The Rise Fall of Popular Music Author:Donald Clarke The story of how the music of the English-speaking peoples has swept the world. Chapters include: the origins of popular music; minstrelsy, & the War between the States; the rise of vaudeville & Tin Pan Alley; the ragtime era & the coon shouters; the early years of jazz; Broadway & the golden age of songwriting; the Jazz Age, the Great Depressio... more »n, race & hillbilly music; big band jazz; the Swing Era; small-group jazz, the jukebox & the new independent labels; the 1940s & World War II; the early 1950s; rock'n'roll; the abdication of a generation; a last gasp of innocence; the 1960s; the heat death of pop music; & Black music. Bibliography.« less