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