Backbeat Gangsters - The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Rock Music

This book is about how organized crime came to dominate the record business during the early days of rock and roll.

List of contents

1. Juke Boxes and 45 RPM Records.
2. Alan Freed and Payola USA
3. Morris Levy: The Octopus
4. Vincent "the Chin" Gigante and Thomas Eboli
5. Tommy James and the Shondells
6. Frankie Lymon: The Doom of a Teenager in Love
7. Jimmy Rodgers: No Love Lost
8. MCA
9. Corky Vastola, Sonny Brocco, Fritzy Giovanelli, John LeMonte and the Cutout Racket
10. Rock & Roll and the Celebration of Gangsters

About the author

Jeffrey Sussman is the author of 18 non-fiction books. He has written several books about organized crime and has recognized as one of America's leading authorities on the subject. He has been interviewed on numerous radio programs and podcasts and participated in several documentaries about organized crime. In addition to Big Beat Gangsters, his most recent books about organized crime are Big Apple Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in New York; Sin City Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Las Vegas; Tinseltown Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Hollywood; and Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Sussman, Sussman Jeffrey
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2025
• EAN: 9781538190265
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9026-5
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; USA, True Crime, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Organized crime, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, TRUE CRIME / Historical, Vincent "the Chin" Gigante