Friday, January 24, 2020

Rock 'n Roll Gal and other music-themed pulp paperbacks




Many of the dimestore paperbacks of the 1950s-1970s were cheap and hastily written, but their lurid and sensational covers are now esteemed as examples of kitschy and compelling pop art.

Even classic literature was sometimes promoted with racy cover art. But many of these books mirrored the covers with modern stories about scandalous subject matter such as sex, drugs, and crime.

Here are some that had music-themed titles and/or art.













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