Turn Up the Radio! Rock, Pop, and Roll in Los Angeles 1956-1972

Combining oral and illustrated history with a connective narrative, Turn Up the Radio! captures the zeitgeist of the Los Angeles rock and pop music world between the years of 1956 and 1972.

Featuring hundreds of rare and previously unpublished photographs and images of memorabilia, this collection highlights dozens of iconic bands and musicians, including the Doors, the Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, CSN, the Monkees, the Rolling Stones, Ike and Tina Turner, Elvis Presley, Eddie Cochran, Ritchie Valens, Sam Cooke, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa, Thee Midniters, Barry White, Sonny and Cher, and many others.

But recording artists heard on the AM and FM dial are only one part of the rich history of music in Los Angeles. Turn Up the Radio! digs deep to uncover the studio musicians, background vocalists, songwriters, producers, and engineers who helped propel the Los Angeles rock and pop music scene to such a legendary status. Bones Howe, Barney Kessel, Hal Blaine, B. J. Baker, Merry Clayton, Jack Nitzsche, Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Jim Keltner, Bobby Womack, Kim Fowley, Bruce Botnick, Dave Gold, and Stan Ross are just a few of the names recognized for their crucial contributions to the music created and produced in the recording studios of Los Angeles.

Finally, Turn Up the Radio! pays tribute to the DJs who brought the music of Los Angeles to fans throughout Southern California?and, ultimately, the world?including Art Laboe, Dave Hull, Robert W. Morgan, the Real Don Steele, Jim Ladd, Dave Diamond, Elliot Mintz, and Dick Clark. Their dedication to the music they played at such iconic radio stations as KHJ, KFWB, KRLA, KMET, and KLOS was critical to the development of popular music.

Packed with exclusive interviews, this one-of-a-kind keepsake of rock, pop, and roll in the City of Angels is a must-have for any music fan.

CONTENIDO:

Foreword, by Tom Petty

Prologue
The South Central Shuffle
The Birth of the Cool Cats
The Dotted Line
The New Kids on the Block
Tape is Rolling
Legend in the Spare Time
A Sandbox as Big as an Ocean
Go East, Young Man
Powdered Sugar
When Sonny Met Cher
Folk Rocks
Götterdämmerung
And the Hits Just Keep on Comin'!
Safe and Warm in L.A.
A Loon and a Bear
Colored Balls Falling
The Left Hand of Darkness
Expecting to Chart
Circus Boys
Up, Up, and All the Way
It Was a Yellow Mellow Year
Meet Me at Sunset and Fairfax
The King Has Entered the Buiding
It's the Singer and the Song
On His Carousel
The Swamp
Go West, Young Clan
The Soul Survivor and the Maestro Arrive
Make It a Little Louder

Epilogue
Afterword, by Roger Steffens
Glossary
Acnowledgments
Oral History Credits
Photo Credits
Index