| | Preface Lyric Credits 1. Themes and Streams of American Popular Music Theme One: Listening Theme Two: Music and Identity Theme Three: Music and Technology Theme Four: The Music Business Theme Five: Centers and Peripheries Streams of Tradition: The Sources of Popular Music 2. "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie": The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll, 1945-1955 Popular Music and Technology in the Postwar Era Pop Crooners Urban Folk Music: The Weavers Southern Music in the Postwar Era Rhythm & Blues Women in R&B: Ruth Brown and Big Mama Thornton Country and Western Music Hank Williams 3. "Rock around the Clock": Rock n' Roll, 1954-1959 Cover Versions and Early Rock 'n' Roll The Rock 'n' Roll Business Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the R&B Side Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the Country Side Songwriters and Producers of Early Rock 'n' Roll 4. "Good Vibrations": American Pop and the British Invasion, 1960s The Early 1960s: Dance Music and "Teenage Symphonies" The Beatles, the British Invasion, and the American Response 5. "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag": Country, Soul, Urban Folk, and the Rise of Rock, 1960s Patsy Cline and the Nashville Sound Ray Charles and Soul Music James Brown and Aretha Franklin Urban Folk Music in the 1960s: Bob Dylan The Counterculture and Psychedelic Rock Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band San Francisco Rock: Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and the Grateful Dead Guitar Heroes: Hendrix and Clapton 6. The 1970s: Rock Music and the Popular Mainstream Country Music and the Pop Mainstream A 1970s Jukebox: Some Characteristic Sounds of the Decade Rock Comes of Age 7. Outsiders' Music: Progressive Country, Reggae, Punk, Funk, and Disco, 1970s The Outlaws: Progressive Country Music "I Shot the Sheriff": The Rise of Reggae "Psycho Killer": 1970s Punk and New Wave "Tear the Roof Off the Sucker": Funk Music "Night Fever": The Rise of Disco 8. The 1980s: Digital Technology, MTV, and the Popular Mainstream Digital Technology and Popular Music A 1980s CD Changer A Tale of Three Albums "Baby I'm a Star": Prince, Madonna, and the Production of Celebrity 9. "Smells Like Teen Spirit": Hip-Hop, "Alternative" Music, and the Entertainment Business "Droppin' Science": Hip-Hop Culture and Rap Music Techno: Dance Music in the Digital Age Alternate Currents 10. Conclusion Music and Identity Technology and the Music Business Centers and Peripheries Glossary Bibliography Index
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