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In American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3, Second Edition, Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman examine popular music in the United States from its beginnings into the 21st century, offering a comprehensive look at the music, the cultural history of the times, and the connections between them. Using well-chosen examples, insightful commentaries, and an engaging writing style, this text traces the development of jazz, blues, country, rock, Motown, hip-hop, and other popular styles, highlighting the contributions of diverse groups to the ... MOREcreation of distinctly American styles. It combines an in-depth treatment of the music itself--including discussions of stylistic elements and analyses of musical examples--with solid coverage of the music's attendant historical, social, and cultural circumstances. The authors incorporate strong pedagogy including numerous boxed inserts on significant individuals, recordings, and intriguing topics; coverage of early American popular music; and a rich illustration program. Detailed listening charts explain the most important elements of recordings discussed at length in the text. The charts are complemented by two in-text audio CDs and--new to this edition--an iMix published at iTunes, which makes most of the songs immediately available to students and instructors. Features of the Second Edition * Integrates full color throughout * Provides more coverage of women artists, with new material on women in rock 'n' roll in Chapter 8 and a box on Queen Latifah in Chapter 14 * Reorganizes the discussion of post-1970s music: disco is now included with mainstream 70s pop, while hip-hop is treated in two chapters (12 and 14) in order to emphasize its significance and diversity * Adds new material on the recent alternative country music explosion * Includes new developments in music technology in the thoroughly revised concluding chapter * Offers revised and more vivid visual elements, including more than 100 new photos (most in full color) and an illustrated timeline * Provides redesigned listening guides, enhanced by an iMix published at iTunes (accessible at www.oup.com/us/popmusic) * Supplemented by a Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/popmusic (containing both student and instructor resources) and an Instructor's Manual and a Computerized Test Bank on CD * FREE with the purchase of this book: a 6-month subscription to Grove Music Online (www.grovemusic.com)--a $180 value Remarkably accessible, American Popular Music, Second Edition, is ideal for courses in American Popular Music, the History of Popular Music, Popular Music in American Culture, and the History of Rock 'n' Roll. Its welcoming style and warm tone will captivate readers, encouraging them to become more critically aware listeners of popular music.

Preface to the Second Edition	p. ix
Themes and Streams of American Popular Music	p. 1
Listening	p. 2
Music and Identity	p. 5
Music and Technology	p. 6
The Music Business	p. 7
Centers and Peripheries	p. 9
Streams of Tradition: The Sources of Popular Music	p. 10
"After the Ball": Popular Music of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Cent... MOREuries	p. 18
The Minstrel Show	p. 18
An Early Pop Songwriter: Stephen Foster	p. 23
Dance Music and Brass Bands	p. 26
The Birth of Tin Pan Alley	p. 29
The Ragtime Craze, 1896-1918	p. 33
The Rise of the Phonograph	p. 36
Catching as the Small-Pox": Social Dance and Jazz, 1917-1935	p. 41
Technology and the Music Business	p. 42
"Freak Dances": Turkey Trot and Tango	p. 46
James Reese Europe and the Castles	p. 48
The Jazz Craze	p. 52
Jazz Becomes Popular Music: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band	p. 53
Dance Music in the "Jazz Age"	p. 56
"The King of Jazz"	p. 59
"I Got Rhythm": The Golden Age of Tin Pan Alley Song	p. 64
Tin Pan Alley Song Form	p. 66
What Were Tin Pan Alley Songs About?	p. 67
What Makes a Song a "Standard"?	p. 50
"St. Louis Blues': Race Records and Hillbilly Music	p. 86
Race Records	p. 87
Classic Blues	p. 91
The Country Blues	p. 99
Charley Patton and "Tom Rushen Blues" (1929)	p. 101
Blind Lemon Jefferson: The First Country Blues Star	p. 103
Robert Johnson: Standing at the Crossroad	p. 106
Early Country Music: Hillbilly Records	p. 109
Pioneers of Country Music: The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers	p. 111
Popular Music and the Creat Depression	p. 117
"In the Mood": The Swing Era, 1935-1945	p. 120
Swing Music and American Culture	p. 121
Benny Goodman: The King of Swing	p. 128
Big Band Blues: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Glenn Miller	p. 135
Country Music in the Swing Era: Roy Acuff, Singing Cowboys, and Western Swing	p. 142
"Choo Choo Ch'boogie": The Postwar Era, 1946-1954	p. 152
Popular Music and Technology in the Postwar Era	p. 155
Rise of the Big Singers	p. 157
Urban Folk Music: The Weavers	p. 165
Southern Music in the Postwar Era	p. 166
Rhythm & Blues	p. 169
Women in R&B: Ruth Brown and Big Mama Thornton	p. 179
Country and Western Music	p. 182
Hank Williams	p. 190
"Rock Around the Clock": Rock 'n' Roll, 1954-1959	p. 195
Cover Versions and Early Rock 'n' Roll	p. 200
The Rock 'n' Roll Business	p. 209
Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the R&B Side	p. 217
Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the Country Side	p. 223
Wild, Wild Young Women: The Lady Vanishes	p. 229
Songwriters and Producers of Early Rock 'n' Roll	p. 232
"Good Vibrations": American Pop and the British Invasion, 1960s	p. 236
The Early 1960s: Dance Music and "Teenage Symphonies"	p. 237
Berry Gordy and Motown	p. 245
Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys	p. 250
The Beatles, the British Invasion, and the American Response	p. 254
"Blowin' in the Wind": Country, Soul, Urban Folk, and the Rise of Rock, 1960s	p. 269
Patsy Cline and the Nashville Sound	p. 271
Ray Charles and Soul Music	p. 273
James Brown and Aretha Franklin	p. 276
Urban Folk Music in the 1960s: Bob Dylan	p. 284
The Counterculture and Psychedelic Rock	p. 295
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	p. 298
San Francisco Rock: Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and the Grateful Dead	p. 304
Guitar Heroes: Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton	p. 306
The 1970s: Rock Music, Disco, and the Popular Mainstream	p. 312
Country Music and the Pop Mainstream	p. 316
Rock Comes of Age	p. 329
"Night Fever": The Rise of Disco	p. 341
Outsiders' Music: Progressive Country, Reggae, Punk, Funk, and Rap, 1970s	p. 350
The Outlaws: Progressive Country Music	p. 350
"I Shot the Sheriff": The Rise of Reggae	p. 356
"Psycho Killer": 1970s Punk and New Wave	p. 361
"Tear the Roof Off the Sucker": Funk Music	p. 372
"Rapper's Delight": The Origins of Hip-Hop	p. 376
The 1980s: Digital Technology, MTV, and the Popular Mainstream
Digital Technology and Popular Music	p. 385
A Tale of Three Albums	p. 387
"Baby I'm a Star": Prince, Madonna, and the Production of Celebrity	p. 406
"Smells Like Teen Spirit": Hip-Hop, "Alternative" Music, and the Entertainment Business	p. 420
Hip-Hop Breaks Out (1980s-1990s)	p. 422
Techno: Dance Music in the Digital Age	p. 438
Alternate Currents	p. 440
Women's Voices: Alternative Folk, Hip-Hop, and Country	p. 449
Globalization and the Rise of World Music	p. 458
Conclusion	p. 465
Music and Identity	p. 466
Technology and the Music Business	p. 469
Centers and Peripheries	p. 474
Glossary	p. 477
Bibliography	p. 480
Timeline	p. 482
Credits	p. 489
Index	p. 492
CD TrackList	p. 516
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Larry Starrs is Professor of Music at the University of Washington

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