American Popular Music

PrefaceLyric Credits1. Themes and Streams of American Popular Music Theme One: ListeningTheme Two: Music and IdentityTheme Three: Music and TechnologyTheme Four: The Music BusinessTheme Five: Centers and PeripheriesStreams of Tradition: The Sources of Popular Music2. "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie": The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll, 1945-1955 Popular Music and Technology in the Postwar EraPop CroonersUrban Folk Music: The WeaversSouthern Music in the Postwar EraRhythm & BluesWomen in R&B: Ruth Brown and Big Mama ThorntonCountry and Western MusicHank Williams3. "Rock around the Clock": Rock n' Roll, 1954-1959 Cover Versions and Early Rock 'n' RollThe Rock 'n' Roll BusinessEarly Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the R&B SideEarly Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the Country SideSongwriters and Producers of Early Rock 'n' Roll4. "Good Vibrations": American Pop and the British Invasion, 1960s The Early 1960s: Dance Music and "Teenage Symphonies"The Beatles, the British Invasion, and the American Response...