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All hopped up and ready to go : music from the streets of New York, 1927-77 / Tony Fletcher

Author
Fletcher, Tony
Published
New York : W.W. Norton, [2009]
Copyright Date
©2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Description
xvi, 476 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents
Mario gets dizzy in New York -- Cubop City and all that jazz -- The Harlem hit parade -- The village to the left of New York -- Mambo madness -- The teenagers sing rock 'n' roll -- From Brooklyn to Broadway -- The ballad of Washington Square Park -- Lay down your weary tune -- Crystals, angels, and raindrops -- Plug in, tune up, rock out -- All tomorrow's parties -- The apple stretching -- Looking for a kiss : glitter, glam, and New York dolls -- The glamour of poverty -- The boogie down Bronx -- Well, New York City really has it all-- .
Summary
"From the acclaimed biographer of Keith Moon comes an incisive history of New York's seminal music scenes, encompassing the ways in which the city's indigenous art, literature, theater, and political movements converged to create such unique sounds, as well as the music's vast contributions to our culture. With great attention to the characters, from trumpet player Dizzy Gillespie to Tito Puente, Bob Dylan to the Ramones, All Hopped Up and Ready to Go takes us through bebop, the Latin music scene, the folk revival, glitter music, disco, punk, and hip-hop, as they emerged from the neighborhood streets of Harlem, the Village, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens."--BOOK JACKET.
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ISBN
9780393334838 (pbk.)
039333483X (pbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-453) and index.
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