American popular music from minstrelsy to MP3
By: Larry Starr, Christopher Waterman
Contributors: Waterman, Christopher Alan, 1954-
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 537
ISBN-13: 9780195396300
Notes: Accompanying compact discs include musical examples to support the text.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 494-495) and index.
Table of contents: title: Themes and streams of American popular music; title: "After the ball" : popular music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; title: "Catching as the small-pox" : social dance and jazz, 1917-1935; title: "I got rhythm" : the golden age of Tin Pan Alley song; title: "St. Louis blues" : race records and hillbilly music; title: "In the mood" : the swing era, 1935-1945; title: "Choo choo ch'boogie" : the postwar era, 1946-1954; title: "Rock around the clock" : rock 'n' roll, 1954-1959; title: "Good vibrations" : American pop and the British invasion, 1960s; title: "Blowin' in the wind" : country, soul, urban folk, and the rise of rock, 1960s; title: The 1970s : rock music, disco, and the popular mainstream; title: Outsiders' music : progressive country, reggae, punk, funk, and rap, 1970s; title: The 1980s : digital technology, MTV, and the popular mainstream; title: "Smells like teen spirit" : hip-hop, "alternative" music, and the entertainment business; title: Conclusion.; title: CD 1. Jeanie with the light brown hair (Thomas Hampson); title: Castle House rag (Europe's Society Orchestra); title: Tiger rag (Original Dixieland Jazz Band); title: El Manicero (Don Azpiazú and his Havana Casino Orchestra); title: My blue heaven (Gene Austin); title: April showers, 1921 version (Al Jolson); title: April showers, 1932 version (Al Jolson); title: St. Louis blues (Bessie Smith); title: That black snake moan (Blind Lemon Jefferson); title: Gospel ship (The Carter Family); title: Blue yodel no. 2 (Jimmie Rodgers); title: Wrappin' it up : the Lindy glide (Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra); title: Taking a chance on love (Benny Goodman); title: Paper doll (The Mills Brothers); title: In the mood (Glenn Miller and His Orchestra); title: New San Antonio rose (Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys); title: Brazil (Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra); title: Nancy with the laughing face (Frank Sinatra); title: Mambo no. 5 (Perez Prado and his Orchestra); title: Choo choo ch' boogie (Louis Jordan); title: Hoochie coochie man (Muddy Waters); title: Mama, he treats your daughter mean (Ruth Brown); title: Hound dog (Big Mama Thornton); title: It's mighty dark to travel (Bill Monroe); title: Maybellene (Chuck Berry).; title: CD 2. Shake, rattle and roll (Joe Turner); title: Shake, rattle and roll (Bill Haley and His Comets); title: Sh-boom : life could be a dream (The Chords); title: Sh-boom : life could be a dream (The Crew Cuts); title: Mystery train (Little Junior's Blue Flames); title: Mystery train (Elvis Presley); title: Long tall Sally (Little Richard); title: Don't be cruel (Elvis Presley); title: La bamba (Ritchie Valens); title: Charlie Brown (The Coasters); title: My girl (The Temptations); title: You can't hurry love (The Supremes); title: Good vibrations (Beach Boys); title: Watermelon man (Mongo Santamaria); title: El watusi (Ray Barretto); title: Papa's got a brand new bag, part 1 (James Brown); title: Respect (Aretha Franklin); title: Like a rolling stone (Bob Dylan); title: Oye como va (Santana); title: Bad girls (Donna Summer); title: Pedro Navaja (Willie Colón and Rubén Blades); title: The message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five); title: Walk this way (Run-D.M.C. featuring Aerosmith)