American popular music
Subtitle: from minstrelsy to MTV
By: Larry Starr ; Christopher Waterman.
Contributors: Waterman, Christopher Alan, 1954-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
Subjects: Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism
Notes: Accompanying compact discs contain performances of popular songs keyed to the text.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-471) and index.

For accompanying material ask at loan desk for ML3477 S73 2003 compact disc 1 and 2.
Table of contents: title: Themes and streams in American popular music; title: "After the ball" : popular music of the 19th and early 20th century; 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: "Papa's got a brand new bag" : country, soul, urban folk, and the rise of rock (1960s); title: The 1970s : Rock music and the popular mainstream; title: Outsiders music : Progressive country, reggae, punk, funk, and disco 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.