Record Makers and Breakers
This volume is an engaging and exceptional history of the independent rock 'n' roll record industry from its raw regional beginnings in the 1940s through its peak in the 1950s and decline in the 1960s. John Broven combines narrative history with extensive oral history material from numerous recording pioneers 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._x000B_
641 pages
English edition · First published 2010 by University of Illinois Press · ISBN 9780252094019
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