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TURN UP THE RADIO! RADIO!
Harvey Kubernik, a native
of Los Angeles, California,
has been a noted music journalist for over forty years.
A former West Coast A&R
director for MCA Records,
Kubernik is the author of five
books, including This Is Rebel Music, A Perfect
Haze: The Illustrated History of the Monterey International Pop Festival (co-authored by Kenneth Kubernik), and Canyon of Dreams: The
Magic and the Music of Laurel Canyon.
Tom Petty is a celebrated American multiinstrumentalist, songwriter, actor, and leader of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Born
in Gainesville, Florida, he has been a Southern
California resident since the mid-seventies. Tom
is also a founding member of the bands Mudcrutch and the Traveling Wilburys. Petty and
the Heartbreakers have released a slew of critically acclaimed albums and have headlined rock
’n’ roll shows around the world for five decades
while selling over sixty million records along the
way. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame during their first year of eligibility.
The band was the subject of director Peter Bogdanovich’s Runnin’ Down a Dream, which won
the 2009 Grammy for Best Long Form Music
Video. Around his active recording and touring
endeavors, Tom hosts a SiriusXM satellite radio
show, Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure.
Roger Steffens is the author or co-author of
seven books on Bob Marley and reggae history,
including Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Definitive Discography and The Reggae Scrapbook.
He is also the founder of the award-winning
Reggae Beat radio show with Hank Holmes on
Santa Monica’s NPR affiliate, KCRW. Steffens
lives in Los Angeles.
Turn Up
the Radio!
Rock, Pop, and Roll
in Los Angeles
1956–1972
Harvey kubernik
Foreword by TOM PETTY
Afterword by Roger Steffens
ISBN-13 978-1-59580-079-4
www.santamonicapress.com
Featuring Exclusive Interviews with the Classic Bands, Musicians, Vocalists,
Songwriters, Producers, Engineers, and DJs of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s
Music C
$45.00 U.S. / $50.00 Canada
ombining oral and illustrated history
with a connective narrative, Turn Up the
Radio! captures the zeitgeist of the Los
Angeles rock and pop music world between the
years of 1956 and 1972.
Featuring hundreds of rare and previously
unpublished photographs and images of memorabilia, this collection highlights dozens of iconic bands and musicians, including the Doors,
the Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds,
CSN, the Monkees, the Rolling Stones, Ike
and Tina Turner, Elvis Presley, Eddie Cochran,
Ritchie Valens, Sam Cooke, Neil Young, Joni
Mitchell, Frank Zappa, Thee Midniters, Barry
White, Sonny and Cher, and many others.
But recording artists heard on the AM and
FM dial are only one part of the rich history of
music in Los Angeles. Turn Up the Radio! digs
deep to uncover the studio musicians, background vocalists, songwriters, producers, and
engineers who helped propel the Los Angeles
rock and pop music scene to such a legendary status. Bones Howe, Barney Kessel, B. J.
Baker, Merry Clayton, Jack Nitzsche, Hal
Blaine, Jim Keltner, Tommy Boyce, Bobby
Hart, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Bobby Womack, Kim Fowley, Bruce Botnick, Dave Gold,
and Stan Ross are just a few of the names recognized for their crucial contributions to the
music created and produced in the recording
studios of Los Angeles.
Finally, Turn Up the Radio! pays tribute to
the DJs who brought the music of Los Angeles
to fans throughout Southern California—and,
ultimately, the world—including Art Laboe,
Dave Hull, Robert W. Morgan, the Real Don
Steele, Jim Ladd, Dave Diamond, Elliot Mintz,
and Dick Clark. Their dedication to the music they played at such iconic radio stations as
KHJ, KFWB, KRLA, KMET, and KLOS was
critical to the development of popular music.
Packed with exclusive interviews, this oneof-a-kind keepsake of rock, pop, and roll in the
City of Angels is a must-have for any music fan.