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Pg… 4 A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Pg… 8 REMEMBER A PICTORIAL STROLL DOWN MELODY LANE
Pg… 29 TRIVIA WHO PUT THE BOMP (IN THE BOMP, BOMP, BOMP)?
Pg… 32 OH, WHAT A NIGHT! ON MARCH 21, 1952, IN CLEVELAND, THOUSANDS OF TEENS ATTENDED THE FIRST ROCK CONCERT– AND GOT ALL SHOOK UP BY TOM JUNOD
Pg… 40 THE '50s IN THE BEGINNING, ELVIS WAS THE MESSENGER BY BRUCE DUFFY
Pg… 48 A SESSION WITH LITTLE RICHARD THE OUTRAGEOUS SHOWMAN CLAIMS HIS PLACE AS ROCK'S FOUNDING FATHER BY JIM JEROME
Pg… 52 THE WIZARDS OF WAX JERRY LEIBER AND MIKE STOLLER WROTE THE SONGS THAT MADE THE WHOLE WORLD ROCK BY PETER CARLSON
Pg… 60 THE '60s THE BEATLES. MOTOWN. WOODSTOCK. THE BEST OF TIMES BY GERRI HERSHEY
Pg… 70 A SESSION WITH GRACE SLICK THE ACID QUEEN RECALLS THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THE COUNTERCULTURE EX[ERIENCE BY JIM CALIO
Pg… 74 THE BEST ON GUITAR ACE AXMEN, FROM B.B. KING TO EDDIE VAN HALEN PHOTOGRAPHS BY HARRY BENSON TEXT BY CHARLES HIRSHBERG
Pg… 82 THE '70s DISCO. HEAVY METAL. PUNK. THE DECADE THE MUSIC DIED BY TONY KORNHEISER
Pg… 90 A SESSION WITH DAVID BOWIE REMINISCING ABOUT THE SPECTACLE OF IT ALL, WITH THE THIN WHITE DUKE OF CLAM ROCK BY JIM JERONIE
Pg… 94 THE '80s ROCK REINVENTED ITSELF FOR THE MTV AGE BY RICHARD LACAYO
Pg… 102 A SESSION WITH MICHAEL STIPE R E.M.'S LEAD SINGER DOESN'T EXPECT TO LOSE HIS RELIGION TILL THE YEAR 2000 BY JOSH SIMON
Pg… 106 ON THE ROAD WITH GUNS N' ROSES FIRST COMES THE SHOW, THEN THE ROAST PIG AND THE STRIPPERS WELCOME TO THEJUNGLE BY JEANNE MARIE LASKAS 114 JUST ONE MORE COVER PHOTO CREDITS ELVIS PRESLEY CHARLES TRAINOR; KISS, MICHAELJACKSON, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN' NEIL PRESTON, JANISJOPLIN: DAVID GAHR. DIANA ROSS. DAVID BOWIE: KEN REGAN/CAMERA 5; BOB DYLAN ELLIOTT LANDY/MAGNUM; THE RONETTES. ARCHIVE PHOTOS; PATTI SMITH. THE ROLLING STONES. MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES. HAMMER. MICK HUTSON/REDFERNS; JIMI HENDRIX. THE BEE GEES– ED CARAEFF, AXL ROSE: ROBERT JOHN. TINA TURNER– GERARD SCHACHMES/SYGMA. PHIL COLLINS– LGI, BUDDY HOLLY. CHUCK BERRY: FRANK DRIGGS COLLECTION, PRINCE. RAJ RAMA/LGI, ELTON JOHN– TERRY O'NEILL/CAMERA PRESS–GLOBE PHOTOS, MADONNA. PAUL NATKIN/PHOTO RESERVE; THE BEATLES: JOHN DOMINIS.