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| Introduction | |
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| the Roots of Rock | |
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| the Emergence of Roll and Roll | |
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| Rock and Roll: 1950s Style | |
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| Transition: the Early 1960s | |
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| the Beatles | |
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| the British Invasion | |
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| Folk Music and Folk Rock | |
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| Soul and Motown | |
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| San Francisco | |
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| Jazz Rock | |
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| Art Rock | |
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| Mainstream Rock | |
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| the Continuing Fragmentation of Rock | |
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| Heavy Metal | |
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| Dance Music | |
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| Rap and Hip-Hop | |
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| Alternative Styles | |
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| An Overview and An Editorial | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Why Study Rock? | |
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| Why This Book? | |
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| Before We Begin: A Liberal View of Rock History | |
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| the Roots of Rock | |
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| Overview: the Early 1950s | |
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| Pop | |
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| Musical Close-Up: the Elements of Music | |
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| Country & Western | |
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| Musical Close-Up: Instrumentation in Rock and Roll | |
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| Rhythm and Blues | |
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| Musical Close-Up: the 12-Bar Blues | |
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| the Emergence of Roll and Roll | |
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| Overview: Crossovers and Cover | |
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| Bill Haley and the Comets | |
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| Elvis Presley | |
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| Three Basic Trends Emerge | |
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| Musical Close-Up: Rhythm in Early Rock and Roll | |
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| Rock and Roll: 1950s Style | |
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| Overview: Five Style Setters of the 1950s | |
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| Little Richard | |
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| Fats Domino | |
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| Chuck Berry | |
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| Jerry Lee Lewis | |
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| Buddy Holly | |
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| Others in the 1950s | |
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| The Industry | |
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| Musical Close-Up: Is Soft Rock Really Rock? | |
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| Transition: the Early 1960s | |
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| Overview: the Fragmentation of the Market | |
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| The Beginnings of the Folk Music Trend | |
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| Surfing Music | |
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| The Dance Craze | |
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| Musical Close-Up: Musical Texture and the Beach Boys | |
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| the Beatles | |
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| Overview: Revolution within a Revolution | |
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| The Early Beatles | |
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| The Middle Period: Experimentation | |
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| The Later Beatles: Revolution | |
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| Musical Close-Up: the Technical Side of the Beatles' Music | |
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| the British Invasion | |
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| Overview: the British Are Coming! | |
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| The Rolling Stones | |
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| All the Others | |
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| Musical Close-Up: the Musical Style of the Rolling Stones | |
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| Folk Music and Folk Rock | |
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| Overview: the Youth Generation of the 1960s | |
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| Bob Dylan | |
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| The Byrds | |
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| The Mamas and the Papas | |
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| Simon and Garfunkel | |
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| Other Folk Rockers | |
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| Musical Close-Up: the Song Style of Bob Dylan | |
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| Soul and Motown | |
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| Overview: Soul Music: Its Definition and History | |
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| Atlantic and Stax | |
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| Aretha Franklin | |
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| James Brown | |
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| Motown | |
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| Diana Ross and the Supremes | |
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| Musical Close-Up: Melody and Soul Singer | |
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| San Francisco | |
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| Overview: America Counters the British Invasion | |
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| The Jefferson Airplane | |
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| The Grateful Dead | |
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| Janis Joplin | |
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| Other San Francisco Groups | |
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| Musical Close-Up: the Art of Improvisation | |
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| Jazz Rock | |
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| Overview: A Tale of Sibling Rivalry and Its Resolution | |
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| Blood, Sweat, and Tears | |
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| Chicago | |
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| Other Jazz Rock Groups | |
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| Musical Close-Up: An Analysis of "Symphony for the Devil/Sympathy for the Devil" (Blood, Sweat, and Tears) | |
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| Art Rock | |
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| Overview: Rock as a "Legitimate" Musical Vocabulary | |
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| Rock with Orchestra | |
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| Rock Operas and Theatrical Works | |
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| Nontheatrical Art Rock by Unaccompanied Rock Groups | |
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| Musical Close-Up: An Analysis of Karn Evil 9 by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer | |
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| Mainstream Rock | |
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| Overview: the Decade of Nondirection | |
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| Mainstream Trends of the 1970s | |
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| Mainstream Rock in the 1980s | |
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| Mainstream Rock Beyond the 1980s | |
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| Musical Close-Up: A Look at Rock Lyrics | |
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| the Continuing Fragmentation of Rock | |
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| Overview: Sub-styles of the 1960s Evolve into the 1970s and Beyond | |
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| Art Rock Evolves into Progressive Rock | |
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| Jazz Rock Evolves into Fusion | |
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| The Singer-Songwriters of the 1970s | |
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| Folk Influences in the 1980s and 1990s | |
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| Country Rock and Progressive Country | |
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| The Jam Band Phenomenon | |
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| Soft Rock of the 1970s | |
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| Soft Rock Continues to Evolve | |
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| Musical Close-Up: Country or Rock? | |
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| Heavy Metal | |
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| Overview: "We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore" | |
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| British Heavy Metal Evolves | |
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| American Heavy Metal | |
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| The 1980s: Heavy Metal Continues | |
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| Musical Close-Up: Meter in Heavy Metal and Metal-Influenced Alternative Rock | |
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| Dance Music | |
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| Overview: the Selling of Rock-Changes in the 1980s and 1990s | |
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| The Return of Dance Music | |
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| Disco | |
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| Motown Keeps Dancing | |
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| Other Music for Dancing | |
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| Dancing Through the 1990s and Beyond | |
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| The Latin Invasion | |
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| Musical Close-Up: the Anatomy of Disco | |
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| Rap and Hip-Hop | |
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| Overview: Technology, the Internet, and the Music Industry | |
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| Rap's Beginnings | |
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| Rap Comes of Age | |
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| Other Rappers | |
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| New Jack Swing | |
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| Musical Close-Up: Expressive Musical Performance Delivery of Rap | |
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| Alternative Styles | |
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| Overview: Boomers and Post-boomers | |
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| Alternative Rock: the Problem of Definitions | |
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| The Beginnings of Alternative Rock: the 1970s | |
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| Punk Movements: Back to Basics | |
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| Alternative Styles Evolve | |
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| Grunge | |
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| Indie Rock | |
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| Punk III: Neo-Punk Propels Rock into the New Millennium | |
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| Prog Rock | |
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| Musical Close-up: Alternative Views of Alternative Rock | |
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| An Overview and An Editorial | |
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| Overview: Eight Basic Statements | |
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| Editorial | |
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| Where to Now? | |