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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 | |