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Rock 'n' Roll: Beginnings to Woodstock

An excerpt from Louie Louie: The History and Mythology of the World's Most Famous Rock ‘n’ Roll Song, by Dave Marsh, 2004.

An excerpt from Louie Louie: The History and Mythology of the World's Most Famous Rock ‘n’ Roll Song, by Dave Marsh, 2004.

Citation Information: Marsh, Dave, excerpt from “Louie Louie: the history and mythology of the world's most famous rock ‘n’ roll song,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/3fe33200d053213447985636af62a0af.

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Courtesy of University of Michigan via HathiTrust.

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A photograph by Art Frisch of a clash between a Beatles fan club and an anti-Beatles group, 1964.

An excerpt from Louie Louie: The History and Mythology of the World's Most Famous Rock ‘n’ Roll Song, by Dave Marsh, 2004.

An excerpt from a video interview with Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas discussing Motown’s etiquette expert Maxine Powell.

A poster by William S. Henry for a Bo Diddley and Lee Michaels concert, 1967.

A 2015 radio program about Bob Dylan’s controversial decision to go electric, including clips of the performance and the audience booing.

An excerpt from a 2009 sound recording of a news interview with a DJ, a historian, and Richie Havens, the first performer at Woodstock.

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