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American popular music : from minstrelsy to MP3 /

Title:
American popular music : from minstrelsy to MP3 /
Author:
Starr, Larry, author.
Format:
Book
Institution:
Emerson College, MCPHS Boston
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, 1920s and 1930s -- "St. Louis blues" : race records and hillbilly music, 1920s and 1930s -- "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, salsa, 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.
Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
Emerson Main Stacks
ML3477 .S73 2014 – Available
MCPHS Circulation - Boston Campus
ML3477 .S73 2014 – Available