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Author
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 Wald, Elijah.
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Title
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How the Beatles destroyed rock ’n’ roll : an alternative history of American popular music / Elijah Wald.
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Imprint
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Descr.
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x, 323 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Call Number
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ML3477 .W35 2009 -3wk Loan
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Variant title
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How the Beatles destroyed rock and roll
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Bibliogr.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-289) and index.
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Contents
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Amateurs and executants -- The ragtime life -- Everybody’s doin’ it -- Alexander’s got a jazz band now -- Cake eaters and hooch drinkers -- The king of jazz -- The record, the song, and the radio -- Sons of Whiteman -- Swing that music -- Technology and its discontents -- Walking floors and jumpin’ jive -- Selling the American ballad -- Rock the joint -- Big records for adults -- Teen idyll -- Twisting girls change the world -- Say you want a revolution -- The rock blot and the disco diagram.
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Abstract
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"... the book traces the evolution of popular music through developing tastes, trends, sand technologies - including the role of records, radio, jukeboxes, and television - to give a fuller, more balanced account of the broad variety of music that captivated listeners over the course of the twentieth century."-inside jacket.
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Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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