Maury Dean is an American musician, author and professor at

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, whose book "The Rock Revolution" is in the

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and the Smithsonian.

Music

Dean taught a "History of Rock N' Roll" course as well as Mass Media, Journalism, and Literature courses at

, and was a member of the band "

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", whose cover of the song " Who Do You Love?" hit the #95 spot on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 charts in 1967. Dean was also in the rock band, 'Maury Dean & The Nite Shift' – who recorded for the Detroit-based

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. He was also a writer at

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, where he says he lasted all of a few days before leaving.

Author

Dean's first book, ''The Rock Revolution'' is considered one of the earliest books about rock n' roll, having been written and published in 1966. Dean has also authored ''Rock N' Roll Gold Rush'', a book that is used as the textbook to his rock n' roll classes, as well as other professor's classes. ''Rock N' Roll Gold Rush'' also contains his opinions on music, with most of the te