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What Is Rock and Roll?

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4 out of 5
Based on 187 Ratings and 29 Reviews

Book Description
Put on your dancing shoes and move to the music.

Rock and roll sprang from a combination of African-American genres, Western swing, and country music that exploded in post World War II America. Jim O'Connor explains what constitutes rock music, follows its history and sub-genres through famous musicians and groups, and shows how rock became so much more than just a style of music inf... More
Book Information
PublisherGrosset & Dunlap
BindingLibrary Binding (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages112
ISBN-100451533836
ISBN-13978-0451533838
Publication Date08/22/2017
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About Jim O'Connor (Author) : Jim O'Connor is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Jim O'Connor include Jackie Robinson and the Story of All Black Baseball (Step-Into-Reading, Step 5), The Ghost... more
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About Gregory Copeland (Illustrator) : Gregory Copeland is a published illustrator. Published credits of Gregory Copeland include Who Was Jesse Owens?, Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe? (Who Was...?), and Who Was Andy Warhol? (Who Was...?).
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8/23/2017 Lisa Grant said: great one

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