Wake Me, Shake Me: New York City, the '60s & the Pop-Rock Youthquake

New York City in the 1960s was a musical melting pot, in which folk, R&B, rock and roll, blues, girl groups and Brill Building pop produced a wealth of great artists and records.This book tells their story. Using numerous new interviews with major figures from the time as well as contemporaneous trade magazines and other sources, author Mitchell Cohen captures this rich (but often underestimated) musical era's history and sounds.He chronicles the arrival of new artists on the scene - bands like the Lovin' Spoonful, the Young Rascals, the Blues Project, the Shangri-Las and the Vagrants - as well as solo artists from Dion to Darin to Dylan and the local producers, songwriters and label executives who all helped shape the music.He also explores the role TV, radio and the press all played to show not only what was going on, but how it was being promoted, exploited and attacked. An acclaimed music journalist and former record company talent scout, Cohen lived in New York when all this was h