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Author Starr, Larry

Title American Popular Music : the Rock Years
Published Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (360 pages)
Contents ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""LYRIC CREDITS""; ""1 Themes and Streams of American Popular Music""; ""2 ""Choo Choo Ch� Boogie�: The Prehistory of Rock �n� Roll, 1945�1955""; ""3 “Rock around the Clock�: Rock �n� Roll, 1954�1959""; ""4 “Good Vibrations�: American Pop and the British Invasion, 1960s""; ""5 “Papa�s Got a Brand New Bag�: Country, Soul, Urban Folk, and the Rise of Rock, 1960s""; ""6 The 1970s: Rock Music and the Popular Mainstream""; ""7 Outsiders� Music: Progressive Country, Reggae, Punk, Funk, and Disco, 1970s""
""8 The 1980s: Digital Technology, MTV, and the Popular Mainstream""""9 “Smells Like Teen Spirit�: Hip-Hop, “Alternative� Music, and the Entertainment Business""; ""10 Conclusion""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""L""; ""M""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Summary PrefaceLyric Credits1. Themes and Streams of American Popular Music Theme One: ListeningTheme Two: Music and IdentityTheme Three: Music and TechnologyTheme Four: The Music BusinessTheme Five: Centers and PeripheriesStreams of Tradition: The Sources of Popular Music2. "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie": The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll, 1945-1955 Popular Music and Technology in the Postwar EraPop CroonersUrban Folk Music: The WeaversSouthern Music in the Postwar EraRhythm & BluesWomen in R&B: Ruth Brown and Big Mama ThorntonCountry and Western MusicHank Williams3. "Rock around the Clock": Rock n' Roll, 1954-1959 Cover Versions and Early Rock 'n' RollThe Rock 'n' Roll BusinessEarly Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the R&B SideEarly Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the Country SideSongwriters and Producers of Early Rock 'n' Roll4. "Good Vibrations": American Pop and the British Invasion, 1960s The Early 1960s: Dance Music and "Teenage Symphonies"The Beatles, the British Invasion, and the American Response5. "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag": Country, Soul, Urban Folk, and the Rise of Rock, 1960s Patsy Cline and the Nashville SoundRay Charles and Soul MusicJames Brown and Aretha FranklinUrban Folk Music in the 1960s: Bob DylanThe Counterculture and Psychedelic RockSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandSan Francisco Rock: Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and the Grateful DeadGuitar Heroes: Hendrix and Clapton6. The 1970s: Rock Music and the Popular Mainstream Country Music and the Pop MainstreamA 1970s Jukebox: Some Characteristic Sounds of the DecadeRock Comes of Age7. Outsiders' Music: Progressive Country, Reggae, Punk, Funk, and Disco, 1970s The Outlaws: Progressive Country Music"I Shot the Sheriff": The Rise of Reggae"Psycho Killer": 1970s Punk and New Wave"Tear the Roof Off the Sucker": Funk Music"Night Fever": The Rise of Disco8. The 1980s: Digital Technology, MTV, and the Popular
Mainstream Digital Technology and Popular MusicA 1980s CD ChangerA Tale of Three Albums"Baby I'm a Star": Prince, Madonna, and the Production of Celebrity9. "Smells Like Teen Spirit": Hip-Hop, "Alternative" Music, and the Entertainment Business "Droppin' Science": Hip-Hop Culture and Rap MusicTechno: Dance Music in the Digital AgeAlternate Currents10. Conclusion Music and IdentityTechnology and the Music BusinessCenters and PeripheriesGlossaryBibliographyIndex
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism
Rock music -- United States -- History and criticism
Popular music
Rock music
United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Waterman, Christopher
LC no. 2005049894
ISBN 9780199769551
0199769559
1602565767
9781602565760