Love for sale
Subtitle: pop music in America
By: David Hajdu
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780374170530
Subjects: Popular music; History and criticism
Description: At every turn, Hajdu surprises and challenges readers to think about our most familiar art in unexpected ways.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The sheet music era: the zenith of the popular music craze; title: The rise of records : whispering; title: The Cotton Club : jungle nights in Harlem; title: The charts : make-believe island; title: Going west : Hollywood barn dance; title: Rock and roll : they went ca-raaaaazy for it!; title: The transistor : mine completely; title: Singers and songwriters : potty about Dylan; title: The album : a pair of twenty-minute things; title: Punk versus disco : who needs love?; title: Video : moonwalkers; title: Hip-hop : beats want to be free; title: Digitization : the immaterial world; title: Coda.