Title: DARK STAR (Ellis Amburn) The Roy Orbison Story (Carol Publishing Group 1990)  ISBN# 0-8184-0518-x

Title: THE SOUL CLINIC (Anderson, Tom & the Soul Clinic) They waxed one of the great R&B two siders of the sixties (R & L Printing Services 2012) Search Tom Anderson for his Shady Dell Blog

Title: DAVE BARRY,  DAVE BARRY’S BOOK OF BAD SONGS Book of Bad Songs  (Andrews McMeel Publishing 1997) ISBN# 0-8362-1443-9

TITLE: Beckman, Jeff SOUL HARMONY SINGLES 1960-1990  Discography (Three-on-Three Publ. 1998)  with Jim Hunt and Tom Kline

Title: Blavat Jerry YOU ONLY ROCK AND ROLL ONCE (Once Running Press 2011) ISBN# 978-0-7624-4215-7

Title: Blitz Stan ANDSTAND: THE UNTOLD STORY (Self published)  Author attended a KRC Show

Title:  Boland Dean M. ROCK’N’ROLL: ROLL CALL  History and Mystery Behind Rock Names ( Dowling Press 1997 ) ISBN# 0-9646452-9-7 

Title: Bowman Rob SOULSVILLE U. S. A. The Story of Stax Records (Schirmer Books 1997)  ISBN#  0-8256-7227-9 

Title: Brown Tony THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BRITISH CHARTS, Singles and Albums (Omnibus Press 2000) ISBN#  0-7119-7670-8 

Title: Carr Roy, A CENTURY OF JAZZ, A Hundred Years of the Greatest Music Ever Made (Hamlyn 2004) ISBN# 0-681-03179-4 From Blues to Bob, Swing to Hip-Hop

Title:  Carter Richard C. GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART GOODNIGHT The Story of the Spaniels (August Press 1994) ISBN# 0-9635720-2-4 

Title: Clark DICK CLARK’S AMERICAN BANDSTAND (Collins Publishers 1997) ISBN#  0-00-06-64918-7 with Fred Bronson

Title:  Clemente John, GIRL GROUPS, Fabulous Females that Rocked the World (Krause Publications 2000) ISBN#  0-87341-816-6 contains hottest 500 girl group records value guide, bibliography and interview list

Title: Cohodas, Nadine SPINNING BLUES INTO GOLD The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records (St. Martin’s Griffin 2000) ISBN# 0-312-28494-2 

Title:  Coleman, Rick BLUE MONDAY Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock ‘n’ Roll (Da Capo Press 2006) ISBN# 0-306-81491-9

Title: Cooper B. Lee RESPONSE RECORDINGS An Answer Song Discography 1950-1990 (Scarecrow Press 1990) ISBN#  0-8108-2342-X with Wayne S. Haney

Title:  Dahl, Bill MOTOWN: The Golden Years The Stars and Music That Shaped A Generation (Krause Publications 2001) ISBN#  9-780873-492867 Photos by Weldon A. McDougal III. McDougal attended a KRC show.

Title: Dannen, Fredric HIT MEN Power  Brokers and fast Money Inside the Music Business (Times Books 1990) ISBN# 0-8129-1658-1 

Title: Danois, Erica Blount LOVE, PEACE AND SOUL Behind the Scenes of Soul Train (2013) ISBN# 978-1-4803-4101-2

Title: Davis, Ron and Brenda 45 RPM Answer/Parody Songs A Reference Guide to Response Songs (R&B Publications 2011) 

Title:  Devlin, Mike DOO WOP! AND THE G-CLEFFS (Self published)  Author attended October 2014 KRC show

Title: Dickerson, James GOIN’ BACK TO MEMPHIS  A Century of Blues, Rock ‘N’ Roll, and Glorious Soul (Schirmer Books 1996) ISBN# 0-8256-7184-1 

Title:  Durkee, Robert AMERICAN TOP 40  The Countdown of the Century (Schirmer Books 1999) ISBN#  0-02-864895-1 Appendix with 32 specialized charts

Title: Emerson, Ken ALWAYS MAGIC IN THE AIR The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building (Penguin 2005) ISBN# 0-14-303777-3 

Title:  Engel, Edward R. WHITE AND STILL ALL RIGHT A Collection of “White Group” Histories of the 50’s and Early 60’s (Edward R. Engel 1980) N/A

Title: Ertegun, Ahmet WHAT’D I SAY The Atlantic Story – 50 Years of Music (2001) ISBN# 1-56649-048-0 

Title:  Escot, Colin TATTOED ON THEIR TONGUES A Journey through the Backrooms of American Music (Schirmer Books 1996) ISBN#  0-8256-7231-7 Roots music: blues, soul, gospel, C&W, rockabilly, hillbilly, and Cajun

Title: Escot, Colin GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT Sun Records and the Birth of Rock ‘N’ Roll (St. Martin’s Press 1991) ISBN#  0-312-08199-5 with Martin Hawkins

Title:  Escot, Colin ALL ROOTS LEAD TO ROCK Legends of Early Rock ‘n’ Roll–A Bear Family Reader (Schirmer Books 1999) ISBN#  0-8256-7151-5 

Title: Freidman, Douglas E. WHO SANG OUR SONGSr Songs The Original Rhythm & Blues and Doo Wop Discography (Harmony Songs Publ. 2003) ISBN#  0-9713979-0-2 with Anthony J. Gribin and Ronnie Italiano

Title:  Gillett, Charlie THE SOUND OF THE CITY  2nd Edition The Rise of Rock and Roll (Pantheon Books 1983) ISBN# 0-394-72638-3 

Title: Goldrosen, John REMEMBERING BUDDY The Definitive Biography of Buddy Holly Da (Capo Press 1996) ISBN# 0-306-80715-7 with John Beecher

Title:  Gordon, Robert RESPECT YOURSELF Stax Records and the Soul Explosion (2013) ISBN# 978-1-59691-577-0 

Title: Gordy, Barry TO BE LOVED The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown (Headline 1994) ISBN# 0-7472-1417-4

Title:  Gregory, Hugh THE REAL RHYTHM AND BLUES (1998) ISBN# 0-7137-2603-2

Title: Gribin, Dr. Anthony J. DOO-WOP The Forgotten Third of Rock ‘n Roll (Krause Publications 1992) ISBN# 0-87341-197-8 Dr. Matthew M. Schiff

Title:  Gribin, Dr. Anthony J. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF DOO-WOP (Krause Publications 2000) ISBN# 0-87341-829-8 Dr. Matthew M. Schiff

Title: Groia, Philip THEY ALL SANG ON THE CORNER A Second Look at New York City’s Rhythm and Blues Vocal Groups (Phillie Dee Enterprises 1983) ISBN# 0-9612058-0-6 

Title:  Grushkin, Paul ROCKIN’ DOWN THE HIGHWAY The Cars and People that Made Rock and Roll (2006) ISBN# 978-0-7603-22929

Title: Guralnick, Peter SWEET SOUL MUSIC Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom (Little, Brown and Co. 1999) ISBN#0-316-33273-9 

Title:  Guralnick, Peter DREAM BOOGIE The Triumph of Sam Cooke (Little, Brown and Co. 2005) ISBN# M0-316-37794-5 

Title: Haley, John W. SOUND AND GLORY The Incredible Story of Bill Haley, the Father of R&R and the Music that Shook the World (Dyne-American Pub. 1990) ISBN# 1-878970-00-3 John von Hoelle

Title: Haynes, Greg THE HEEEY BABY DAYS OF BEACH MUSIC Stories and Remembrances of a Southern Music Genre (Rare Reads Publishing 2006)  ISBN# 0-9786047-0-9 Huge coffee table book. Julian Fowler and Marion Carter are Senior Contributors

Title: Heslam, David (Editor) THE ROCK’N’ROLL YEARS Chronicle of the Lives and Times of the Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation from 1955 to Present (Crescent Books 1990) ISBN# 0-517-02638-4 month by month Jan. 1955-March 1990

Title: Hirshey, Gerri NOWHERE TO RUN The Story of Soul Music (Penguin Books 1984) ISBN# 0-8129-1111-3 

Title:  James, Tommy ME, THE MOD, AND THE MUSIC One Helluva Ride with Tommy James and the Shondells (Scribner 2010) ISBN# 978-1-4391-2865-7 with Martin Fitzpatrick

Title:  Jackson, John A. BIG BEAT HEAT Alan Freed and the Early Years of Rock & Roll (Schirmer Books 1991) ISBN# 0-02-871156-4 Became an NBC original movie

Title: Knight, Gladys BETWEEN EACH LINE  OF PAIN AND GLORY My Life’s Story (1997) ISBN# 0-7868-6326-9 

Title: Kuban, Bob MY SIDE OF THE BANDSTAND (2002) ISBN# 0-9777426-0-1 Drummer for the In-Men

Title: Kuzmin, Mike SOUNDS FROM THE WOODS Pennsylvania Rock Bands on Record (Self published 2005) Self Published Author attended a KRC Show

Title: Larkin, Colin THE VIRGIN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF R&B AND SOUL (Muze UK Ltd. 1998) ISBN#  0-7535-0241-0 

Title: Lieber, Jerry HOUND DOG The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography (Simon and Schuster 2009) ISBN#  978-1-4165-5938-2 co-author Mike Stoller with David Ritz

Title:  Marsh, Dave THE HEART OF ROCK & ROLL The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (Da Capo Press 1999) ISBN# 0-306-80901-X 

Title: Merlis, Bob HEART AND SOUL A Celebration of Black Music Style in America 1930-1975 (Stewart, Taboti & Chang 1997) ISBN# 1-55670-538-7 with Davin Seay/foreward by Etta James

Title: Millar, Bill THE DRIFTERS The Rise and Fall of the Black Vocal Group (Collier Books 1972) N/A Discusses other groups as well. Contains 60 photographs.

Title: Morrow, Bruce DOO-WOP The Music, the Times, the Era (Sterling 2007) ISBN# 10-1-4027-4276-2 aka “Cousin Brucie”

Title:  Morrow Bruce Rock & Roll …AND THE BEAT GOES ON (Imagine Publishing 2009) ISBN# 10-0-9823064-3-1 aka “Cousin Brucie” with Rich Maloof

Title: Mulholland, Garry POPCORN 50 YEARS OF ROCK’N’ROLL MOVIES (Orion 2011)  ISBN# 978-1-4091-2166-4 

Title: Norman, Philip RAVE ON The Biography of Buddy Holly (Simon and Schuster 1996) ISBN# 0-684-80082-9  

Title: Opsasnick, Mark CAPITAL ROCK (Fort Center Books 1996) ISBN# 0-9655017-0-1 history of Washington, D. C. rock and roll, 1951-1976

Title:  Palmer, Robert ROCK & ROLL An Unruly History (Harmony Books 1995) ISBN# 0-517-70050-6 The companion volume to the PBS television Series

Title: Perkins, Carl GO, CAT, GO The Life and Times of Carl Perkins The King of Rockabilly (Hyperion 1991) ISBN#  0-7868-6073-1 with David McGee

Title:  Poore, Billy Rock A Billy A FORTY YEAR JOURNEY (Hal Leonard Corp. 1998) ISBN# 0-7935-9142-2

Title: Riswick, Don NOTHIN’ BUT INSTRUMENTAL A Compendium of Rock Instrumentals (not listed ? Amazon has used copies for sale as this is posted Feb2021)

Title:  Roberts, Kimberly JOY RIDE The Stars and Stories of Philly’s Famous Uptown Theater (2013) ISBN#  978-1-4797-8901-6 

Title: Rochelle, LinDee BLAST FROM YOUR PAST! Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The First Five Years 1954-1959 (Infinity Publishing 2011) ISBN# 10-0741470306 Author attended October, 2010 KRC Show

Title: Rosalsky, Mitch ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RHYTHM & BLUES AND DOO-WOP VOCAL GROUPS (The Scarecrow Press 2000) ISBN#  0-8108-3663-7 contains an index of performers and corresponding groups

Title: Rosin, James PHILLY, POP, ROCK,  RHYTHM AND BLUES A Look Back at the Musical History of Philadelphia (Autumn Road Company 2013) ISBN# 978-1-4675-8133-2 includes a 102 page photo section

Title:  Seraphine, Danny STREET PLAYER My Chicago Story (2011) ISBN# 978-0-470-41683-9 Drummer for Chicago

Title: Shaffer, Paul WE’LL BE HERE FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES A Swingin’ Showbiz Saga (2009) ISBN# 978-0-385-52483-4

Title:  Shannon, Bob BEHIND THE HITS Inside Stories of Classic Pop and Rock and Roll (Warner Books 1986) ISBN#  0-446-38171-3 and John Javna

Title: Simmons, Rick CAROLINA BEACH MUSIC from the ’60’s to the ’80’s (The History Press 2013) ISBN# 978-1-60949-750-7 

Title:  Slutzky, Alan STANDING IN THE SHOWDOWS OF MOTOWN The Story of Motown’s Studio Musicians (1989) ISBN#  88-51904 aka Dr. Hicks

Title: Stallings, Penny ROCK ‘N’ ROLL CONFIDENTIAL No Discographies! No Record Reviews! Nothing by Hunter Thompson!!! (Little, Brown and Co. 1984) ISBN# 0-316-80997-7 

Title:  Swenson, John BILLL HALEY, THE DADDY OF ROCK & ROLL (Stein and Day 1983) ISBN#  0-8128-2909-3 

Title: Talevski, Nick TOMBSTONE BLUES The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries (Omnibus Press 1999) ISBN# 0-7119-7548-5 

Title:  Taylor, Marc A TOUCH OF CLASSIC SOUL Author attended a KRC Show

Title: Thompson, Howie AND THE BANDS PLAYED ON The History of Beach Music (Xlibris Corporation 2013) ISBN#  978-1-4797-8698-5 Also available in softcover and ebook formats

Title: Thompson, Howie FAT HAROLD The Legendary King of Shag. The Only Authorized Biography of Harold Bessent. (Xlibris Corporation 2012) ISBN#  978-1-4691-5993-5 Also available in softcover and ebook formats

Title: Vaccarino, Joe BALTIMORE SOUNDS, SECOND EDITION An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Baltimore area Pop Muiscians, Bands and recordings (MJAM Press 2012) ISBN# 0-9754084-1-0  contains Baltimore radio, TV, clubs and organizations, and two indexes

Title:  Valentine, Penny DANCING WITH DEMONS The Authorized Autobiography of Dusty Springfield (St. Martin’s Griffin 2000) ISBN#  0-312-30499-4 with Vicki Wickham

Title: Various Contributors CLASSIC TRACKS (SINGLES AND ALBUMS) Six Decades of Hot Hits & Classic Cuts – The story behind 50 years of great recordings, 1954-2007 (Thunder Bay Press 2006) ISBN#  13-978-1-59223-651-0 Commissioning Editor: Thomas Jerome, Editor: Tony Bacon

Title:  Wald, Elijah HOW THE BEATLES DISTROYED ROCK ‘N’ ROLL An Alternative History of American Popular Music (Oxford University Press 2009) ISBN# 978-0-19-534154-6

Title: Waller, Don THE MOTOWN STORY The Inside story of America’s Most Popular Music (Scribner’s 1985) ISBN#  0-684-18293-9

Title:  Warner, Jay THE BILLBOARD BOOK OF AMERICAN SINGING GROUPS A History 1940-1990 (Billboard Books 1992) ISBN# 0-8230-8264-4 

Title: Wexler, Jerry RHYTHM & BLUES  A Life in American Music (St. Martin’s Press 1993) ISBN# 0-312-11376-5 autobio. With David Ritz

Title: White, Charles THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LITTLE RICHARD The Authorized Biography (Omnibus Press 2003) ISBN#  0-7119-9761-6

Title: Williams, Otis TEMPTATIONS (Fireside 1988) ISBN#  0-671-68415-9 with Patricia Romanowski

Title:  Williams, Richard … PHIL SPECTOR Out of His Head (Omnibus Press 2003) ISBN# 0-7119-9864-7 Two appendices

Title: Wilson, Mary SUPREME FAITH Someday We’ll be Together (Harper Collins 1990) ISBN# 0-06-016290-2 with Patricia Romanowski

Title:  Wilson, Mary DREAM GIRL My Life as a Supreme (1986) ISBN#  0-312-21959-8 

Title: Worth, Fred L. THIRTY YEARS OF ROCK’N’ROLL TRIVIA  All the things you can’t remember and everything you never knew about the music no one thought would last. (Warner Books 1980) ISBN# 0-446-91494-0 

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