Forgotten Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll: Rock's Wild Years Before Elvis

Author: Nick Tosches

This book won't make your penis bigger. It won't make your thighs thinner. It won't tell you how to take advantage of the economic crisis, or how to make love to a woman. A month after reading it, you'll still have fat around your belly, and you still won't know how to seduce Jane Fonda during the lean years ahead. All of these questions, frankly, are laughable and paltry compared to the hermetic wisdom contained within these pages. Judge for yourselves, idiots: The true meaning of Spo-Dee-O-Dee! The relationship between breast size and talent! What happens to guys who spend all their money on wine! Why a Black man named "Doctor Sausage" will never be elected President of the United States! Mafia galore! Who knocked up Annie! How Louis Prima got the head he has! How to pick up Keely Smith! Why Elvis was a day late and a dollar short! How people avoided sex before the days of AIDS and expensive jeans! Pills that could change your skin color! The price of first TV appearances and fame! Why Johnny Ace blew his brains out! How Hank Williams kept his distance from Joseph Stalin! You'll learn a whole host of other things in this book—the only book about rock 'n' roll that knows what it's talking about! (SAMUEL BECKETT)

ISBN: 978-2844850461