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Summary
Author Biography
Table of Contents
Preface | |
Lyric Credits | |
Themes and Streams of American Popular Music | |
Theme One: Listening | |
Theme Two: Music and Identity | |
Theme Three: Music and Technology | |
Theme Four: The Music Business | |
Theme Five: Centers and Peripheries | |
Streams of Tradition: The Sources of Popular Music | |
"Choo Choo Ch' Boogie": The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll, 1945-1955 | |
Popular Music and Technology in the Postwar Era | |
Pop Crooners | |
Urban Folk Music: The Weavers | |
Southern Music in the Postwar Era | |
Rhythm & Blues | |
Women in R&B: Ruth Brown and Big Mama Thornton | |
Country and Western Music | |
Hank Williams | |
"Rock around the Clock": Rock n' Roll, 1954-1959 | |
Cover Versions and Early Rock 'n' Roll | |
The Rock 'n' Roll Business | |
Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the R&B Side | |
Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the Country Side | |
Songwriters and Producers of Early Rock 'n' Roll | |
"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 Response | |
"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag": Country, Soul, Urban Folk, and the Rise of Rock, 1960s | |
Patsy Cline and the Nashville Sound | |
Ray Charles and Soul Music | |
James Brown and Aretha Franklin | |
Urban Folk Music in the 1960s: Bob Dylan | |
The Counterculture and Psychedelic Rock | |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | |
San Francisco Rock: Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and the Grateful Dead | |
Guitar Heroes: Hendrix and Clapton | |
The 1970s: Rock Music and the Popular Mainstream | |
Country Music and the Pop Mainstream | |
A 1970s Jukebox: Some Characteristic Sounds of the Decade | |
Rock Comes of Age | |
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 Disco | |
The 1980s: Digital Technology, MTV, and the Popular Mainstream | |
Digital Technology and Popular Music | |
A 1980s CD Changer | |
A Tale of Three Albums | |
"Baby I'm a Star": Prince, Madonna, and the Production of Celebrity | |
"Smells Like Teen Spirit": Hip-Hop, "Alternative" Music, and the Entertainment Business | |
"Droppin' Science": Hip-Hop Culture and Rap Music | |
Techno: Dance Music in the Digital Age | |
Alternate Currents | |
Conclusion | |
Music and Identity | |
Technology and the Music Business | |
Centers and Peripheries | |
Glossary | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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