Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-260) and index.
Contents
Charting the hits -- How was popular music dispensed? -- From swing to sing -- The pre-rock Fifties -- The early years of rock 'n' roll -- Hollywood's biggest hit songs and movie musicals of the postwar years -- The best of postwar Broadway -- Country and western music of the postwar years -- The most noteworthy composers and lyricists of the postwar years -- The top recording artists of the postwar years.