Music of the postwar era
By: Don Tyler
Series: American history through music
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780313341915
Subjects: Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism; Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-260) and index
Table of contents: title: Charting the hits; title: How was popular music dispensed?; title: From swing to sing; title: The pre-rock fifties; title: The early years of rock 'n' roll; title: Hollywood's biggest hit songs and movie musicals of the postwar years; title: The best of postwar Broadway; title: Country and western music of the postwar years; title: The most noteworthy composers and lyricists of the postwar years; title: The top recording artists of the postwar years