Backbeat Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Rock Music

Jeffrey Sussman

doi:10.5771/9781538190272

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Edition: 1/2025
Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-9026-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-9027-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 262
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 26
Chapter 1: Jukeboxes and Rock and Roll No access Pages 27 - 44
Chapter 2: Morris Levy: The Godfather of Rock and Roll No access Pages 45 - 70
Chapter 3: Alan Freed: Rock and Roll’s Broadcast Wizard No access Pages 71 - 86
Chapter 4: Vincent “the Chin” Gigante: Though Morris Levy was known as the godfather of rock and roll, it was to Vincent “the Chin” Gigante that Levy paid tribute. No access Pages 87 - 98
Chapter 5: Jimmie Rodgers: A Star Is Born and Reborn No access Pages 99 - 112
Chapter 6: Frankie Lymon: Sweet Voice Junkie No access Pages 113 - 128
Chapter 7: Sal “the Swindler” Pisello: The Great Cutout Swindle No access Pages 129 - 144
1. Brian Jones. February 28, 1942–July 3, 1969. No access
2. Janis Joplin. January 19, 1943–October 4, 1970. No access
3. Jimi Hendrix. November 27, 1942–September 18, 1970. No access
4. Jim Morrison. December 8, 1943–July 3, 1971. No access
Chapter 9: The Return of Payola No access Pages 167 - 186
Chapter 10: Pop to Doo Wop to Hip Hop No access Pages 187 - 214
Chapter 11: Scalping and Skimming No access Pages 215 - 230
Appendix No access Pages 231 - 234
1. Introduction No access
2. Chapter 1 No access
3. Chapter 2 No access
4. Chapter 3 No access
5. Chapter 4 No access
6. Chapter 5 No access
7. Chapter 6 No access
8. Chapter 7 No access
9. Chapter 8 No access
10. Chapter 9 No access
11. Chapter 10 No access
12. Chapter 11 No access
1. Books No access
2. Newspapers and Magazines No access
3. Movies No access
Index No access Pages 245 - 260
About the Author No access Pages 261 - 262