Shake, Rattle & Turn That Noise Down!: How Elvis Shook Up Music, Me & Mom

FOR HIS EIGHTH birthday, Mark Alan Stamatyâs parents gave him his very own radio. Little did his mother realize that that innocent-looking plastic box would one day be the gateway for a new kind of sound that would ârockâ her nearly out of her mind. . . .

Mark first heard the howling thunder of Elvis Presley singing âHound Dogâ on the radio one lazy day and his life was forever changed. Soon he was styling his hair like the King and practicing his dance moves with a tennis racket as his pretend guitar in front o f the mirror. But his mother lived in constant fear that her sonâs new love of rock ânâ roll would turn him into a juvenile delinquent. Could Markâs performance at his Cub Scout talent show change her mind?


From the Hardcover edition.