Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...writers than the product of a shared musical history. That is as it should be, since Leiber and Stoller always worked best close to the roots. In a sense, they even became part of the roots, a fact richly demonstrated in a new book, Baby, That Was Rock & Roll (Harvest/HBJ; $6.95), that is part song compendium, part photo album, part biographical appreciation, and all long past...
...Thornton in 1953, pop music had its own kind of enforced segregation. The sudden, seismic synthesis of mainstream pop and down-home rhythm and blues was performed by Elvis Presley, who took R&B, fused it with a little country raunch and came up with rock 'n' roll. Even the generic name was a perfect synthesis: black slang, applied to the raucous music and then popularized by a disc jockey...
...S.R.O. in London. Al Coury has to love it all. "I don't love vacuum cleaners and underwear. But I love music, and I can sell it." And it will be sold. What comes out of the RSO outfit may not seem a whole lot like real rock 'n' roll, but it sure sounds like money...
...beaches, through fields and over snow-covered roads. Industry experts puzzle over estimates that owners of the specialized machines spend less than 10% of their driving time off the road, but it seems clear that they are taken with an image. The bulky, rugged vehicles are usually decked with roll bars, high-intensity driving lights, giant tires, formidable grille guards and CB antennas. Four-wheel-drive cars first gained popularity in the West with the off-road set, but now they are driven by housewives and businessmen-and they are seen everywhere, often making the perilous journey to the supermarket...
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes: Hearts of Stone (Epic). The rave-up record of the season, a terrific broadside of roadhouse rock 'n' roll performed at white heat by Singer Southside Johnny Lyon and the hard-driving Jukes. The album includes a couple of original Bruce Springsteen tunes and a stunning ballad, Light Don't Shine, by Steve Van Zandt. Save Hearts of Stone for New Year's, then kick out the jams...