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Title The pop, rock, and soul reader : histories and debates / [edited by] David Brackett.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
©2005

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Edition edition.
Description xix, 524 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-512) and index.
Contents Part 1 : before 1950. Technology, the dawn of modern popular music, and the "King of jazz". On wax / Paul Whiteman, Mary Margaret McBride -- Big band swing music : race and power in the music business. Black's music on top; white jazz stagnant / Marvin Freedman ; The dance band business : a study in black and white / Irving Kolodin -- Solo pop singers and "Der Bingle". Call me lucky / Bing Crosby (as told to Pete Martin) -- Hillbilly and race in music. Thar's gold in them hillbillies / Kyle Crichton -- Blues people and the classic blues. Blues people : the negro experience in white America and the music that developed from it / Leroi Jones -- The empress of the blues. Hear me talkin' to ya : the story of jazz as told by the men who made it / Nat Shapiro, Nat Hentoff -- At the crossroads with Robert Johnson / as told by Johnny Shines. Interview with Johnny Shines / Pete Welding -- From race music to rhythm and blues : T-Bone Walker. T-Bone Walker : father of the blues / Kevin Sheridan, Peter Sheridan -- Jumpin' the blues with Louis Jordan. Bands dug by the beat : Louis Jordan / Down Beat ; Honkers and shouters : the golden years of rhythm and blues / Arnold Shaw -- On the bandstand with Johnny Otis and Wynonie Harris. Upside your head! Rhythm and blues on Central Avenue / Johnny Otis ; Women won't let me alone / Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris -- The producers answer back : the emergence of the "indie" record company. Indies' supervise survival : small labels' ingenuity and skill pay off / Bill Simon ; Honkers and shouters : the golden years of rhythm and blues / Arnold Shaw -- Country music as folk music, country music as novelty. American folk tunes : cowboy and hillbilly tunes and tunesters / Billboard ; Corn of plenty / Newsweek.
Part 2 : the 1950s. Country music approaches the mainstream. Country music goes to town / Rufus Jarman -- Hank Williams on songwriting. How to write folk and Western music to sell / Hank Williams with Jimmy Rule -- Rhythm and blues in the early 1950s : B.B. King. Honkers and shouters : the golden years of rhythm and blues / Arnold Shaw -- The house that Ruth Brown built. Miss Rhythm : the autobiography of Ruth Brown, rhythm and blues legend / Ruth Brown with Andrew Yule -- Ray Charles, or, when Saturday night mixed it up with Sunday morning. Brother Ray : Ray Charles' own story / Ray Charles, David Ritz -- Jerry Wexler : a life in R&B. Rhythm and blues : a life in American music / Jerry Wexler, David Ritz -- The growing threat of rhythm and blues. Top names now singing the blues as newcomers roll on R&B tide / Variety ; A warning to the music business / Variety -- Langston Hughes responds. Highway robbery across the color line in rhythm and blues / Langston Hughes -- From rhythm and blues to rock 'n' roll : the songs of Chuck Berry. Chuck Berry : the autobiography / Chuck Berry -- Little Richard : boldly going where no man had gone before. The life and times of Little Richard : the quasar of rock / Charles White -- Elvis Presley, Sam Phillips, and rockabilly. Sam Phillips interview / Elizabeth Kaye -- Rock 'n' roll meets the popular press. Rock-and-roll called communicable disease / New York Times ; Yeh-heh-heh-hes, baby / Times ; Rock 'n' roll's pulse taken / New York Times ; Why they rock 'n' roll-and should they? / Gertrude Samuels -- The Chicago defender defends rock 'n' roll. Bias against rock 'n' roll latest bombshell in Dixie / Rob Roy.
Part 3 : the 1960s. Brill building, the girl groups, and Phil Spector. The first tycoon of teen / Tom Wolfe -- From surf to smile. Wouldn't it be nice : my own story / Brian Wilson with Todd Gold -- Urban folk revival. Songs of the silent generation / Gene Bluestein ; Folk music : they hear America singing / Time -- Bringing it all back home : Dylan at Newport. Newport Folk Festival, 1965 / Irwin Silber ; Newport Folk Festival, 1965 / Paul Nelson -- Chaos is a friend of mine. Bob Dylan interview / Nora Ephron, Susan Edmiston -- From R&B to soul. The fire next time / James Baldwin ; Rhythm and blues : a life in American music / Jerry Wexler, David Ritz -- No town like Motown. To be loved : the music, the magic, the memories of Motown / Berry Gordy -- The godfather of soul and the beginnings of funk. The godfather of soul / James Brown with Bruce Tucker -- The blues changes from day to day. Otis Redding interview / Jim Delehant -- Aretha Franklin meets the mainstream. Lady soul : singing it like it is / Times -- The Beatles, the "British Invasion," and cultural respectability. What songs the Beatles sang... / William Mann ; Musicologically... / Theodore Strongin -- A hard day's night. Bravo Beatles! / Andrew Sarris -- England swings, and the Beatles evolve on Revolver and Sgt. Pepper. Pop eye : on 'Revolver' / Richard Goldstein ; It's getting better... / Jack Kroll -- Art school and the British blues revival. Rebels with a beat / Ray Coleman -- The Stones versus the Beatles. Records : rock, etc.-the big ones / Ellen Willis -- If you're goin' to San Francisco... Dead like live thunder / Ralph J. Gleason ; Grace Slick, vocals, composer / Ralph J. Gleason -- The kozmic blues of Janis Joplin. We look at our parents and... / Nat Hentoff -- Santana's psychedelic salsa. Call me Abraxas : Santana / Greg Tate -- Jimi Hendrix and the electronic guitar. Second dimension : Jimi Hendrix in action / Bob Dawbarn -- Rock meets the avant-garde : Frank Zappa. Zappa and the Mothers : ugly can be beautiful / Sally Kempton -- Pop/bubblegum/Monkees. Any old way you choose it : rock and other pop music, 1967-1973 / Robert Christgau -- The aesthetics of rock. Get off my cloud / Paul Williams ; Pop eye : evaluating media / Richard Goldstein ; Musical events-rock records : rock, etc. / Ellen Willis -- Festivals : the good, the bad, and the ugly. Review of various artists, Woodstock / J.R. Young ; Altamont, California, December 6, 1969 / George Paul Csicsery.
Part 4 : the 1970s. Where did the sixties go? Of pop and pies and fun / Lester Bangs -- The sound of autobiography : singer-songwriters, James Taylor. James Taylor : one man's family of rock / Time -- Joni Mitchell journeys within. Joni Mitchell : self-portrait of a superstar / Malka -- Sly Stone : the myth of Staggerlee. Mystery train : images of America in rock 'n' roll music / Greil Marcus -- Not-so-"Little" Stevie Wonder. The formerly little Stevie Wonder / Ben Fong-Torres -- Parliament drops the bomb. George Clinton : ultimate liberator of constipated notions / W.A. Brower -- Heavy metal meets the counterculture. Review of Led Zeppelin / John Mendelssohn -- Led Zeppelin speaks! The crunge : Jimmy Page gives a history lesson / Dave Schulps -- I have no message whatsoever. David Bowie interview / Cameron Crowe -- Rock me Amadeus. Keith Emerson / Domenic Milano ; Yesstories : yes in their own words / Tim Morse -- Jazz fusion. Miles : the autobiography / Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe -- Get on up disco. The dialectic of disco : gay music goes straight / Andrew Kopkind -- Punk : the sound of criticism? A conservative impulse in the new rock underground / James Wolcott -- Punk crosses the Atlantic. Rebels against the system / Caroline Coon -- Punk to new wave? The B-52s' American Graffiti / Stephen Holden -- UK new wave. The Elvis (Costello, that is) interview / Allan Jones.
Part 5 : the 1980s. A "second British Invasion," MTV, and other postmodernist conundrums. Rock 'n' roller coaster : the music biz on a joyride / Robert Christgau -- Thriller begets the "King of Pop". I'm white! What's wrong with Michael Jackson / Greg Tate -- Madonna and the performance of identity. Venus of the radio waves / Camille Paglia ; Madonnica / Jane Dark -- Bruce Springsteen : reborn in the USA. Little Egypt from Asbury Park-and Bruce Springsteen don't crawl on his belly, neither / David Marsh ; The real thing-Bruce Springsteen / Simon Frith -- R&B in the 1980s : to cross over or not to cross over? The death of rhythm and blues / Nelson George ; Ain't no mountain high enough : the politics of crossover / Steve Perry -- Heavy metal thunders on! Purity and power-total, unswerving devotion to heavy metal form : Judas Priest and the Scorpions / J.D. Considine -- Metal in the late eighties : glam or thrash? Metallica / Richard Gehr -- Postpunk goes indie. What is this thing called hardcore? / Al Flipside -- Indie brings the noise. Boys are smelly : Sonic Youth tour diary, '87 / Kim Gordon -- Hip-hop, don't stop. B-beats bombarding Bronx : mobile DJ starts something with oldie R&B disks / Robert Ford, Jr. ; Jive talking N.Y. DJs rapping away in black discos / Robert Ford, Jr. ; Bad rap / Time -- The music is a mirror. Hip hop madness : from Def Jams to Cold Lampin', rap is our music / Harry Allen ; Girls ain't nothin' but trouble / Carol Cooper -- Where rap and heavy metal converge. There's a new sound in pop music : bigotry / Jon Pareles.
Part 6 : the 1990s and beyond. Hip-hop into the 1990s : gangstas, fly girls, and the big bling-bling. Fear of a rap planet / J.D. Considine -- Nuthin' but a 'G' thang. Snoop Dogg's gentle hip hop growl / Touré -- Keeping it a little too real. Rap Sheet / Sam Gideon Anso, Charles Rappleye ; Party over / Selwyn Seyfu Hinds ; Town criers / Natasha Stovall -- Sample-mania. Sampling is (a) creative or (b) theft? / Neil Strauss -- Women in rap. Hip-hop nation / Christopher John Farley -- The beat goes on. Eminem's old words aren't hip-hop's biggest problem / Renee Graham -- From indie to alternative to...Seattle? A Seattle slew / Dave DiMartino -- Riot girl. Riot grrrl / Bikini Kill -- Grunge turns to scrunge. Over & out : indie rock values in the age of alternative million sellers / Eric Weisbard -- Two "postalternative" icons. A Dylan in slacker's clothing / Jon Pareles ; The outer limits / Jonathan van Meter -- We are the world? Immigration and assimilation : rai, reggae, and bhangramuffin / George Lipsitz -- A talking head writes. Crossing music's borders : I hate world music / David Byrne -- Genre or gender? The resurgence of the singer-songwriter. Tori Amos : pain for sale / Robert L. Doerschuk -- Public policy and pop music history collide. Empire of the air / Jenny Toomey -- Electronica is in the house. Historia electronica preface / Simon Reynolds ; Lorraine goes to Livingston : a rave and regency romance / Irvine Walsh -- R&B divas go retro. The new conscience of pop music / Ann Powers -- What have we come to? (On continuing moral panics in late 1990s' popular music and other strange developments). Bay area goths say media has it wrong (many teens offended by Snap Association of Subculture and Suspects) / Neva Chonin ; Is Shania Twain human? / Mark Morford.
Summary "Tracing the diverse streams of American popular music from the 1920s to the present, The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader: Histories and Debates addresses such questions as: How did the musicians who made the music explain it? Who listened to popular music and why? What was the major impression made by it on society at large? Why do some types of popular music still matter today?" "In this richly textured and chronologically organized anthology, well-known scholar David Brackett brings together more than 100 readings from a diverse range of sources and by writers who have played an integral part in the development of popular music criticism. He includes articles from mainstream and specialized magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers, as well as interviews and autobiographies of musicians and other music industry insiders. Representing a wide variety of time periods, styles, and genres--and including groundbreaking criticism on disco, hip-hop, rap, and techno--the selections introduce students to important social and cultural issues raised by the study of popular music. Topics covered include the role of race, class conflict, gender roles, regional differences in the reception of popular music, and the relative value of artistry versus commerce. Extensive editorial introductions and headnotes supply context for the selections, provide links between different eras and genres, clarify the issues raised by the documents, and explain their historical significance. An ideal text for courses in popular music history, The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader: Histories and Debates will also be of interest in courses on American music, American studies, media studies, history, and sociology."--rear cover.
Language English text.
Subject Popular music -- History and criticism.
Popular music.
Popular music -- Analysis, appreciation.
Popular music -- Analysis, appreciation.
Added Author Brackett, David, compiler, editor.
ISBN 0195125703
9780195125702
0195125711 (paperback)
9780195125719 (paperback)