Top 40 democracy
Subtitle: the rival mainstreams of American music
By: Eric Weisbard
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780226896168; 9780226896182
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Popular music radio stations; Popular music; Format radio broadcasting; Musical Radio programs; Popular music genres; History
Other titles: Top forty democracy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: It's whose thing? The Isley Brothers and rhythm and blues; title: Duets with modernity : Dolly Parton and country; title: Contemporary adults : A&M Records and middle of the road; title: Madman across the water : Elton John and top 40; title: The wrath of the buzzard : WMMS and rock; title: This generation's radio : music formats in the early 2000s.