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The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader: Histories and Debates
The Pop Rock and Soul Reader Histories and Debates
Author: David Brackett (Compiler)
This title is a collection of readings following the evolution of American popular music from the 1920's to the present. Pulling together articles, excerpts, and critical commentary from scholarly journals, popular magazines, newspapers, and biographies, the reader provides a vivid history of pop, rock, and soul in America. — pt. 1. B...  more »

1. Technology, the Dawn of Modern Popular Music, and the "King of Jazz". Paul Whiteman and Mary Margaret McBride, "On Wax" --

2. Big Band Swing Music: Race and Power in the Music Business. Marvin Freedman, "Black Music's on Top; White Jazz Stagnant" Irving Kolodin, "The Dance Band Business: A Study in Black and White" --

3. Solo Pop Singers and "Der Bingle". Bing Crosby (as told to Pete Martin), from Call Me Lucky --

4. Hillbilly and Race Music. Kyle Crichton, "Thar's Gold in Them Hillbillies" --

5. Blues People and the Classic Blues. LeRoi Jones, from Blues People: The Negro Experience in White America and the Music That Developed from It --

6. The Empress of the Blues. Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff, from Hear Me Talkin' to Ya: The Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It --

7. At the Crossroads with Robert Johnson, as Told by Johnny Shines. Pete Welding, "Interview with Johnny Shines" --

8. From Race Music to Rhythm and Blues: T-Bone Walker. Kevin Sheridan and Peter Sheridan, "T-Bone Walker: Father of the Blues" --

9. Jumpin' the Blues with Louis Jordan. Down Beat, "Bands Dug by the Beat: Louis Jordan" Arnold Shaw, from Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm and Blues --

10. On the Bandstand with Johnny Otis and Wynonie Harris. Johnny Otis, from Upside Your Head! Rhythm and Blues on Central Avenue Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris, "Women Won't Let Me Alone" --

11. The Producers Answer Back: The Emergence of the "Indie" Record Company. Bill Simon, " Indies' Surprise Survival: Small Labels' Ingenuity and Skill Pay Off" Arnold Shaw, from Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm and Blues --

12. Country Music as Folk Music, Country Music as Novelty. Billboard, "American Folk Tunes: Cowboy and Hillbilly Tunes and Tunesters" Newsweek, "Corn of Plenty."
ISBN-13: 9780195125719
ISBN-10: 0195125711
Publication Date: 10/27/2004
Pages: 524
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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