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The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader; Histories and Debates

ISBN: 9780195125702 | 0195125703
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 11/4/2004

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SummaryTable of Contents
The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader: Histories and Debates 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, this volume introduces students to important social and cultural issues raised by the study of popular music. Chapter introductions and headnotes supply contextual background forthe documents, provide links between different eras and genres, explain th... MORE
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Prefacexiii
PART 1 BEFORE 1950
1. Technology, the Dawn of Modern Popular Music, and the "King of Jazz"
1(4)
Paul Whiteman and Mary Margaret McBride,
"On Wax"
2(3)
2. Big Band Swing Music: Race and Power in the Music Business
5(6)
Marvin Freedman,
"Black Music's on Top; White Jazz Stagnant"
6(2)
Irving Kolodin,
"The Dance Band Business: A Study in Black and White"
8(3)
3. Solo Pop Singers and "Der Bingle"
11(2)
Bing Crosby (as told to Pete Martin),
from Call Me Lucky
12(1)
4. Hillbilly and Race Music
13(4)
Kyle Crichton,
"Thar's Gold in Them Hillbillies"
13(4)
5. Blues People and the Classic Blues
17(8)
Leroi Jones,
from Blues People: The Negro Experience in White America and the Music That Developed from It
18(7)
6. The Empress of the Blues
25(4)
Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff
from Hear Me Talkin' to Ya: The Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It
26(3)
7. At the Crossroads with Robert Johnson, as Told by Johnny Shines
29(4)
Pete Welding,
"Interview with Johnny Shines"
31(2)
8. From Race Music to Rhythm and Blues: T-Bone Walker
33(3)
Kevin Sheridan and Peter Sheridan,
"T-Bone Walker: Father of the Blues"
34(2)
9. Jumpin' the Blues with Louis Jordan
36(5)
Down Beat,
"Bands Dug by the Beat: Louis Jordan"
37(1)
Arnold Shaw,
from Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm and Blues
38(3)
10. On the Bandstand with Johnny Otis and Wynonie Harris
41(3)
Johnny Otis,
from Upside Your Head! Rhythm and Blues on Central Avenue
41(2)
Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris,
"Women Won't Let Me Alone"
43(1)
11. The Producers Answer Back: The Emergence of the "Indie" Record Company
44(5)
Bill Simon,
"Indies' Surprise Survival: Small Labels' Ingenuity and Skill Pay Off"
45(2)
Arnold Shaw,
from Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm and Blues
47(2)
12. Country Music as Folk Music, Country Music as Novelty
49(6)
Billboard,
"American Folk Tunes: Cowboy and Hillbilly Tunes and Tunesters"
51(1)
Newsweek,
"Corn of Plenty"
52(3)
PART 2 THE 1950's
13. Country Music Approaches the Mainstream
55(2)
Rufus Jarman,
"Country Music Goes to Town"
55(2)
14. Hank Williams on Songwriting
57(1)
Hank Williams (with Jimmy Rule),
from How to Write Folk and Western Music to Sell
58(1)
15. Rhythm and Blues in the Early 1950's: B.B. King
58(3)
Arnold Shaw,
from Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm and Blues
59(2)
16. "The House That Ruth Brown Built"
61(4)
Ruth Brown (with Andrew Yule),
from Miss Rhythm: The Autobiography of Ruth Brown, Rhythm and Blues Legend
62(3)
17. Ray Charles, or, When Saturday Night Mixed It Up with Sunday Morning
65(7)
Ray Charles and David Ritz,
from Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story
66(6)
18. Jerry Wexler: A Life in R&B
72(4)
Jerry Wexler and David Ritz,
from Rhythm and the Blues: A Life in American Music
72(4)
19. The Growing Threat of Rhythm and Blues
76(4)
Variety,
"Top Names Now Singing the Blues as Newcomers Roll on R&B Tide"
77(2)
Variety,
"A Warning to the Music Business"
79(1)
20. Langston Hughes Responds
80(2)
Langston Hughes,
"Highway Robbery Across the Color Line in Rhythm and Blues"
81(1)
21. From Rhythm and Blues to Rock 'n' Roll: The Songs of Chuck Berry
82(6)
Chuck Berry,
from Chuck Berry: The Autobiography
83(5)
22. Little Richard: Boldly Going Where No Man Had Gone Before
88(6)
Charles White,
from The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Quasar of Rock
89(5)
23. Elvis Presley, Sam Phillips, and Rockabilly
94(6)
Elizabeth Kaye,
"Sam Phillips Interview"
96(4)
24. Rock 'n' Roll Meets the Popular Press
100(2)
New York Times,
"Rock-and-Roll Called Communicable Disease"
101(1)
Times,
"Yeh-Heh-Heh-Hes, Baby"
101(1)
New York Times,
"Rock 'n' Roll's Pulse Taken"
102(1)
Gertrude Samuels,
"Why They Rock 'n' Roll-and Should They?"
102(1)
25. The Chicago Defender Defends Rock 'n' Roll
102(2)
Rob Roy,
"Bias Against 'Rock 'n' Roll' Latest Bombshell in Dixie"
103(1)
26. The Music Industry Fight Against Rock 'n' Roll: Dick Clark's Teen-Pop Empire and the Payola Scandal
104(6)
Peter Bunzel,
"Music Biz Goes Round and Round: It Comes Out Clarkola"
106(3)
New York Age,
"Mr. Clark and Colored Payola"
109(1)
PART 3 THE 1960's
27. Brill Building, the Girl Groups, and Phil Spector
110(8)
Tom Wolfe,
"The First Tycoon of Teen"
111(7)
28. From Surf to Smile
118(5)
Brian Wilson (with Todd Gold),
from Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story
119(4)
29. Urban Folk Revival
123(5)
Gene Bluestein,
"Songs of the Silent Generation"
125(2)
Time,
"Folk Music: They Hear America Singing"
127(1)
30. Bringing It All Back Home: Dylan at Newport
128(5)
Irwin Silber,
"Newport Folk Festival, 1965"
130(1)
Paul Nelson,
"Newport Folk Festival, 1965"
131(2)
31. "Chaos Is a Friend of Mine"
133(7)
Nora Ephron and Susan Edmiston,
"Bob Dylan Interview"
135(5)
32. From R&B to Soul
140(4)
James Baldwin,
from The Fire Next Time
142(1)
Jerry Wexler and David Ritz,
from Rhythm and the Blues: A Life in American Music
143(1)
33. No Town Like Motown
144(6)
Berry Gordy,
from To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown
145(5)
34. The Godfather of Soul and the Beginnings of Funk
150(10)
James Brown (with Bruce Tucker),
from The Godfather of Soul
152(8)
35. "The Blues Changes from Day to Day"
160(4)
Jim Delehant,
"Otis Redding Interview"
161(3)
36. Aretha Franklin Meets the Mainstream
164(6)
Times,
"Lady Soul: Singing It Like It Is"
165(5)
37. The Beatles, the "British Invasion," and Cultural Respectability
170(4)
William Mann,
"What Songs the Beatles Sang..."
172(1)
Theodore Strongin,
"Musicologically..."
173(1)
38.A Hard Day's Night
174(3)
Andrew Sarris,
"Bravo Beatles!"
174(3)
39. England Swings, and the Beatles Evolve on Revolver and Sgt. Pepper
177(5)
Richard Goldstein,
"Pop Eye: On 'Revolver'"
178(3)
Jack Kroll,
"It's Getting Better..."
181(1)
40. Art School and the British Blues Revival
182(5)
Ray Coleman,
"Rebels with a Beat"
185(2)
41. The Stones Versus the Beatles
187(6)
Ellen Willis,
"Records: Rock, Etc.-the Big Ones"
189(4)
42. If You're Goin' to San Francisco...
193(5)
Ralph J. Gleason,
"Dead Like Live Thunder"
195(2)
Ralph J. Gleason,
"Grace Slick, Vocals, Composer"
197(1)
43. The Kozmic Blues of Janis Joplin
198(5)
Nat Hentoff,
"We Look at Our Parents and..."
200(3)
44. Santana's Psychedelic Salsa
203(2)
Greg Tate,
"Call Me Abraxas: Santana"
203(2)
45. Jimi Hendrix and the Electronic Guitar
205(4)
Bob Dawbarn,
"Second Dimension: Jimi Hendrix in Action"
207(2)
46. Rock Meets the Avant-Garde: Frank Zappa
209(4)
Sally Kernpton,
"Zappa and the Mothers: Ugly Can Be Beautiful"
210(3)
47. Pop Bubblegum Monkees
213(3)
Robert Christgau,
from Any Old Way You Choose It: Rock and Other Pop Music, 1967-1973
214(2)
48. The Aesthetics of Rock
216(7)
Paul Williams,
"Get Off of My Cloud"
217(1)
Richard Goldstein,
"Pop Eye: Evaluating Media"
218(3)
Ellen Willis,
"Musical Events-Records: Rock, Etc."
221(2)
49. Festivals: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
223(7)
J.R. Young,
"Review of Various Artists, Woodstock"
225(2)
George Paul Csicsery,
"Altamont, California, December 6, 1969"
227(3)
PART 4 THE 1970's
50. Where Did the Sixties Go?
230(7)
Lester Bangs,
"Of Pop and Pies and Fun"
232(5)
51. The Sound of Autobiography: Singer-Songwriters, James Taylor
237(5)
Time,
"James Taylor: One Man's Family of Rock"
239(3)
52. Joni Mitchell Journeys Within
242(5)
Malka,
"Joni Mitchell: Self-Portrait of a Superstar"
243(4)
53. Sly Stone: "The Myth of Staggerlee"
247(7)
Greil Marcus,
from Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music
249(5)
54. Not-so-"Little" Stevie Wonder
254(5)
Ben Fong-Torres,
"The Formerly Little Stevie Wonder"
255(4)
55. Parliament Drops the Bomb
259(7)
W.A. Brower,
"George Clinton: Ultimate Liberator of Constipated Notions"
260(6)
56. Heavy Metal Meets the Counterculture
266(3)
John Mendelsohn,
"Review of Led Zeppelin"
267(2)
57. Led Zeppelin Speaks!
269(7)
Dave Schulps,
"The Crunge: Jimmy Page Gives a History Lesson"
270(6)
58. "I Have No Message Whatsoever"
276(6)
Cameron Crowe,
"David Bowie Interview"
277(5)
59. Rock Me Amadeus
282(8)
Domenic Milano,
"Keith Emerson"
284(3)
Tim Morse,
from Yesstories: Yes in Their Own Words
287(3)
60. Jazz Fusion
290(8)
Miles Davis (with Quincy Troupe),
from Miles: The Autobiography
292(6)
61. Get On Up Disco
298(10)
Andrew Kopkind,
"The Dialectic of Disco: Gay Music Goes Straight"
300(8)
62. Punk: The Sound of Criticism?
308(6)
James Wolcott,
"A Conservative Impulse in the New Rock Underground"
310(4)
63. Punk Crosses the Atlantic
314(5)
Caroline Coon,
"Rebels Against the System"
315(4)
64. Punk to New Wave?
319(3)
Stephen Holden,
"The B-52s' American Graffiti"
321(1)
65. UK New Wave
322(7)
Allan Jones,
"The Elvis (Costello, That Is) Interview"
323(6)
PART 5 THE 1980's
66. A "Second British Invasion," MTV, and Other Postmodernist Conundrums
329(11)
Robert Christgau,
"Rock 'n' Roller Coaster: The Music Biz on a Joyride"
331(9)
67. Thriller Begets the "King of Pop"
340(4)
Greg Tate,
"I'm White! What's Wrong with Michael Jackson"
342(2)
68. Madonna and the Performance of Identity
344(7)
Camille Paglia,
"Venus of the Radio Waves"
345(4)
Jane Dark,
"Madonnica"
349(2)
69. Bruce Springsteen: Reborn in the USA
351(10)
David Marsh,
"Little Egypt from Asbury Park-and Bruce Springsteen Don't Crawl on His Belly, Neither"
352(3)
Simon Frith,
"The Real Thing-Bruce Springsteen"
355(6)
70. R&B in the 1980's: To Cross Over or Not to Cross Over?
361(10)
Nelson George,
from The Death of Rhythm and Blues
362(5)
Steve Perry,
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough: The Politics of Crossover"
367(4)
71. Heavy Metal Thunders On!
371(5)
J.D. Considine,
"Purity and Power-Total, Unswerving Devotion to Heavy Metal Form: Judas Priest and the Scorpions"
373(3)
72. Metal in the Late Eighties: Glam or Thrash?
376(5)
Richard Gehr,
"Metallica"
377(4)
73. Postpunk Goes Indie
381(4)
Al Flipside,
"What Is This Thing Called Hardcore?"
382(3)
74. Indie Brings the Noise
385(4)
Kim Gordon,
"Boys Are Smelly: Sonic Youth Tour Diary, '87"
385(4)
75. Hip-Hop, Don't Stop
389(5)
Robert Ford, Jr.,
"B-Beats Bombarding Bronx: Mobile DJ Starts Something with Oldie R&B Disks"
390(1)
Robert Ford, Jr.,
"Jive Talking N.Y. DJs Rapping Away in Black Discos"
391(2)
Time,
"Bad Rap"
393(1)
76. "The Music Is a Mirror"
394(7)
Harry Allen,
"Hip Hop Madness: From Def Jams to Cold Lampin', Rap Is Our Music"
395(4)
Carol Cooper,
"Girls Ain't Nothin' but Trouble"
399(2)
77. Where Rap and Heavy Metal Converge
401(5)
Jon Pareles,
"There's a New Sound in Pop Music: Bigotry"
401(5)
PART 6 THE 1990's AND BEYOND
78. Hip-Hop into the 1990's: Gangstas, Fly Girls, and the Big Bling-Bling
406(7)
J.D. Considine,
"Fear of a Rap Planet"
408(5)
79. Nuthin' but a "G" Thang
413(4)
Touré,
"Snoop Dogg's Gentle Hip Hop Growl"
414(3)
80. Keeping It a Little Too Real
417(4)
Sam Gideon Anso and Charles Rappleye,
"Rap Sheet"
418(2)
Selwyn Seyfiu Hinds,
"Party Over"
420(1)
Natasha Stovall,
"Town Criers"
420(1)
81. Sample-Mania
421(3)
Neil Strauss,
"Sampling Is (a) Creative or (b) Theft?"
422(2)
82. Women in Rap
424(8)
Christopher John Farley,
"Hip-Hop Nation"
425(7)
83. The Beat Goes On
432(3)
Renee Graham,
"Eminem's Old Words Aren't Hip-Hop's Biggest Problem"
433(2)
84. From Indie to Alternative to...Seattle?
435(3)
Dave DiMartino,
"A Seattle Slew"
436(2)
85. Riot Girl
438(3)
Bikini Kill,
"riot grrrl"
439(2)
86. Grunge Turns to Scrunge
441(8)
Eric Weisbard,
"Over & Out: Indie Rock Values in the Age of Alternative Million Sellers"
443(6)
87. Two "Postalternative" Icons
449(7)
Jon Pareles,
"A Dylan in Slacker's Clothing"
450(2)
Jonathan Van Meter,
"The Outer Limits"
452(4)
88. "We Are the World"?
456(10)
George Lipsitz,
"Immigration and Assimilation: Rai, Reggae, and Bhangramuffin"
458(8)
89. A Talking Head Writes
466(4)
David Byrne,
"Crossing Music's Borders: I Hate World Music"
466(4)
90. Genre or Gender? The Resurgence of the Singer-Songwriter
470(5)
Robert L. Doerschuk,
"Tori Amos: Pain for Sale"
471(4)
91. Public Policy and Pop Music History Collide
475(5)
Jenny Toomey,
"Empire of the Air"
477(3)
92. Electronica Is in the House
480(14)
Simon Reynolds,
"Historia Electronica Preface"
482(10)
Irvine Welsh,
"Lorraine Goes to Livingston: A Rave and Regency Romance"
492(2)
93. R&B Divas Go Retro
494(5)
Ann Powers,
"The New Conscience of Pop Music"
495(4)
94. What Have We Come To? (On Continuing Moral Panics in Late 1990's Popular Music and Other Strange Developments)
499(6)
Neva Chonin,
"Bay Area Goths Say Media Has It Wrong (Many Teens Offended by Snap Association of Subculture and Suspects)"
500(2)
Mark Morford,
"Is Shania Twain Human?"
502(3)
Select Bibliography505(8)
Index513

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