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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
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, 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
Fortune Records Fortune Records was an American family operated, independent record label located in Detroit, Michigan from 1946 to 1995. The label owners were Jack and Devora Brown, their son Sheldon Brown recorded for the label. Original releases tapered off ...
. 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 text dedicated to his opinions on certain singles, musicians, and bands. Dean also wrote another book, about
Buddy Holly Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas ...
, titled ''This'll Be the Day: The Life and Legacy of Buddy Holly''. It was released in April 2009. Dean wrote another book in 2011 titled ''Billionaire Bingo: Saving Our Endangered Middle Class'' (). He wrote another book released in 2021 dedicated to another one of his passions, running, titled ''Glory Days: Still Running Against the Wind'' (). While in college in the early 1960s, Dean wrote a book entitled ''The Hanging Gardens'', about the teenage angst of attending high school in post-recession era Detroit, and having nothing much to look forward to except the long hours and boredom of building Fords on the assembly line at the River Rouge plant. He was in edits and rewrites with his publisher when “American Graffiti” hit the movie theaters and stole his thunder. It has been hinted that the hit TV series “Happy Days” was loosely based upon the unfinished manuscript of “The Hanging Gardens”.


Personal life

Dean's son, Jeremy, is the keyboardist for the band
Nine Days Nine Days (stylized as ''ninedays'') is an American rock band from Long Island, New York. It was formed in 1994 by John Hampson and Brian Desveaux, and released three independent albums in the 1990s before their mainstream debut album, ''The Mad ...
, whose song " Absolutely" hit #6 on the Billboard charts. Dean retired from teaching in January 2010. Currently, Dean divides his time on Long Island and Detroit, Michigan, doing historical seminars.


References

Living people American music critics American music journalists Suffolk County Community College faculty Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-music-journalist-stub