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The Emergence of Rock and Roll

Author : Mitchell K. Hall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135053588
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Emergence of Rock and Roll written by Mitchell K. Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-09 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock and roll music evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and 1950s, as a combination of African American blues, country, pop, and gospel music produced a new musical genre. Even as it captured the ears of the nation, rock and roll was the subject of controversy and contention. The music intertwined with the social, political, and economic changes reshaping America and contributed to the rise of the youth culture that remains a potent cultural force today. A comprehensive understanding of post-World War II U.S. history would be incomplete without a basic knowledge of this cultural phenomenon and its widespread impact. In this short book, bolstered by primary source documents, Mitchell K. Hall explores the change in musical style represented by rock and roll, changes in technology and business practices, regional and racial implications of this new music, and the global influences of the music. The Emergence of Rock and Roll explains the huge influence that one cultural moment can have in the history of a nation.

History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs

Author : Greil Marcus
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300190301
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs written by Greil Marcus and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary critic and author of Mystery Train “ingeniously retells the tale of rock and roll” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Unlike previous versions of rock ’n’ roll history, this book omits almost every iconic performer and ignores the storied events and turning points everyone knows. Instead, in a daring stroke, Greil Marcus selects ten songs and dramatizes how each embodies rock ’n’ roll as a thing in itself, in the story it tells, inhabits, and acts out—a new language, something new under the sun. “Transmission” by Joy Division. “All I Could Do Was Cry” by Etta James and then Beyoncé. “To Know Him Is to Love Him,” first by the Teddy Bears and almost half a century later by Amy Winehouse. In Marcus’s hands these and other songs tell the story of the music, which is, at bottom, the story of the desire for freedom in all its unruly and liberating glory. Slipping the constraints of chronology, Marcus braids together past and present, holding up to the light the ways that these striking songs fall through time and circumstance, gaining momentum and meaning, astonishing us by upending our presumptions and prejudices. This book, by a founder of contemporary rock criticism—and its most gifted and incisive practitioner—is destined to become an enduring classic. “One of the epic figures in rock writing.”—The New York Times Book Review “Marcus is our greatest cultural critic, not only because of what he says but also, as with rock-and-roll itself, how he says it.”—The Washington Post Winner of the Deems Taylor Virgil Thomson Award in Music Criticism, given by the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers

The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1

Author : Ed Ward
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250071178
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1 written by Ed Ward and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed Ward covers the first half of the history of rock & roll in this sweeping and definitive narrative—from the 1920s, when the music of rambling medicine shows mingled with the songs of vaudeville and minstrel acts to create the very early sounds of country and rhythm and blues, to the rise of the first independent record labels post-World War II, and concluding in December 1963, just as an immense change in the airwaves took hold and the Beatles prepared for their first American tour. The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1 shines a light on the far corners of the genre to reveal the stories behind the hugely influential artists who changed the musical landscape forever. In this first volume of a two-part series, Ward shares his endless depth of knowledge and through engrossing storytelling hops seamlessly from Memphis to Chicago, Detroit, England, New York, and everywhere in between. He covers the trajectories of the big name acts like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and Ray Charles, while also filling in gaps of knowledge and celebrating forgotten heroes such as the Burnette brothers, the “5” Royales, and Marion Keisker, Sam Phillips’s assistant, who played an integral part in launching Elvis’s career. For all music lovers and rock & roll fans, Ward spins story after story of some of the most unforgettable and groundbreaking moments in rock history, introducing us along the way to the musicians, DJs, record executives, and producers who were at the forefront of the genre and had a hand in creating the music we all know and love today.

Let's Rock!

Author : Richard Aquila
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442269375
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Let's Rock! written by Richard Aquila and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock & roll was one of the most important cultural developments in post–World War II America, yet its origins are shrouded in myth and legend. Let’s Rock! reclaims the lost history of rock & roll. Based on years of research, as well as interviews with Bo Diddley, Pat Boone, and other rock & roll pioneers, the book offers new information and fresh perspectives about Elvis, the rise of rock & roll, and 1950s America. Rock & roll is intertwined with the rise of a post–World War II youth culture, the emergence of African Americans in society, the growth of consumer culture, technological change, the expansion of mass media, and the rise of a Cold War culture that endorsed traditional values to guard against communism. Richard Aquila’s book demonstrates that early rock & roll was not as rebellious as common wisdom has it. The new sound reflected the conservatism and conformity of the 1950s as much as it did the era’s conflict. Rock & roll supported centrist politics, traditional values, and mainstream attitudes toward race, gender, class, and ethnicity. The musical evidence proves that most teenagers of the 1950s were not that different from their parents and grandparents when it came to basic beliefs, interests, and pastimes. Young and old alike were preoccupied by the same concerns, tensions, and insecurities. Rock & roll continues to permeate the fabric of modern life, and understanding the music’s origins reminds us of the common history we all share. Music lovers who grew up during rock & roll’s early years as well as those who have come to it more recently will find Let’s Rock an exciting historical and musical adventure.

A Brief History of Rock, Off the Record

Author : Wayne Robins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135923450
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Rock, Off the Record written by Wayne Robins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The birth of rock ‘n’ roll signaled the blossoming of a new teenage culture, dividing generations and introducing a new attitude of rebellion and independence. From Chuck Berry to the Beatles, from punk rock to hip hop, rock ‘n’ roll has continuously transformed alongside or in reaction to social, cultural, and political changes. A Brief History of Rock, Off the Record is a concise introduction to rock history and the impact it has had on American culture. It is an easy-to-read, vivid account written by one of rock’s leading critics. Pulling from personal interviews over the years, Wayne Robins interweaves the developments in rock music with his commentary on the political and social events and movements that defined their decades.

Deutsche Leitkultur Musik?

Author : Albrecht Riethmüller
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783515089746
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Deutsche Leitkultur Musik? written by Albrecht Riethmüller and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 2006 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Im Fokus des Bandes steht die Musikkultur in West- und Ostdeutschland wahrend der Nachkriegszeit - nach dem Ende der nationalsozialistischen Herrschaft, im Zeichen von Entnazifizierung und neuen Ansatzen. Zwischen Kontinuitat und Diskontinuitat von Gedanken und Karrieren beleuchtet der Band die Situation der Musik an der Schnittstelle von Zeit- und Musikgeschichte. Das Dilemma, in das die deutsche Musik durch den Glauben an die eigene Uberlegenheit geraten war, spiegelt der Titel mit dem Aufgriff der Formel von der "Deutschen Leitkultur". Inhalt: Vorwort I. Ausklang des Nationalsozialismus: Anselm Gerhard: Die "Vorherrschaft der deutschen Musik" nach 1945 - eine Ironie der Geschichte Horst Weber: Exil und "Leitkultur". Eine historische Skizze Michael Walter / Albrecht Riethmuller: Richard Strauss - Vier letzte Jahre. Ein Gesprach II. Entnazifizierung: David Monod: Americanizing the Patron State? Government and Music under American Occupation, 1945-1953 Michael Custodis: Entnazifizierung an der Kolner Musikhochschule am Beispiel von Walter Trienes und Hermann Unger Thomas Eickhoff: "Mit Sozialismus und Sachertorte ..." Entnazifizierung und musikpolitische Verhaltensmuster nach 1945 in Osterreich Boris von Haken: "The Case of Mr. Rosbaud" - Der Fortgang einer Karriere Joan Evans: Hans Rosbaud and New Music: From 1933 to the Early Postwar Period Friedrich Geiger: Walter Abendroth im Musikleben der Bundesrepublik Michael Custodis: "unter Auswertung meiner Erfahrungen aktiv mitgestaltend": Zum Wirken von Wolfgang Steinecke bis 1950 Frank Schneider: Aufbruch mit Widerspruchen - Neue Musik im Zeichen der Nachkriegspolitik Adelheid von Saldern: "Ein Land der Lebensfreude"? Unterhaltungsmusik im DDR-Radio der 50er Jahre Guido Heldt: "Hallo Fraulein!" - Amerikanische Popularmusik im westdeutschen Nachkriegsfilm Peter Fritzsche: Rock'n'Roll as History Glenn Stanley: Musikgeschichtsschreibung im geteilten Deutschland: Auseinandersetzung mit der jungsten Vergangenheit? Neue Impulse? Flucht ins Unverfangliche?

The Republic of Rock

Author : Michael J. Kramer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195384865
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Republic of Rock written by Michael J. Kramer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Kramer draws on new archival sources and interviews to explore sixties music and politics through the lens of these two generation-changing places--San Francisco and Vietnam. From the Acid Tests of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters to hippie disc jockeys on strike, the military's use of rock music to "boost morale" in Vietnam, and the forgotten tale of a South Vietnamese rock band, The Republic of Rock shows how the musical connections between the City of the Summer of Love and war-torn Southeast Asia were crucial to the making of the sixties counterculture. The book also illustrates how and why the legacy of rock music in the sixties continues to matter to the meaning of citizenship in a global society today. --from publisher description

Historical Dictionary of Popular Music

Author : Norman Abjorensen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538102153
Total Pages : 695 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Popular Music written by Norman Abjorensen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of Popular Music contains a chronology, an introduction, an appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on major figures across genres, definitions of genres, technical innovations and surveys of countries and regions.

Rancid Aphrodisiac

Author : Mickey Vallee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1623560144
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book Rancid Aphrodisiac written by Mickey Vallee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been sixty years since Rock 'n' Roll exploded into the mainstream, yet we remain limited in our understanding of how its bawdy excesses absorbed into the annals of mass popularity in such a short amount of time. Mickey Vallee asks: what if the Rock 'n' Roll eruption was nothing less than postwar consumer capitalism at its very best, precisely because it was taken as its very worst? Vallee explores the emergence of Rock 'n' Roll's from an entirely new theoretical disposition in order to answer this question, drawing mainly from Lacanian cultural psychoanalysis to reveal that Rock 'n' Roll was far more conformist than we are generally led to believe; namely, that it was conformist with emerging liberal principles of freedom from the tyranny of the state. Vallee supports this proposition with detailed analyses of familiar (and not-so-familiar) characters and texts in Rock 'n' Roll to suggest that the disruption of our symbolic economy was symptomatic of a new cultural logic of economic freedom. While not denying Rock 'n' Roll's role in the pre-civil rights movement, Vallee refuses the possibility to deny that Rock 'n' Roll's symbolic efficacy ultimately coordinated a neoliberal foundation to the ideology of individualism in its rhythm, instrumentation, lyrics, and vocals, where its power was at its most effective and affective.

Connecticut Rock ‘n’ Roll: A History

Author : Tony Renzoni
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625858809
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Connecticut Rock ‘n’ Roll: A History written by Tony Renzoni and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long neglected in the annals of American music, the Nutmeg State's influence on the history of rock'n'roll deserves recognition. Connecticut's musical highlights include the beautiful harmonies of New Haven's Five Satins, Gene Pitney's rise to fame, Stamford's the Fifth Estate and notable rockers such as Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Rivers Cuomo of Weezer and Saturday Night Live Band's Christine Ohlman. Rock Hall of Famers include Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads and Dennis Dunaway of the Alice Cooper Band. Some events became legend, like Jimi Hendrix's spellbinding performance at Yale's Woolsey Hall, Jim Morrison's onstage arrest at the New Haven Arena and teenage Bob Dylan's appearance at Branford's Indian Neck Folk Festival. With in-depth interviews as well as rare, never-before-seen photos, author Tony Renzoni leads a sonic trip that captures the spirit and zenith of the local scene. -- Publisher description

A New and Concise History of Rock and R&B through the Early 1990s

Author : Eric Charry
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819578967
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book A New and Concise History of Rock and R&B through the Early 1990s written by Eric Charry and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise yet lively textbook explores the history and significance of American popular music from Tin Pan Alley to Public Enemy. Ethnomusicologist Eric Charry provides a strong foundation for understanding how music, the music industry, and American culture intersect. His innovative teaching style presents the material in a dynamic format suitable for general education courses in music. The book is organized around a series of timelines, tables, and figures, providing fresh perspectives on the social and cultural importance of the music. Charry lays out key contemporary theoretical issues, covers the technical foundations of the music industry, and provides a capsule history of who did what when, with particular emphasis on the rapid emergence of distinct genres and subgenres. The book’s figures distill the history and provide new insight into understanding trends. Over a thousand artists, albums, and songs are covered, such as Muddy Waters, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, the Velvet Underground, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Madonna, Talking Heads, and many more.

The Guide to United States Popular Culture

Author : Ray Broadus Browne
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879728212
Total Pages : 1030 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book The Guide to United States Popular Culture written by Ray Broadus Browne and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To understand the history and spirit of America, one must know its wars, its laws, and its presidents. To really understand it, however, one must also know its cheeseburgers, its love songs, and its lawn ornaments. The long-awaited Guide to the United States Popular Culture provides a single-volume guide to the landscape of everyday life in the United States. Scholars, students, and researchers will find in it a valuable tool with which to fill in the gaps left by traditional history. All American readers will find in it, one entry at a time, the story of their lives."--Robert Thompson, President, Popular Culture Association. "At long last popular culture may indeed be given its due within the humanities with the publication of The Guide to United States Popular Culture. With its nearly 1600 entries, it promises to be the most comprehensive single-volume source of information about popular culture. The range of subjects and diversity of opinions represented will make this an almost indispensable resource for humanities and popular culture scholars and enthusiasts alike."--Timothy E. Scheurer, President, American Culture Association "The popular culture of the United States is as free-wheeling and complex as the society it animates. To understand it, one needs assistance. Now that explanatory road map is provided in this Guide which charts the movements and people involved and provides a light at the end of the rainbow of dreams and expectations."--Marshall W. Fishwick, Past President, Popular Culture Association Features of The Guide to United States Popular Culture: 1,010 pages 1,600 entries 500 contributors Alphabetic entries Entries range from general topics (golf, film) to specific individuals, items, and events Articles are supplemented by bibliographies and cross references Comprehensive index

Rock of Ages

Author : Ed Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 698 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rock of Ages written by Ed Ward and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attempts to track rock and roll -- as music, as culture, as headline maker, as business -- from its hazy origins to the present day.

The Harvard Guide to African-American History

Author : Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674002760
Total Pages : 968 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book The Harvard Guide to African-American History written by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiles information and interpretations on the past 500 years of African American history, containing essays on historical research aids, bibliographies, resources for womens' issues, and an accompanying CD-ROM providing bibliographical entries.

Popular Fads and Crazes through American History [2 volumes]

Author : Nancy Hendricks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Book Synopsis Popular Fads and Crazes through American History [2 volumes] by : Nancy Hendricks

Download or read book Popular Fads and Crazes through American History [2 volumes] written by Nancy Hendricks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informative two-volume set provides readers with an understanding of the fads and crazes that have taken America by storm from colonial times to the present. Entries cover a range of topics, including food, entertainment, fashion, music, and language. Why could hula hoops and TV westerns only have been found in every household in the 1950s? What murdered Russian princess can be seen in one of the first documented selfies, taken in 1914? This book answers those questions and more in its documentation of all of the most captivating trends that have defined American popular culture since before the country began. Entries are well-researched and alphabetized by decade. At the start of every section is an insightful historical overview of the decade, and the set uniquely illustrates what today's readers have in common with the past. It also contains a Glossary of Slang for each decade as well as a bibliography, plus suggestions for further reading for each entry. Students and readers interested in history will enjoy discovering trends through the years in such areas as fashion, movies, music, and sports.

Rock & Roll

Author : Robert Palmer
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rock & Roll written by Robert Palmer and published by Harmony. This book was released on 1995 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Palmer, a preeminent rock critic and musician who was the chief advisor for the public television series, explores the complex creative processes that have allowed rock music to endure as a living art, fed from sources deep within nonconformist, anti-mainstream, often multiethnic American culture.

A Time to Rock

Author : David P. Szatmary
Publisher : Schirmer Trade Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Time to Rock written by David P. Szatmary and published by Schirmer Trade Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Time to Rock traces the development through the key players, movers, and shakers in rock and roll. It is a thoughtful and thought provoking look at rock and how it affects and is affected by the social trends of its time