عنوان

Dewey and Elvis :

(Number (ISBN

025202981X (cloth : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

0252077326 (pbk. : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9780252029813 (cloth : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9780252077326 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Number

b411120

Title Proper

Dewey and Elvis :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the life and times of a rock 'n' roll deejay /

First Statement of Responsibility

Louis Cantor

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Urbana, Ill. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Illinois Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2005

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

x, 287 p., [14] p. of plates :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

Music in American life

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-276) and index

Text of Note

Programmed chaos : Dewey Phillips on the air -- Before the storm : Dewey arrives at the five-and-dime -- The white brother on Beale Street -- The new Memphis sound : the birth of black programming -- "What in the world is that?" Is this guy black or white? -- Racial cross-pollination : black and white together -- The great convergence : pop tunes' one-stop -- The Phillips boys : soul (better than blood) brothers -- "Red, Hot, and Blue" : the hottest cotton-pickin' thang in the country -- Dewey and Elvis : the synthesized sound -- Dewey introduces Elvis to the world -- The king and his court jester : men-children in the promised land -- "Red hot at first-- blue at the very end" -- The final descent : "If Dewey couldn't be number one, he didn't wanna be." -- "Goodbye, good people" -- The legacy : the next generation and beyond

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Phillips, Dewey

Presley, Elvis,1935-1977

Disc jockeys-- Tennessee-- Memphis, Biography

Popular culture-- United States

Rock music-- Tennessee-- Memphis-- History and criticism

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Cantor, Louis

Date of Transaction

20110725021556.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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