American popular music : from minstrelsy to MTV /
The history of American popular music provides crucial insights into the establishment of a distinctively American culture. Authors Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman examine popular music in the United States from its beginnings to the end of the 20th century, furthering our understanding of the...
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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
- "Papa's got a brand new bag" : country, soul, urban folk, and the rise of rock, 1960s
- The 1970s : Rock music and the popular mainstream
- Outsiders' music : progressive country, reggae, punk, funk, and disco, 1970s
- The 1980s : digital technology, MTV, and the popular mainstream
- "Smells like teen spirit" : hip-hop, "alternative" music, and the entertainment business
- Conclusion.