Stanley, Bob
Summary: Presents an encyclopedic history of pop music, from Bill Haley & the Comets' 1954 hit, "Rock Around the Clock" to Beyoncé's first huge hit in 2003, "Crazy in Love," touching on all the groups and genres in between.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton & Co Inc 2014
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Summary: "Pop music didn't begin with the Beatles in 1963, or with Elvis in 1956, or even with the first seven-inch singles in 1949. There was a pre-history that went back to the first recorded music, right back to the turn of the century. Who were these earliest record stars--and were they in any meaningful way "pop stars"? Who was George Gershwin writing songs for? Why did swing, the hit sound for a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022