| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xix, 537 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm + 2 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Note |
Accompanying compact discs include musical examples to support the text. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 494-495) and index. |
| Contents |
Table of contents -- Themes and streams of American popular music -- "After the ball" : popular music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- "Catching as the small-pox" : social dance and jazz, 1917-1935 -- "I got rhythm" : the golden age of Tin Pan Alley song -- "St. Louis blues" : race records and hillbilly music -- "In the mood" : the swing era, 1935-1945 -- "Choo choo ch'boogie" : the postwar era, 1946-1954 -- "Rock around the clock" : rock 'n' roll, 1954-1959 -- "Good vibrations" : American pop and the British invasion, 1960s -- "Blowin' in the wind" : country, soul, urban folk, and the rise of rock, 1960s -- The 1970s : rock music, disco, and the popular mainstream -- Outsiders' music : progressive country, reggae, punk, funk, and rap, 1970s -- The 1980s : digital technology, MTV, and the popular mainstream -- "Smells like teen spirit" : hip-hop, "alternative" music, and the entertainment business -- Conclusion. |
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Table of contents -- CD 1. Jeanie with the light brown hair (Thomas Hampson) -- Castle House rag (Europe's Society Orchestra) -- Tiger rag (Original Dixieland Jazz Band) -- El Manicero (Don Azpiazú and his Havana Casino Orchestra) -- My blue heaven (Gene Austin) -- April showers, 1921 version (Al Jolson) -- April showers, 1932 version (Al Jolson) -- St. Louis blues (Bessie Smith) -- That black snake moan (Blind Lemon Jefferson) -- Gospel ship (The Carter Family) -- Blue yodel no. 2 (Jimmie Rodgers) -- Wrappin' it up : the Lindy glide (Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra) -- Taking a chance on love (Benny Goodman) -- Paper doll (The Mills Brothers) -- In the mood (Glenn Miller and His Orchestra) -- New San Antonio rose (Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys) -- Brazil (Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra) -- Nancy with the laughing face (Frank Sinatra) -- Mambo no. 5 (Perez Prado and his Orchestra) -- Choo choo ch' boogie (Louis Jordan) -- Hoochie coochie man (Muddy Waters) -- Mama, he treats your daughter mean (Ruth Brown) -- Hound dog (Big Mama Thornton) -- It's mighty dark to travel (Bill Monroe) -- Maybellene (Chuck Berry). |
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Table of contents -- CD 2. Shake, rattle and roll (Joe Turner) -- Shake, rattle and roll (Bill Haley and His Comets) -- Sh-boom : life could be a dream (The Chords) -- Sh-boom : life could be a dream (The Crew Cuts) -- Mystery train (Little Junior's Blue Flames) -- Mystery train (Elvis Presley) -- Long tall Sally (Little Richard) -- Don't be cruel (Elvis Presley) -- La bamba (Ritchie Valens) -- Charlie Brown (The Coasters) -- My girl (The Temptations) -- You can't hurry love (The Supremes) -- Good vibrations (Beach Boys) -- Watermelon man (Mongo Santamaria) -- El watusi (Ray Barretto) -- Papa's got a brand new bag, part 1 (James Brown) -- Respect (Aretha Franklin) -- Like a rolling stone (Bob Dylan) -- Oye como va (Santana) -- Bad girls (Donna Summer) -- Pedro Navaja (Willie Colón and Rubén Blades) -- The message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five) -- Walk this way (Run-D.M.C. featuring Aerosmith). |
| Subject |
Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Waterman, Christopher Alan, 1954- Author.
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Austin, Gene, 1900-1972.
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Azpiazu, Don.
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Barretto, Ray.
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Berry, Chuck.
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Blades, Rubén.
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Brown, James, 1933-2006.
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Brown, Ruth, 1928-2006.
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Colón, Willie, 1950-
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Cugat, Xavier, 1900-1990.
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Dylan, Bob, 1941-
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Franklin, Aretha.
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Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986.
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Grandmaster Flash.
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Haley, Bill, 1925-1981.
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Hampson, Thomas.
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Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952.
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Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 1897-1929.
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Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975.
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Jolson, Al, 1886-1950.
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Little Richard, 1932-2020
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Merman, Ethel.
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Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996.
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Pérez Prado, 1916-1989.
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Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977.
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Rodgers, Jimmie, 1897-1933.
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Santamaria, Mongo.
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Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998.
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Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937.
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Summer, Donna.
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Thornton, Big Mama.
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Turner, Joe, 1911-1985.
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Valens, Ritchie, 1941-1959.
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Wills, Bob, 1905-1975.
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Aerosmith (Musical group)
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Beach Boys.
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Blue Flames (Musical group : Junior Parker)
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Chords (Musical group)
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Carter Family (Musical group)
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Coasters (Musical group)
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Comets (Musical group)
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Crew-Cuts (Musical group)
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Europe's Society Orchestra.
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Furious Five (Musical group)
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Glenn Miller Orchestra.
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Havana Casino Orchestra.
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Mills Brothers.
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Muddy Waters Blues Band.
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Original Dixieland Jazz Band.
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Pérez Prado Orchestra.
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Run-D.M.C. (Musical group)
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Santana (Musical group)
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Supremes (Musical group)
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Temptations (Musical group)
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Texas Playboys.
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Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra.
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| ISBN |
0195396308 (paperback) |
| Music No. |
A760057 Sony Music Entertainment |
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A769959 Sony Music Entertainment |
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