Rock 'N' Roll and the Cleveland Connection

Foreword ix Michael Stanley Acknowledgments xi Preface xiii Part 1: In the Beginning The Deejays Who Got the Rock Rolling 3(27) It's Only Rock 'n' Roll, but They Like It 30(41) The Clubs Where It Began 71(18) Part 2: The Battle of the Sixties Radio Stations and Deejays Fight for Listeners 89(17) Hail to the '60s Radio Wonders 106(10) WMMS-FM: The Glory Years 116(18) The Blues Connection 134(17) Battle of the Bands: The Early Rock Groups 151(30) Part 3: It's More Than a Job, It's an Adventure The Agora: A Rock 'n' Roll Institution 181(11) Cleveland's Prominent Rock Journalists and Publications 192(34) Record and Concert Promoters 226(23) Part 4: Cleveland Rocks The '70s: Any Ol'Way You Use It 249(71) Cleveland's Rockin' Deejays of the '70s 320(34) Punk Rock: A New Wave on the North Coast 354(39) Rock in the Mainstream 393(88) Deejays Still Rock in the '80s 481(20) The '9os Go to Extremes 501(40) The Prominent Deejays of the '9os 541(24) Part 5: Rock 'n' Roll Is Here to Stay The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum 565(25) Personal Reminiscences of Musicians, Fans, and Friends 590(19) Appendix: Cleveland-Area Clubs and Venues 609(4) Index 613