Counting Down Elvis

Counting Down Elvis
Author: Mark Duffett
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2018-02-23
Genre: Music
ISBN: 144224805X

Over the course of the last six decades, Elvis Presley has sold more than a billion records; his music has touched nearly every modern listener. Despite an avalanche of books on his life, there are, surprisingly, few about his musical creativity. In Counting Down Elvis: His 100 Finest Songs, Mark Duffett urges readers to put aside the misleading stereotypes and rumor-filled debates about Elvis and listen once again to the legend who emerged from Memphis. Elvis had a unique approach to music—one that was both powerful and versatile. In a career stretching across more than twenty years, Presley changed the face of popular music, drawing together genres—from country and blues to contemporary folk—and placing a unique stamp on all of them. Counting Down Elvis: His 100 Finest Songs explores the full range of Presley recordings, from his earliest numbers to posthumous hits, combing through gold records and unpolished gems to distill the best that Presley has to offer.

Counting Down Southern Rock

Counting Down Southern Rock
Author: C. Eric Banister
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2016-05-12
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1442245409

When Southern rock acts like the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynrd stormed American concert stages, detractors immediately came to the fore declaring the genre to be little more than a marketing gimmick. But those on stage themselves would have called its appearance not only inevitable but also a way of life. In the end, the musicians who played Southern rock reflected a robust and broad variety of influences, drawing deeply from the wellsprings of blues, rock, country, and even jazz. Listeners gravitated to the sounds of the New South, a place that had captured pop culture’s imagination amid the turbulence following President Nixon’s successful Southern strategy and silent majorities. Southern rock garnered a second wave of enthusiasm with the rise of the urban cowboy and Bill Clinton’s ascension to the presidency. For nearly half a century, Southern rock has captured and expressed the energy of the New South, inspiring a legacy that listeners can still hear from jam bands, indie acts, and mainstream country musicians. In Counting Down Southern Rock: The 100 Best Songs, C. Eric Banister considers the best songs to emerge from the bands who made Southern rock what it is. Banister examines the impact of the songs on the society and culture of devoted fans and delves deep into the history and production of each song. Featuring such well-known bands as the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd as well as less visible groups like Blackhorse and Heartsfield, this book is the perfect introduction for both newbies and dedicated fans.

Counting Down Bob Dylan

Counting Down Bob Dylan
Author: Jim Beviglia
Publisher: Counting Down
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Popular music
ISBN: 9780810888234

For fifty years, Bob Dylan's music has been a source of wonder to his fans and endless fodder for analysis by music critics. In Counting Down Bob Dylan, rock journalist Jim Beviglia dares to rank these songs in descending order from Dylan's 100th best to his #1 song.

Counting Down Elvis

Counting Down Elvis
Author: Mark Duffett
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2018
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781442248045

Counting Down Elvis: His 100 Finest Songs explores the full range of Presley recordings, from his earliest number to his end-of-career (and even posthumous) hits, combing through gold record hits and unpolished gems to distill the best Presley had to offer his generation, his successors, and listeners today.

Ten Little Elvi

Ten Little Elvi
Author: Laura J. Henson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781582461243

Ten children dress up as Elvis impersonators in a celebration of the life and songs of "The King."

Counting Down the Beatles

Counting Down the Beatles
Author: Jim Beviglia
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2017-03-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1442271558

The Beatles loom large over the musical landscape even now that nearly a half-century has passed since the four men from Liverpool played their last notes together. While the story of their stunning rise and brief but brilliant time together on top of the pop music world is undoubtedly fascinating, it would ring hollow without the scores of incredible songs that accompanied each milestone. These songs are the focus of rock writer Jim Beviglia’s latest foray into the catalogs of rock royalty. Counting Down the Beatles: Their 100 Finest Songs features Beviglia’s list of the best songs in the band’s unparalleled oeuvre. Ranked in descending order from #100 to #1, each song is accompanied by a lengthy essay providing information on the song’s writing and recording, context on where it falls within the band’s timeline, and the author’s analysis and explanation why it deserves its position in this hallowed canon. Every fan of the Beatles, from attendees at their first U.S.tour to the newest generation's devotees, will find this collection an informative, insightful, and entertaining adventure. Not only will it reveal little-known facts, but it just may start some arguments and settle a few debates.

Elvis

Elvis
Author: June Juanico
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781559703932

June Juanico recounts her romance with Elvis Presley in Biloxi, Mississippi, in the summer of 1955.

Inventing Elvis

Inventing Elvis
Author: Mathias Haeussler
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2020-12-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1350107670

Elvis Presley stands tall as perhaps the supreme icon of 20th-century U.S. culture. But he was perceived to be deeply un-American in his early years as his controversial adaptation of rhythm and blues music and gyrating on-stage performances sent shockwaves through Eisenhower's conservative America and far beyond. This book explores Elvis Presley's global transformation from a teenage rebel figure into one of the U.S.'s major pop-cultural embodiments from a historical perspective. It shows how Elvis's rise was part of an emerging transnational youth culture whose political impact was heavily conditioned by the Cold War. As well as this, the book analyses Elvis's stint as G.I. soldier in West Germany, where he acted as an informal ambassador for the so-called American way of life and was turned into a deeply patriotic figure almost overnight. Yet, it also suggests that Elvis's increasingly synonymous identity with U.S. culture ultimately proved to be a double-edged sword, as the excesses of his superstardom and personal decline seemingly vindicated long-held stereotypes about the allegedly materialistic nature of U.S. society. Tracing Elvis's story from his unlikely rise in the 1950s right up to his tragic death in August 1977, this book offers a riveting account of changing U.S. identities during the Cold War, shedding fresh light on the powerful role of popular music and consumerism in shaping images of the United States during the cultural struggle between East and West.

The Big Wheel

The Big Wheel
Author: Bruce Thomas
Publisher: Helter Skelter Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Rock musicians
ISBN: 9781900924535

Satirical take on life on the road with Elvis Costello and the Attractions, by the band's bass player.