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TV-a-go-go
rock on TV from American Bandstand to American Idol
By Austen, Jake
- ISBN
- 978-1-55652-572-8
- Publisher
- Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 8, 2005
Long before American Idol captivated audiences, rock music was practically everywhere on TV, starting with Bo Diddley and his sexually encoded lyrics on The Ed Sullivan Show in the mid-1950s and crescendoing to MTV and VH1, which "made" pop-rock icons like Michael Jackson and Madonna. In a series of engaging essays, Austen, editor of Roctober magazine, debates the role of rock on...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
