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Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Part 1: The Independent Revolution 1. We’re Rolling—Take One! 9 2. The Super Indies 21 3. California Booming 33 4. New York: Big City and Little Tiffany 53 5. The Battle of the Speeds and Golden Records’ Seeds 73 Part 2: Regional Sounds 6. Riding the Nashville Airwaves 93 7. The Chess Game 116 8. King of Them All 131 9. Behind the Southern Sun 149 10. Louisiana Gumbo 166 Part 3: The Hustle Is On 11. Billboard and Cash Box: Stars and Bullets 187 12. A-Hustle and A-Scuffle at Old Town 208 13. Mercury Rising and the Roulette Wheel 231 14. Tin Pan Alley and Beyond 254 i-xvi_1-592_Brov.indd 7 11/19/09 10:43:54 AM 15. Hillbilly Boogie 277 16. West Coast Rockin’ and Rollin’ 297 17. From Motown to Manhattan: In Almost Perfect Harmony 319 18. Harlem Hotshots and the Black Experience 341 19. On and Off Broadway 358 20. Gold Coast Platters and Stock Matters 379 Part 4: Rock ’n’ Roll Is Here to Stay 21. The London American Group: Rockin’ around the World 397 22. Teen Scene 415 23. Corporate Takeover and Talent Makeover 439 24. The Payola Scandal and Changing Times 454 25. End of Session: Art Rupe’s New Rules at Specialty Records 472 Part 5: Appendixes Appendix A: U.S. Record Sales, 1921–69 483 Appendix B: Independent Record Distributors’ Network: 1946–48, 1954, 1960 487 Appendix C: Pressing Plants, 1946 491 Appendix D: Original Postwar Record Labels: Locations, Launch Dates, and Current Owners 493 Appendix E: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Record Men Inductees, 1986–2008 496 Appendix F: Record Makers: Biographical Data (Selective) 498 Appendix G: Oral History 504 Notes 509 Bibliography 545 Index 557 Illustrations follow pages 52, 148, 296, and 438 i-xvi_1-592_Brov.indd 8 11/19/09 10:43:54 AM ...

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