American popular music
Subtitle: from minstrelsy to MP3
By: Larry Starr, Christopher Waterman
Contributors: Waterman, Christopher Alan, 1954-
Edition: 2nd ed
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 515
Subjects: Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 480-481) and index

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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