American Popular Music

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
About the Author......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Part 1 Tin Pan Alley and the Theater......Page 8
Chapter 1 Tin Pan Alley and American Popular Song......Page 10
Chapter 2 American Muscial Theater......Page 26
Part 2 The African-American Tradition......Page 44
Chapter 3 African Origins and Acculturation in the New World......Page 46
Chapter 4 Early Commercialization of African-American Music......Page 56
Chapter 5 American Blues Traditions......Page 64
Chapter 6 Jazz in New Orleans and Chicago......Page 78
Chapter 7 Jazz Pioneers in Chicago......Page 86
Chapter 8 Big Bands and the Swing Years......Page 96
Chapter 9 Popular Styles in Jazz Since the Swing Era......Page 108
Part 3 Country Music and the Anglo-American Tradition......Page 122
Chapter 10 The Folk Origins of Country Music......Page 124
Chapter 11 Early Commercialization of Country Musci......Page 132
Chapter 12 Country Meets Western......Page 142
Chapter 13 Nashville Becomes Music City, U.S.A.......Page 154
Chapter 14 From Bluegrass to Young Country......Page 166
Part 4 Rock and the Gathering of America's Music......Page 188
Chapter 15 The Origins and Development of Early Rock......Page 190
Chapter 16 Fifties Pop and Folk Rock......Page 202
Chapter 17 The British Invasion......Page 212
Chapter 18 Pschedelic Rock and Roots Revivalists......Page 224
Chapter 19 Gospel, Soul, and Motown......Page 238
Chapter 20 From Progressive Rock to Reggae in the Seventies......Page 252
Chapter 21 Hard and Soft Rock in the Seventies......Page 264
Chapter 22 New Heights and High Tech in the Eighties......Page 280
Chapter 23 Many Sounds from Many Places in the Nineties......Page 296
Chapter 24 Music in a New Millennium......Page 314
Index......Page 332