Contents

Epigraph

Prologue: A Day of Tribute in New York

1. Coming to America

2. The Nation’s Capital

3. Making Records

4. The House That Ruth Built

5. Mess Around

6. Shake, Rattle and Roll

7. Brothers in Arms

8. Splish Splash

9. Love and Marriage

10. The Oak Room

11. I Got You Babe

12. Hey, What’s That Sound

13. Selling Out

14. Helplessly Hoping

15. Romancing the Stones

16. The Boy Wonder

17. The Years with Ross

18. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

19. Clash of the Titans

20. Bawitdaba in Bodrum

21. “The Encore Was Heaven”

Acknowledgments

Photographs

About Robert Greenfield

Notes

Bibliography

Index