American popular music : from minstrelsy to MP3 /
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| Author / Creator: | Starr, Larry. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. |
| Description: | xii, 515 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. + 2 sound discs (4 3/4 in.) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6233479 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface to the Second Edition
- 1. Themes and Streams of American Popular Music
- Theme 1. Listening
- Theme 2. Music and Identity
- Theme 3. Music and Technology
- Theme 4. The Music Business
- Theme 5. Centers and Peripheries
- Streams of Tradition: The Sources of Popular Music
- 2. "After the Ball": Popular Music of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
- The Minstrel Show
- An Early Pop Songwriter: Stephen Foster
- Dance Music and Brass Bands
- The Birth of Tin Pan Alley
- The Ragtime Craze, 1896-1918
- The Rise of the Phonograph
- 3. Catching as the Small-Pox": Social Dance and Jazz, 1917-1935
- Technology and the Music Business
- "Freak Dances": Turkey Trot and Tango
- James Reese Europe and the Castles
- The Jazz Craze
- Jazz Becomes Popular Music: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
- Dance Music in the "Jazz Age"
- "The King of Jazz"
- 4. "I Got Rhythm": The Golden Age of Tin Pan Alley Song
- Tin Pan Alley Song Form
- What Were Tin Pan Alley Songs About?
- What Makes a Song a "Standard"?
- 5. "St. Louis Blues': Race Records and Hillbilly Music
- Race Records
- Classic Blues
- The Country Blues
- Charley Patton and "Tom Rushen Blues" (1929)
- Blind Lemon Jefferson: The First Country Blues Star
- Robert Johnson: Standing at the Crossroad
- Early Country Music: Hillbilly Records
- Pioneers of Country Music: The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers
- Popular Music and the Creat Depression
- 6. "In the Mood": The Swing Era, 1935-1945
- Swing Music and American Culture
- Benny Goodman: The King of Swing
- Big Band Blues: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Glenn Miller
- Country Music in the Swing Era: Roy Acuff, Singing Cowboys, and Western Swing
- 7. "Choo Choo Ch'boogie": The Postwar Era, 1946-1954
- Popular Music and Technology in the Postwar Era
- Rise of the Big Singers
- 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
- 8. "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
- Wild, Wild Young Women: The Lady Vanishes
- Songwriters and Producers of Early Rock 'n' Roll
- 9. "Good Vibrations": American Pop and the British Invasion, 1960s
- The Early 1960s: Dance Music and "Teenage Symphonies"
- Berry Gordy and Motown
- Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys
- The Beatles, the British Invasion, and the American Response
- 10. "Blowin' in the Wind": 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: Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton
- 11. The 1970s: Rock Music, Disco, and the Popular Mainstream
- Country Music and the Pop Mainstream
- Rock Comes of Age
- "Night Fever": The Rise of Disco
- 12. Outsiders' Music: Progressive Country, Reggae, Punk, Funk, and Rap, 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
- "Rapper's Delight": The Origins of Hip-Hop
- 13. The 1980s: Digital Technology, MTV, and the Popular Mainstream
- Digital Technology and Popular Music
- A Tale of Three Albums
- "Baby I'm a Star": Prince, Madonna, and the Production of Celebrity
- 14. "Smells Like Teen Spirit": Hip-Hop, "Alternative" Music, and the Entertainment Business
- Hip-Hop Breaks Out (1980s-1990s)
- Techno: Dance Music in the Digital Age
- Alternate Currents
- Women's Voices: Alternative Folk, Hip-Hop, and Country
- Globalization and the Rise of World Music
- 15. Conclusion
- Music and Identity
- Technology and the Music Business
- Centers and Peripheries
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Timeline
- Credits
- Index
- CD TrackList
