
Rock’n’Roll 39-59
- Publisher
- Éditions Xavier Barral / Fondation Cartier
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
- 9782869250734
- Specifications
- softcover
25 x 31.5 cm
432 pages
350 images
Texts by Gregg Geller, Charlie Gillett, Peter Guralnick, David Halberstam, Greil Marcus, Florent Mazzoleni, Robert Palmer, Alain Dominique Perrin and Line Renaud
Co-published with the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
Rooted in the black music of the 1940s, rock’n’roll exploded in 1954 with Elvis Presley, from the squeals of Little Richard to Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly. Photographs by William Eggleston and Bruce Davidson, an exceptional photo report on Elvis’s first tour, album covers, posters, personal accounts and press cuttings chronicle the saga of a society in change, freeing itself from segregation and inventing teen culture.