| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Solidarity forever? : the musicians' union responds to records and radio -- Have you heard the news? : there's good rockin' tonight : hepcats, wildcats and the birth of rock 'n' roll -- If I had a hammer : union musicians "bop", rhythm and blues, and rock 'n' roll -- A working-class hero is something to be : the musicians' union attempt to block the British invasion -- Tuned in, turned on, and dropped out : rock 'n' roll music production restructures the music industry -- Along nonunion lines |
| Summary |
For two decades after rock music emerged in the 1940s, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), the oldest and largest labor union representing professional musicians in the United States and Canada, refused to recognize rock 'n' roll as legitimate music or its performers as skilled musicians. The AFM never actively organized rock 'n' roll musicians, although recruiting them would have been in the union's economic interest |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
American Federation of Musicians -- History
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| SUBJECT |
American Federation of Musicians fast |
| Subject |
Musicians -- Labor unions -- United States
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Rock musicians -- Labor unions -- United States
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Musicians -- Labor unions
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780822378839 |
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0822378833 |
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9781306475990 |
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1306475996 |
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