Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles
- ISBN-10
- 0934558418
- ISBN-13
- 9780934558419
- Series
- Rock and Roll
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-12-01
- Authors
- Paul Williams, Cindy Lee Berryhill
Description
Written in Williams' "warm, relaxed, chatty style" ("The New York Times"), this book is a veritable portable jukebox of rock and roll and the stories behind the songs. "(Williams is) one of the most original thinkers and writers working within the dimension of rock. His ideas are fresh, fierce, and singularly alive."--"Fusion." (Music)
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