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...rock 'n' roll." Indeed, most of the 26 pioneers chronicled in these pages were forgotten by the time Little Richard came leaping onstage. Wynonie Harris, Amos Milburn, Hardrock Gunter (who, at 33, joined the Army in 1951, "perhaps fearing a Chinese takeover of his beloved Alabama"). Jackie Brenston, Stick McGhee. These are what have been called roots artists, and they sang the kind of mean and raggedy rhythm and blues that still sounds rightly raw and impolite today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Dancing in the Outer Darkness | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

Others elected to the editorial board were Jack E. Brenston, Thomas M. Cock, Mare B. Jaffe, Carier H. Leslie William C. Murphy, and Edward J. Botheohild Peter Macgowan and Ross I. Parker, Jr. were elected to the photographic board...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Richard E. Johnson Elected Editorial Head of Red Book | 4/22/1939 | See Source »

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