A Resource Guide To Themes In Contemporary American Song Lyrics 1950 1985

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A Resource Guide to Themes in Contemporary American Song Lyrics, 1950-1985

Author : B. Lee Cooper
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 0313245169
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book A Resource Guide to Themes in Contemporary American Song Lyrics, 1950-1985 written by B. Lee Cooper and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1986-04-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: B. Lee Cooper offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of contemporary American society as it has been captured and transmitted in the lyrics of more than 3,000 popular recordings. By tracing the permutations of American popular music from the end of the Big Band/Swing Era through the Age of Rock, the author presents a thematically structured analysis of popular music lyrics from 1950 through 1985. Cooper divides his lucid commentaries and lists of songs into fifteen sections, each dealing with a particular social, political, or personal theme. In the brief essays that precede the lengthy discographic sections, the author explores the ways in which popular music has dealt with such issues as religion, death, education, youth culture, transportation, mass media, protest, military activity, women's liberation, and drug use and abuse. An illustrative discography of 45 r.p.m. records follows each section of commentary. An extensive bibliography of books, articles, and special reports appears at the end of the volume, along with a selected discography of album-length recordings which supplements the extensive 45 r.p.m. listings.

Popular Music Perspectives

Author : B. Lee Cooper
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879725051
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Popular Music Perspectives written by B. Lee Cooper and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In thirteen essays, this book probes ideas and themes that are prominent in contemporary song lyrics. The essays take social change, human interaction, technology, and intellectual development as points of departure for specific examinations of public education, railroads, death, automobiles, and rebels. The essays also examine humor, traditions, and historical events found in answer songs, cover recordings, nursery rhyme adaptations, and novelty tunes.

A Resource Guide to Themes in Contemporary American Song Lyrics, 1950-1985

Author : B. Lee Cooper
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book A Resource Guide to Themes in Contemporary American Song Lyrics, 1950-1985 written by B. Lee Cooper and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1986-04-22 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: B. Lee Cooper offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of contemporary American society as it has been captured and transmitted in the lyrics of more than 3,000 popular recordings. By tracing the permutations of American popular music from the end of the Big Band/Swing Era through the Age of Rock, the author presents a thematically structured analysis of popular music lyrics from 1950 through 1985. Cooper divides his lucid commentaries and lists of songs into fifteen sections, each dealing with a particular social, political, or personal theme. In the brief essays that precede the lengthy discographic sections, the author explores the ways in which popular music has dealt with such issues as religion, death, education, youth culture, transportation, mass media, protest, military activity, women's liberation, and drug use and abuse. An illustrative discography of 45 r.p.m. records follows each section of commentary. An extensive bibliography of books, articles, and special reports appears at the end of the volume, along with a selected discography of album-length recordings which supplements the extensive 45 r.p.m. listings.

Rock Music in American Popular Culture III

Author : Frank Hoffmann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317957601
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Rock Music in American Popular Culture III written by Frank Hoffmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock Music in American Popular Culture III: More Rock ’n’Roll Resources explores the fascinating world of rock music and examines how this medium functions as an expression of cultural and social identity. This nostalgic guide explores the meanings and messages behind some of the most popular rock ’n’roll songs that captured the American spirit, mirrored society, and reflected events in our history. Arranged by themes, Rock Music in American Popular Culture III examines a variety of social and cultural topics with related songs, such as: sex and censorship--“Only the Good Die Young” by Billy Joel and “Night Moves” by Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band holiday songs--“Rockin’Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee and “The Christmas Song” by Nat King Cole death--“Leader of the Pack” by The Shangri-Las and “The Unknown Soldier” by The Doors foolish behavior--“When a Man Loves a Woman” by Percy Sledge and “What Kind of Fool” by Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb jobs and the workplace--“Don’t Stand So Close to Me” by The Police and “Dirty Laundry” by Don Henley military involvements--“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” by the Andrews Sisters and “War” by Edwin Starr novelty recordings--“The Purple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley and “Eat It” by Weird Al Yankovic letters and postal images--“P. S. I Love You” by The Beatles and “Return to Sender” by Elvis Presely In addition, a discography and a bibliography after each section give further examples of the themes and resources being discussed, as do extensive lists of print references at the end of the text.

Rock Music in American Popular Culture

Author : B. Lee Cooper
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1560248610
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Rock Music in American Popular Culture written by B. Lee Cooper and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does rock music impact culture? According to authors B. Lee Cooper and Wayne S. Haney, it is central to the definition of society and has had a great impact on shaping American culture. In Rock Music in American Popular Culture, insightful essays and book reviews explore ways popular culture items can be used to explore American values. This fascinating book is arranged alphabetically for quick and easy reference to specific topics, but the book is equally enjoyable to read straight through. The influence of rock era music is evident throughout the text, demonstrating how various topics in the popular culture field are interconnected. Students in popular culture survey courses and American studies classes will be fascinated by these unique explorations of how family businesses, games, nursery rhymes, rock and roll legends, and other musical ventures shed light on our society and how they have shaped American values over the years.

Rock Music in American Popular Culture

Author : Frank Hoffmann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135839638
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Rock Music in American Popular Culture written by Frank Hoffmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does rock music impact culture? According to authors B. Lee Cooper and Wayne S. Haney, it is central to the definition of society and has had a great impact on shaping American culture. In Rock Music in American Popular Culture, insightful essays and book reviews explore ways popular culture items can be used to explore American values. This fascinating book is arranged alphabetically for quick and easy reference to specific topics, but the book is equally enjoyable to read straight through. The influence of rock era music is evident throughout the text, demonstrating how various topics in the popular culture field are interconnected. Students in popular culture survey courses and American studies classes will be fascinated by these unique explorations of how family businesses, games, nursery rhymes, rock and roll legends, and other musical ventures shed light on our society and how they have shaped American values over the years.

Rock Music in American Popular Culture II

Author : Frank Hoffmann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317940415
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Rock Music in American Popular Culture II written by Frank Hoffmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From “Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)?” to a list of all song titles containing the word “werewolf,” Rock Music in American Popular Culture II: More Rock ’n’Roll Resources continues where 1995’s Volume I left off. Using references and illustrations drawn from contemporary lyrics and supported by historical and sociological research on popular cultural subjects, this collection of insightful essays and reviews assesses the involvement of musical imagery in personal issues, in social and political matters, and in key socialization activities. From marriage and sex to public schools and youth culture, readers discover how popular culture can be used to explore American values. As Authors B. Lee Cooper and Wayne S. Haney prove that integrated popular culture is the product of commercial interaction with public interest and values rather than a random phenomena, they entertainingly and knowledgeably cover such topics as: answer songs--interchanges involving social events and lyrical commentaries as explored in response recordings horror films--translations and transformations of literary images and motion picture figures into popular song characters and tales public schools--images of formal educational practices and informal learning processes in popular song lyrics sex--suggestive tales and censorship challenges within the popular music realm war--examinations of persistent military and home front themes featured in wartime recordings Rock Music in American Popular Culture II: More Rock ‘n’Roll Resources is nontechnical, written in a clear and concise fashion, and explores each topic thoroughly, with ample discographic and bibliographic resources provided for additional research. Arranged alphabetically for quick and easy reference to specific topics, the book is equally enjoyable to read straight through. Rock music fans, teachers, popular culture professors, music instructors, public librarians, sound recording archivists, sociologists, social critics, and journalists can all learn something, as the book shows them the cross-pollination of music and social life in the United States.

Tin Pan Alley and the Philippines

Author : Thomas P. Walsh
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810886081
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Tin Pan Alley and the Philippines written by Thomas P. Walsh and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this innovative resource, Thomas P. Walsh has compiled a unique collection of some 1,400 published and unpublished American musical compositions related to the Philippines during the American colonial era from 1898 to 1946. For the guide, Walsh surveyed a wide array of sources: published songs listed in WorldCat, online catalogs of sheet music collections of university libraries and major public and private research libraries, bibliographic compilations of popular music, periodical literature on music and popular culture, published collections of "soldier songs," and sheet music listed for sale on commercial auction websites. The guide also identifies from song registrations in the U.S. Copyright Office's Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) forty-eight years of musical compositions relating to the Philippines. By systematically going through the CCE, year by year, Walsh discovered hundreds of unpublished songs written by average Americans expressing their varied views about historical events and personal experiences in America's faraway Southeast Asian colony. Although most of the chronologically listed songs will be new to scholars and students, songs like "Ma Little Cebu Maid," "My Own Manila Sue," "My Fillipino Belle," "Down on the Philippine Isles," "Beside the Pasig River," "My Philippino Pearl," and "I Want a Filipino Man" were all published and widely promoted by Tin Pan Alley, as well as performed on stage, and listened to on records and piano rolls across America. The lyrics often illustrate popular American attitudes, from shrilly patriotic numbers about the Battle of Manila Bay and the later Fall of Bataan and Corregidor to wistful, romantic, and even charming reminiscences of happy days spent in "old" Manila to racially charged pieces rife with deprecating stereotypes of Filipinos. The book reprints a number of hard-to-find song lyrics, making them available to readers for the first time in more than a century. It also provides copyright registration numbers and dates of registration for many published and unpublished songs. Finally, more than 700 notes on particular songs and numerous links provide direct access to bibliographic records or digital copies of sheet music in libraries and collections. Exhaustive in scope, Tin Pan Alley and the Philippines is an invaluable resource for scholars and students of American history, Pacific studies, popular culture, and ethnomusicology.

Music in Every Classroom

Author : James D. Sporborg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313080151
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Music in Every Classroom written by James D. Sporborg and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-09-15 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When used appropriately music can be a powerful tool to support and enrich learning. Developed for music specialists and nonspecialists, this annotated bibliography helps you find print and nonprint materials that support the integration of music across the K-8 curriculum. Arranged by subject area and topics within disciplines, the annotations describe the works and provide information on format and media, musical arrangement, individual song titles (for recorded material), and grade appropriateness in addition to standard bibliographic information. Emphasis is on educational resources and materials with practical applications rather than on theoretical works. Author/title and subject indexes provide quick and easy access.

The Jews of Rhode Island

Author : George M. Goodwin
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781584654247
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (542 download)

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Download or read book The Jews of Rhode Island written by George M. Goodwin and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2004 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated survey of the history and culture of Rhode Island Jews.

Checklist of Writings on American Music, 1640-1992

Author : Guy A. Marco
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810831339
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book Checklist of Writings on American Music, 1640-1992 written by Guy A. Marco and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cumulative index to all three volumes of Literature of American Music in Books and Folk Music Collections.

A Guide to Popular Music Reference Books

Author : Gary Haggerty
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313387710
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Popular Music Reference Books written by Gary Haggerty and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1995-09-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to locating information on popular music and the people who create it, this volume is designed as a desk reference—to locate answers to specific questions and to direct library users to key resources. More than 400 comprehensive titles are carefully annotated, describing content, scope, and special features. The focus is on the musical styles that have developed measurable commercial success through recordings and live performance. Along with academic titles, many important titles from the popular press are included, as well as selected electronic resources. A necessary reference tool for any library, scholar, student, and popular music buff. The work covers bibliographies, indexes, discographies, dictionaries and encyclopedias, biographical resources, directories, almanacs, yearbooks, and guidebooks on styles that include jazz, swing, Tin Pan Alley, country, gospel, blues, rhythm and blues, soul, rockabilly, rock, heavy metal, musical theater, and film music. Its extensive appendices feature discographies and bibliographies of individual artists and ensembles. A detailed index combining authors, titles, and subjects makes cross-referencing easy. The entries are modeled after the immensely useful The Guide to Reference Books.

Generations of Youth

Author : Joe Alan Austin
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814706452
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Generations of Youth written by Joe Alan Austin and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1998-06 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together recent and new work on youth and youth cultures by social historians and American/cultural studies scholars. Chapters are arranged in chronological order within the 20th century. Subjects include youth and ethnicity in New York City high schools in the 1930s and 1940s, intercultural dance halls in post-WWII greater Los Angeles, art and activism in the Chicano Movement, the music of Public Enemy, the emergence of a lesbian, bisexual, and gay youth cyberculture, and zines and the making of underground community. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Music in American Life [4 volumes]

Author : Jacqueline Edmondson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313393486
Total Pages : 1470 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Music in American Life [4 volumes] written by Jacqueline Edmondson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 1470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration of the relationship between American culture and music as defined by musicians, scholars, and critics from around the world. Music has been the cornerstone of popular culture in the United States since the beginning of our nation's history. From early immigrants sharing the sounds of their native lands to contemporary artists performing benefit concerts for social causes, our country's musical expressions reflect where we, as a people, have been, as well as our hope for the future. This four-volume encyclopedia examines music's influence on contemporary American life, tracing historical connections over time. Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture demonstrates the symbiotic relationship between this art form and our society. Entries include singers, composers, lyricists, songs, musical genres, places, instruments, technologies, music in films, music in political realms, and music shows on television.

Continuities in Popular Culture

Author : Ray Broadus Browne
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879725938
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (259 download)

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Download or read book Continuities in Popular Culture written by Ray Broadus Browne and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how the past is portrayed in later popular culture now that the cyclical rhythm of folk culture has been replaced by the linear acceleration of mass society. The 16 essays discuss such topics as the American theme park, popular music, Noah Webster, girl scouts, wars from 1914 to 1991, and shamanic elements in biker culture. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Finding Fogerty

Author : Thomas M. Kitts
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0739174851
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Finding Fogerty written by Thomas M. Kitts and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on the 50-year career of American songwriter and composer, John Fogarty, which argue for hus musical and cultural significance.

Kazaaam! Splat! Ploof!

Author : Sabrina P. Ramet
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0585455007
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book Kazaaam! Splat! Ploof! written by Sabrina P. Ramet and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores American influences not only on European television, fashions, fast food, and rock music, but also on youth organizations, literature, UFO culture, and religious faith.