The new rock’n’roll book "Record Makers and Breakers" is published

The new rock’n’roll book "Record Makers and Breakers" is
published



13-04-2009
New book by music history author and researcher John Broven
"Record Makers and Breakers - Voices of the Independent Rock ’n’ Roll Pioneers"
was published on March 30th, 2009.

This engaging history of the
independent rock ’n’ roll record industry from its raw regional beginnings in
the 1940s with R & B and hillbilly music through its decline in the 1960s
combines narrative history with extensive oral history material from numerous
recording pioneers. This exceptional volume contains the author’s interviews
with major players in the independent music scene, including Joe Bihari of
Modern Records; Marshall Chess of Chess Records; Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertegun,
and Miriam Bienstock of Atlantic Records; Sam Phillips of Sun Records; Art Rupe
of Specialty Records; and many more. Behind-the-scenes sources include London
Records’ remarkable Mimi Trepel; music publishers Gene Goodman and Freddy
Bienstock; The Cash Box trade magazine editors Ira Howard, Irv Lichtman, and
Marty Ostrow; disc jockey Bill “Hoss” Allen of Radio WLAC, Nashville; recording
studio/label owner and erstwhile teenage jukebox operator Cosimo Matassa; and
many, many others.

For more info check John Broven Website