip-Hop, when a new generation of teenagers created rock 'n' roll. Clay Cole was one of those teenagers he was the host of his own Saturday night, pop music television show. Clay Cole's SH-BOOM! is the pop culture chronicle of that exciting time, 1953-1968, when teenagers created their own music, from swing bands and pop to rhythm and blues, cover records, a cappella, rockabilly, folk-rock, and girl groups; from the British Invasion to the creation of the American Boy Band. He was first to introduce Chubby Checker performing the "Twist;" the first to present the Rolling Stones, Tony Orlando, Dionne Warwick, Neil Diamond, Bobby Vinton, the Rascals, Ronettes, Four Seasons, Dion, and dozens more; the first to introduce music video clips, discotheque, go-go girls and young unknown standup comedians Richard Pryor, George Carlin, and Fannie Flagg to a teenage television audience
Biography
1 online resource (xxii, 318 pages) : illustrations
9781600377686, 1600377688
839305537
Youngstown, Ohio, 1938-1954
Chicago/Cumberland Gap, 1954
Ohio to NYC, 1955-1957
NBC to Channel 13, 1957-1959
Channel 13, NYC, 1959
Payola scandal, 1959
Copacabana
Palisades Amusement Park, 1960
Twist, 1961
Apollo
Brooklyn Paramount Theatre
WPIX-TV
Channel 11, 1963
Family matters
Girl groups
British invasion
Clay Cole's happening place
Motown
American boy bands
The party's over
Includes index
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