(ROCK 'N' ROLL) A funky album with 249 hoppin' photographs of Rock 'n' Roll musicians such as Frankie Avalon, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, The Skyliners, and Bo Diddley. Apparently compiled by the New York Radio D.J. and President of the Rock 'n' Roll Club of America (in Brooklyn), Len Leonards, the album features numerous photographs of important musicians during performances and hanging backstage. Len himself makes repeated appearances in the photographs, posing wide-eyed and grinning with a number of the artists. Also present are original flyers, ticket stubs, business cards, and promotional ephemera, each dazzlingly mounted with metallic stars. Many of the pages are dedicated to a single artist or performance and feature a label with typed information including the artist's stage name, real name, birthplace, and top song hits. Chromogenic (240), Polaroid (2), and silver (7) prints, the images measuring 3 1/2x3 1/2 to 8x10 inches (8.9x8.9 to 20.3x25.4 cm.), mounted recto/verso to sleeved paper pages, a few with the artists' signatures and inscriptions to Leonard, on print recto. Large 4to, black leatherette; multi-ring binding. 1950s-70s
A complete list of the artists and presenters include:
Ben E. King Billy Vera Bo Diddley Bobby Hatfield Bobby Lewis Bobby Rydell Brenda Lee Chubby Checker Chuck Berry Clay Cole Danny and Juniors Dion and the Belmonts Fabian Frankie Avalon Freddy Cannon Gary U.S. Bonds Jerry Lee Lewis Jimmy Clanton Jimmy Jones Jocko Joey Dee Johnny Maestro Little Anthony Murray the K Richard Nader Screamin' Jay Hawkins The Angels The Channels The Chantels The Del Vikings The Devotions The Dovells The Dubs The Earls The Five Satins The Moonglow The Orlons The Platters The Ronettes The Regents The Skyliners The Three Friends
