Rockumentary
neologism denoting a documentary about rock music or its musicians
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A rockumentary is a documentary about rock music or its musicians. The word rockumentary is a combination (a portmanteau word) of the words "rock" and "documentary." Producer Bill Drake called the 1969 History of Rock & Roll radio broadcast a rockumentary.[1][2]
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| Title | Creators | Year | Narrators | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The History of Rock and Roll | Bill Drake, Gene Chenault | 1969, 1978, 1981 | Robert W. Morgan, Humble Harve Miller, Bill Drake | ,[1][2] |
| The Pop Chronicles | John Gilliland | 1969 | John Gilliland, Sie Holliday, Thom Beck | ,[3][4] |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Reel Top 40 Radio Repository - The History of Rock and Roll Demo". Reelradio.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hopkins, Jerry (April 5, 1969), "'Rockumentary' Radio Milestone", Rolling Stone, no. 30, p. 9
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Hear Rockumentary (music and interviews) on the Pop Chronicles (1969).
- ↑ "Classic DJ and Radio Scrapbook: KRLA POP CHRONICLES Program, 1969 (1 of 2)". Classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-06-15.