American popular music : from minstrelsy to MP3 / Larry Starr, Christopher Waterman
- Author:
- Starr, Larry
- Published:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 515 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm + 2 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
- Additional Creators:
- Waterman, Christopher Alan, 1954-
- 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.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 019530053X (pbk.)
9780195300536 (pbk.) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 480-481) and index.
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