{"product_id":"sh-boom-the-explosion-of-rock-n-roll-1953-1968-paperback","title":"Sh-Boom!: The Explosion of Rock 'n' Roll (1953-1968) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClay Cole\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Hinckley\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere was a small sliver of time between Be-Bop and Hip-Hop, when a new generation of teenagers created rock 'n' roll. Clay Cole was one of those teenagers he was the host of his own Saturday night, pop music television show.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Clay Cole's SH-BOOM! is the pop culture chronicle of that exciting time, 1953-1968, when teenagers created their own music, from swing bands and pop to rhythm and blues, cover records, a cappella, rockabilly, folk-rock, and girl groups; from the British Invasion to the creation of the American Boy Band. He was first to introduce Chubby Checker performing the \"\"Twist;\"\" the first to present the Rolling Stones, Tony Orlando, Dionne Warwick, Neil Diamond, Bobby Vinton, the Rascals, Ronettes, Four Seasons, Dion, and dozens more; the first to introduce music video clips, discotheque, go-go girls and young unknown standup comedians Richard Pryor, George Carlin, and Fannie Flagg to a teenage television audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter his \"fifteen years of fame,\" Clay reveals, for the very first time, his reason for walking away from his highly-popular Saturday night show at 30-years old, and remain out of the spotlight for over forty years. Clay has been called \"the missing link to the Sixties.\" Well, he's missing no longer; he's back with a remarkable story to tell. And what a story it is!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e SH-BOOM!is brimming with the gossip, scandal and heartbreak of the upstart billion-dollar music-biz in this breezy, behind-the-scenes look at 'live' television, mom-and-pop record companies and a boozy, mafia-run Manhattan, during the explosion of rock 'n' roll music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClay Cole is best-known as the host of \"The Clay Cole Show,\" a highly-popular, pop music television variety show from 1953-1968, and on-the-air in the New York City market from 1959-1968. In the following thirty-five years Clay Cole was an Independent television writer\/producer\/director winner of two Emmy Awards (NATAS) as \"producer of outstanding entertainment programming.\"\u003cbr\u003e In his youth, he was a juvenile radio and stage actor, recording artist, musical comedy performer and was featured in one Hollywood film, \"Twist Around the Clock.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 10.07 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760421536032,"sku":"9781600376382","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/32b8ccc782e9cbd3417c5b5b91371e34.webp?v=1780179572","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sh-boom-the-explosion-of-rock-n-roll-1953-1968-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}