1996
First Published
4.04
Average Rating
243
Number of Pages
Looks at fifty years of change in country music, highlighting the careers of record label owners, producers, stars, and sidemen who have played a role
Avg Rating
4.04
Number of Ratings
28
5 STARS
32%
4 STARS
46%
3 STARS
18%
2 STARS
0%
1 STARS
4%
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Author
Colin Escott
Author · 8 books
Colin Escott is the foremost authority on Sun Records. He first wrote the company’s history in 1975 and has revised and expanded it several times since. He has published several other volumes on the early days of country music, including a biography of Hank Williams and The Grand Ole Opry: The Making of an American Icon. He won a Grammy for his work on Mercury Records’ The Complete Hank Williams, and in 2010 received a Tony nomination for Million Dollar Quartet, a Broadway musical about the legendary one-night jam session of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
