Contents
Preface
Introduction: Definitions, Themes, and Issues
Into the Twentieth Century: Popular Music and Mass Culture
Rock 'n' Roll: The Birth of a New Era
Marketing and the Politics of Race, Language, and Gender
No Hablamos Espanol: The Language Barrier
The Long, Hard Climb: Gender Discrimination
Regulating Popular Music
1 Constructing Tin Pan Alley: From Minstrelsy to Mass Culture
Minstrelsy: The Making of Mainstream U.S. Culture
Sheet Music, Sound Recording, and the Sounds of Music
Tin Pan Alley Creates Musical Tradition
Incorporating Ragtime, Blues, and Jazz
Listening Guide 1: "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
Dance Crazes, Latin Influences, Musical Theater, and Records
Commercial Broadcasting: A Very Private Enterprise
The Growth of Network Radio
The Advertisers Versus the Programmers
Tin Pan Alley Goes Hollywood . . . and Latin
2 Blues, Jazz, and Country: The Segregation of Popular Music
Blues, Jazz, and Country: More Equal Than Separate
Race Music: The Popular Sounds of Black America
The Birth of the Blues
Listening Guide 2: "Crazy Blues"
All That Jazz
Hillbilly: The Music of the White Working Class
Listening Guide 3: "Blue Yodel #9 (Standin' on the Corner)"
Disseminating Blues, Jazz, and Country: More Separate Than Equal
The Long Road Back for Records
3 "Good Rockin' Tonight": The Rise of Rhythm and Blues
The Publishers and the Broadcasters: ASCAP Versus BMI
Enter the Deejay: The Broadcasters Versus AFM
From Big Bands to Solo Singers
The Major Labels Reclaim Country Music
Listening Guide 4: "Hey Good Lookin'"
The Independents Promote Rhythm and Blues
Listening Guide 5: "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean"
Mass Technology and Popular Taste
High Fidelity/Low Overhead
Television and the Suppression of FM Broadcasting
Independent Radio: Deejays in Your Face
4 Crossing Cultures:
The Eruption of Rock 'n' Roll
Cultural Diversity: The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll
Structural Changes in the Music Industry
Sounds of the Cities
New Orleans: The Fertile Crescent of Rock 'n' Roll
Listening Guide 6: "Tutti Frutti"
Los Angeles: From Jump Blues to Chicano Rock
Chicago: The Blues Electrified
Listening Guide 7: "Rock and Roll Music"
Cincinnati: The Crossroads of Blues and Country
R&B Sanctified: The Gospel Connection
Doo Wop: The Intersection of Gospel, Jazz, and Pop
Listening Guide 8: "Sh' Boom"
Latin Music Rocks
Rockabilly: The Country Strain
Listening Guide 9: "Hound Dog"
5 The Empire Strikes Back:
The Reaction to Rock 'n' Roll
The Established Powers Fight Back
Covering the Bases
Listening Guide 10: "Tutti Frutti"
Pop Diversions: From Kingston Town to the Kingston Trio
"Schlock Rock": Enter the White Middle Class
Television's Greatest Hits
The Brill Building: The New Tin Pan Alley
The War on Rock 'n' Roll
Surf's Up!
Listening Guide 11: "Surfin' U.S.A."
6 Popular Music and Political Culture: The Sixties
The Civil Rights Movement and Popular Music
Girl Groups, Male Producers, and Brill Building Pop
Motown: The Integration of Pop
Listening Guide 12: "Stop! In the Name of Love"
Folk Music: The Voice of Civil Rights
Listening Guide 13: "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
The British Invasion Occupies the Pop Charts
Breaking the Sounds of Silence: New Voices in the Music
Folk Rock: Adding Substance to Form
Black (Music) Is Beautiful
Listening Guide 14: "(I Got You) I Feel Good"
Latino Rock 'n' Roll: From the Southwest to the Spanish Caribbean
Listening Guide 15: "Oye Como Va"
Rock and Revolution: The Counterculture
Blues on Acid: Psychedelic Rock
Commercializing the Counterculture: Sgt. Pepper and Monterey Pop
Listening Guide 16: "A Day in the Life"
Riding the Storm: Radicals, Riots, and Revolutions
Woodstock and Altamont: The Highs and the Lows
7 Music Versus Markets:
The Fragmentation of Pop
The Music Industry: A Sound Investment
Merger Mania
Expanding the Infrastructure: Counterculture as Commodity
Creativity and Commerce: Rock as Art
Listening Guide 17: "Roundabout"
Sweeter Soul Music
Listening Guide 18: "You Make Me Feel Brand New"
Singer/Songwriters, Soft Rock, and More
Listening Guide 19: "You've Got a Friend"
Women's Music: The Feminist Alternative
From Country Rock to Southern Boogie
Mad with Power: Heavy Metal
Listening Guide 20: "Smoke on the Water"
All That Glitters Does Not Sell Gold
Listening Guide 21: "Changes"
8 Punk and Disco: The Poles of Pop
Punk Versus Disco
Punk: Rock as (White) Noise
Born in the U.S.A.
Listening Guide 22: "I Don't Wanna Be Learned, I Don't Wanna Be Tamed"
Anarchy in the U.K."
Listening Guide 23: "Anarchy in the U.K."
Flirtation with Fascism: The Underbelly of Punk
Rock Against Racism: Progressive Punk
Riding the New Wave
Disco: The Rhythm Without the Blues
Proto-Disco: The Funk Connection
Up from the Disco Underground
Listening Guide 24: "Last Dance"
Mainstream Disco: The Bee Gees Boogie Down
The Hard Rock Reaction
9 Are We the World?
Music Videos, Superstars, and Mega-Events
Early Music Television: They Want Their MTV
Listening Guide 25: "Beat It"
Superstars: The Road to Economic Recovery
Listening Guide 26: "Born in the U.S.A."
Listening Guide 27: "Like a Virgin"
Charity Rock and Mega-Events: Who Is the World?
Christmas in Ethiopia: The Advent of Charity Rock
Mega-Events: The Politics of Mass Culture
10 Rap and Metal:
The Voices of Youth Culture
The Continuing History of Heavy Metal
Heavy Metal: The New Wave
Metal Fragments
Listening Guide 28: "Jump"
Listening Guide 29: ". . . And Justice for All"
Hip Hop, Don't Stop
Old School Rap
Hip Hop: The Next Generation
Listening Guide 30: "Rock Box"
Listening Guide 31: "Ladies First"
Regulating Popular Music: The Politics of Censorship
The Parents Music Resource Center
The Issues: Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll Revisited
11 Packaging Pop Trends:
The Search for Next Big Thing
Alternative as Mainstream
Seattle: From Sub Pop to Superstars
Listening Guide 32: "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Lollapalooza: Mainstreaming the Counterculture
What About Country Music?
Black Music at the Base
Hip Hop with Soul: The New R&B
Rap: The Elephant in the Room
Listening Guide 33: "I'll Be Missing You"
Other Contenders for the Next Big Thing
Listening Guide 34: "Love Takes Time"
Sounds Without Stars: Electronic Dance Music
The Year(s) of the Woman and the Rage Rock Backlash
Teen Pop: Boy Bands and Teen Queens
Listening Guide 35: ". . . Baby One More Time"
The Latin Boom and Beyond: A Decade of Latin(o/a) Music(ians)
Listening Guide 36: "Livin' La Vida Loca"
Listening Guide 37: "Gasolina"
12 Taking Care of Business:
Popular Music in the New Millennium
They Want Their MP3
Legislation and Litigation
Piracy and Theft
The Music Industry in a Post-Napster World
Popular Music Post-9/11
Corporate Radio and the New Patriotism
Country Music Goes to War
Listening Guide 38: "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)"
Listening Guide 39: "Not Ready to Make Nice"
Dissent Unplugged
Back to Business As Usual
The Return of Rock
Singer/Songwriters Emote
Listening Guide 40: "Don't Know Why"
Idol Worship
Black Artists, Hip Hop Aesthetics, and Pop Success
Listening Guide 41: "In Da Club"
The Future of Music
Notes
Bibliography
Subject Index
Music Index
