Rock me on the Water : : 1974 : the Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics
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Prologue: magic hour in Los Angeles -- January: Hollywood's fall and rise -- February: the republic of rock and roll -- March: the greatest night in television history -- April: already gone -- May: the ballad of Tom and Jane -- June: from Chinatown to Jerry Brown -- July: Hollywood's generational tipping point -- August: the Icarus of Los Angeles -- September: three roads to revolution -- October: the (white) boys' club -- November: breakthrough -- December: transitions.
Documents the kaleidoscopic year during which transformative talents from Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, and Beverly Hills heavily influenced pop culture, politics, and social movements.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : HarperCollins, [2021]
Year Published: 2021
Description: 439 pages ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
006289921X
9780062899217
SUBJECTS
Popular culture -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.
Nineteen seventy-four, A.D.
Nineteen seventies.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Politics and culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974.