Jim O’Connor is a children’s author. His books include Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-Black Baseball, Let’s Hear it for the Shrumps!, The Puck Stops Here!, The Ghost in Tent 19, Call Me Gretzky, and many books in the popular Who Was? series. Deskripsi Produk Which of these facts are true? Elvis Presley’s first recorded song was present for his mother Jimi Hendrix could play guitar behind his back Aretha Franklin first sang in church choirs 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 influencing fashion, language, and lifestyle. This entry in the New York Times best-selling series contains eighty illustrations and sixteen pages of black and white photographs. A short concise history of rock and roll from its beginning to today. This book touches in the various musical influences that shaped the genre as well as many of the more influential artists. The author doesn't shy away from the topic of drug use in the music industry and the loss of artists to it.