Where Are You Now, Bo Diddley?

October 15, 1986
Whatever happened to all those early heroes of rock & roll? Here are the tales of 47, mostly pop figures from the Sixties: the likes of Fabian, Chubby Checker, Dave Clark, Phoebe Snow, Donovan, Alice Cooper, Manfred Mann. Short chapters on each performer combine recent photos, career sketches, and some wonderfully revealing interviews. A common theme is that success was problematical. Yet these were survivors, so stories of drug abuse, money woes, and mental distress are combined with reports of adjustments made, whether through psychotherapy, spiritual rebirth, the help of friends, or self-discipline. Kiersh, author of the sports-oriented Where Have You Gone, Vince DiMaggio?, scores well again with this lively exercise in nostalgia. Paul G. Freehan, Univ. of Miami Lib., Coral Gables, Fla.