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| Contents | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: Definitions, Themes, and Issues | |
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| Into the Twentieth Century: Popular Music and Mass Culture | |
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| Rock 'n' Roll: the Birth of a New Era | |
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| Marketing and the Politics of Race, Language, and Gender | |
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| No Hablamos Espauol: the Language Barrier | |
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| The Long, Hard Climb: Gender Discrimination | |
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| Regulating Popular Music | |
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| Constructing Tin Pan Alley: From Minstrelsy to Mass Culture | |
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| Minstrelsy: the Making of Mainstream U.S. Culture | |
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| Sheet Music, Sound Recording, and the Sounds of Music | |
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| Tin Pan Alley Creates Musical Tradition | |
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| Incorporating Ragtime, Blues, and Jazz | |
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| Listening Guide 1: "Alexander's Ragtime Band" | |
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| Dance Crazes, Latin Influences, Musical Theater, and Records | |
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| Commercial Broadcasting: A Very Private Enterprise | |
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| The Growth of Network Radio | |
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| The Advertisers Versus the Programmers | |
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| Tin Pan Alley Goes Hollywood and Latin | |
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| Blues, Jazz, and Country: the Segregation of Popular Music | |
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| Blues, Jazz, and Country: More Equal Than Separate | |
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| Race Music: the Popular Sounds of Black America | |
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| The Birth of the Blues | |
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| Listening Guide 2: "Crazy Blues" | |
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| All That Jazz | |
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| Hillbilly: the Music of the White Working Class | |
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| Listening Guide 3: "Blue Yodel #9 (Standin' on the Corner)" | |
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| Disseminating Blues, Jazz, and Country: More Separate Than Equal | |
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| The Long Road Back for Records | |
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| "Good Rockin' Tonight": the Rise of Rhythm and Blues | |
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| The Publishers and the Broadcasters: ASCAP Versus BMI | |
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| Enter the Deejay: the Broadcasters Versus AFM | |
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| From Big Bands to Solo Singers | |
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| The Major Labels Reclaim Country Music | |
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| Listening Guide 4: "Hey Good Lookin'" | |
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| The Independents Promote Rhythm and Blues | |
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| Listening Guide 5: "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" | |
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| Mass Technology and Popular Taste | |
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| High Fidelity/Low Overhead | |
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| Television and the Suppression of FM Broadcasting | |
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| Independent Radio: Deejays in Your Face | |
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| Crossing Cultures | |
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| The Eruption of Rock 'n' Roll | |
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| Cultural Diversity: the Roots of Rock 'n' Roll | |
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| Structural Changes in the Music Industry | |
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| Sounds of the Cities | |
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| New Orleans: the Fertile Crescent of Rock 'n' Roll | |
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| Listening Guide 6: "Tutti Frutti" | |
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| Los Angeles: From Jump Blues to Chicano Rock | |
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| Chicago: the Blues Electrified | |
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| Listening Guide 7: "Rock and Roll Music" | |
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| Cincinnati: the Crossroads of Blues and Country | |
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| R&B Sanctified: the Gospel Connection | |
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| Doo Wop: the Intersection of Gospel, Jazz, and Pop | |
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| Listening Guide 8: "Sh' Boom" | |
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| Latin Music Rocks | |
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| Rockabilly: the Country Strain | |
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| Listening Guide 9: "Hound Dog" | |
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| The Empire Strikes Back | |
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| The Reaction to Rock 'n' Roll | |
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| The Established Powers Fight Back | |
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| Covering the Bases | |
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| Listening Guide 10: "Tutti Frutti" | |
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| Pop Diversions: From Kingston Town to the Kingston Trio | |
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| "Schlock Rock": Enter the White Middle Class | |
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| Television's Greatest Hits | |
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| The Brill Building: the New Tin Pan Alley | |
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| The War on Rock 'n' Roll | |
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| Surf's Up! | |
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| Listening Guide 11: "Surfin' U.S.A." | |
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| Popular Music and Political Culture: the Sixties | |
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| The Civil Rights Movement and Popular Music | |
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| Girl Groups, Male Producers, and Brill Building Pop | |
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| Motown: the Integration of Pop | |
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| Listening Guide 12: "Stop! In the Name of Love" | |
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| Folk Music: the Voice of Civil Rights | |
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| Listening Guide 13: "The Times They Are A-Changin'" | |
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| The British Invasion Occupies the Pop Charts | |
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| Breaking the Sounds of Silence: New Voices in the Music | |
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| Folk Rock: Adding Substance to Form | |
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| Black (Music) Is Beautiful | |
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| Listening Guide 14: "(I Got You) I Feel Good" | |
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| Latino Rock 'n' Roll: From the Southwest to the Spanish Caribbean | |
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| Listening Guide 15: "Oye Como Va" | |
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| Rock and Revolution: the Counterculture | |
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| Blues on Acid: Psychedelic Rock | |
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| Commercializing the Counterculture: Sgt. Pepper and Monterey Pop | |
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| Listening Guide 16: "A Day in the Life" | |
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| Riding the Storm: Radicals, Riots, and Revolutions | |
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| Woodstock and Altamont: the Highs and the Lows | |
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| Music Versus Markets | |
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| The Fragmentation of Pop | |
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| The Music Industry: A Sound Investment | |
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| Merger Mania | |
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| Expanding the Infrastructure: Counterculture as Commodity | |
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| Creativity and Commerce: Rock as Art | |
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| Listening Guide 17: "Roundabout" | |
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| Sweeter Soul Music | |
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| Listening Guide 18: "You Make Me Feel Brand New" | |
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| Singer/Songwriters, Soft Rock, and More | |
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| Listening Guide 19: "You've Got a Friend" | |
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| Women's Music: the Feminist Alternative | |
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| From Country Rock to Southern Boogie | |
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| Mad with Power: Heavy Metal | |
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| Listening Guide 20: "Smoke on the Water" | |
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| All That Glitters Does Not Sell Gold | |
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| Listening Guide 21: "Changes" | |
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| Punk and Disco: the Poles of Pop | |
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| Punk Versus Disco | |
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| Punk: Rock as (White) Noise | |
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| Born in the U.S.A | |
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| Listening Guide 22: "I Don't Wanna Be Learned, I Don't Wanna Be Tamed" | |
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| Anarchy in the U.K." | |
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| Listening Guide 23: "Anarchy in the U.K." | |
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| Flirtation with Fascism: the Underbelly of Punk | |
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| Rock Against Racism: Progressive Punk | |
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| Riding the New Wave | |
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| Disco: the Rhythm Without the Blues | |
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| Proto-Disco: the Funk Connection | |
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| Up from the Disco Underground | |
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| Listening Guide 24: "Last Dance" | |
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| Mainstream Disco: the Bee Gees Boogie Down | |
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| The Hard Rock Reaction | |
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| Are We the World? | |
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| Music Videos, Superstars, and Mega-Events | |
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| Early Music Television: They Want Their MTV | |
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| Listening Guide 25: "Beat It" | |
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| Superstars: the Road to Economic Recovery | |
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| Listening Guide 26: "Born in the U.S.A." | |
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| Listening Guide 27: "Like a Virgin" | |
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| Charity Rock and Mega-Events: Who Is the World? | |
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| Christmas in Ethiopia: the Advent of Charity Rock | |
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| Mega-Events: the Politics of Mass Culture | |
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| Rap and Metal | |
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| The Voices of Youth Culture | |
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| The Continuing History of Heavy Metal | |
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| Heavy Metal: the New Wave | |
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| Metal Fragments | |
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| Listening Guide 28: "Jump" | |
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| Listening Guide 29: " . and Justice for All" | |
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| Hip Hop, Don't Stop | |
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| Old School Rap | |
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| Hip Hop: the Next Generation | |
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| Listening Guide 30: "Rock Box" | |
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| Listening Guide 31: "Ladies First" | |
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| Regulating Popular Music: the Politics of Censorship | |
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| The Parents Music Resource Center | |
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| The Issues: Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll Revisited | |
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| Packaging Pop Trends | |
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| The Search for Next Big Thing | |
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| Alternative as Mainstream | |
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| Seattle: From Sub Pop to Superstars | |
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| Listening Guide 32: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | |
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| Lollapalooza: Mainstreaming the Counterculture | |
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| What About Country Music? | |
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| Black Music at the Base | |
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| Hip Hop with Soul: the New R&B | |
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| Rap: the Elephant in the Room | |
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| Listening Guide 33: "I'll Be Missing You" | |
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| Other Contenders for the Next Big Thing | |
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| Listening Guide 34: "Love Takes Time" | |
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| Sounds Without Stars: Electronic Dance Music | |
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| The Year(s) of the Woman and the Rage Rock Backlash | |
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| Teen Pop: Boy Bands and Teen Queens | |
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| Listening Guide 35: " . Baby One More Time" | |
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| The Latin Boom and Beyond: A Decade of Latin(o/a) Music(ians) | |
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| Listening Guide 36: "Livin' La Vida Loca" | |
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| Listening Guide 37: "Gasolina" | |
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| Taking Care of Business | |
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| Popular Music in the New Millennium | |
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| They Want Their MP3 | |
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| Legislation and Litigation | |
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| Piracy and Theft | |
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| The Music Industry in a Post-Napster World | |
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| Popular Music Post-9/11 | |
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| Corporate Radio and the New Patriotism | |
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| Country Music Goes to War | |
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| Listening Guide 38: "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)" | |
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| Listening Guide 39: "Not Ready to Make Nice" | |
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| Dissent Unplugged | |
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| Back to Business As Usual | |
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| The Return of Rock | |
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| Singer/Songwriters Emote | |
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| Listening Guide 40: "Don't Know Why" | |
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| Idol Worship | |
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| Black Artists, Hip Hop Aesthetics, and Pop Success | |
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| Listening Guide 41: "In Da Club" | |
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| The Future of Music | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| Music Index | |