Assemblage of personal recollections from celebrities involved in the music and fashion industries and other areas of mass culture. An oral history of the year 1963, recounting the kinetic story of the twelve months that witnessed a demographic power shift: the rise of the Youth Quake movement, a cultural transformation through music, fashion, politics, and the arts. For the first time in history, youth became a commercial and cultural force with the power to command the attention of government and religion and shape society. Some of the period's most influential figures recall the incredible roller-coaster ride of those twelve months.