Let's Do It
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Let's Do It

The Birth of Pop Music: A History

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Let's Do It

The Birth of Pop Music: A History

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The must-read music book of the year—and the first such history bringing together all musical genres to tell the definitive narrative of the birth of Pop—from 1900 to the mid-1950s. Pop music didn't begin withthe Beatles in 1963, or with Elvis in 1956, or even with the first seven-inch singles in 1949.There was a pre-history that went back to the first recorded music, right back to the turn of the century.Who were these earliest record stars—and were they inany meaningful way "pop stars"? Who was George Gershwinwriting songs for? Why did swing, the hit sound for a decade or more, become almost invisible after World War II?The prequel to Bob Stanley's celebratedYeah!Yeah! Yeah!, this new volumeisthe first book to tell the definitive story ofthe birth of pop, from the invention of the 78 rpm record at the end of the nineteenth century to the beginnings of rock andthe modern pop age. Covering superstars such as Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, DukeEllington and Frank Sinatra, alongside the unheralded songwriters and arrangers behind some of our most enduring songs, Stanley paints an auralportrait of pop music's formative years in stunning clarity, uncovering the silver threads and golden needles thatbind theform together.Bringing the eclectic, evolving world of early pop tolife—from ragtime, blues and jazz to Broadway, country, crooning, andbeyond— Let'sDo It is essential reading for all music lovers."An encyclopaedic introduction to the fascinating andoften forgotten creators of Anglo-American hit music in the first halfof the twentieth century."—NeilTennant (The Pet Shop Boys)

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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2022
ISBN
9781639362516
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music History & Criticism

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Introduction
  6. Prologue
  7. Chapter 1: 1900: Pop in the Beginning
  8. Chapter 2: Elite Syncopations: Scott Joplin and Ragtime
  9. Chapter 3: Songs for Sale: Tin Pan Alley
  10. Chapter 4: Doing What Comes Naturally: Irving Berlin
  11. Chapter 5: A Culture of Consolation: Music Hall and Musical Theatre
  12. Chapter 6: On the Other Side of a Big Black Cloud: World War I
  13. Chapter 7: A Conversation of Instruments: The Birth of Jazz
  14. Chapter 8: The Greatest Love of All: Louis Armstrong
  15. Chapter 9: The Blab of the Pave: Jerome Kern and Broadway
  16. Chapter 10: Let Me Entertain You: Al Jolson
  17. Chapter 11: I’m Gonna Do It If I Like It: The Jazz Age
  18. Chapter 12: In a Silent Way: Race Records
  19. Chapter 13: Invisible Airwaves Crackle with Life: Radio
  20. Chapter 14: Trying Hard to Recreate What Had Yet to Be Created: Hillbilly
  21. Chapter 15: Black and Tan Fantasy: Duke Ellington and the Cotton Club
  22. Chapter 16: Learn to Croon: Rudy Vallee and the Dawn of the Electric Era
  23. Chapter 17: All Hollywood and All Heaven: Talking Pictures
  24. Chapter 18: Ten Cents a Dance: The Great Depression
  25. Chapter 19: Nothing but Blue Skies: Bing Crosby
  26. Chapter 20: Industrial Light and Magic: The Movie Musical
  27. Chapter 21: Pardon My Pups: The Boswell Sisters
  28. Chapter 22: Make Those People Sway: British Dance Bands
  29. Chapter 23: Fascinating Rhythm: Fred Astaire and the Dance-Hall Boom
  30. Chapter 24: Eighty-Eight Key Smiles: Fats Waller and Friends
  31. Chapter 25: Tight Like That: The Age of Swing
  32. Chapter 26: Serenade in Blue: The Great American Songbook
  33. Chapter 27: The Winds Grow Colder: Judy Garland and Billie Holiday
  34. Chapter 28: Be Like the Kettle and Sing: Britain at War
  35. Chapter 29: Why Don’t You Do Right: America at War
  36. Chapter 30: Hot Licks with Vanilla: Glenn Miller
  37. Chapter 31: Someone to Watch Over Me: Vocal Refrains
  38. Chapter 32: We Had to Break Up the Band: Post-War Jazz
  39. Chapter 33: Call Me Irresponsible: Frank Sinatra
  40. Chapter 34: Saturday Night Fish Fry: Rhythm and Blues
  41. Chapter 35: California Suite: The Long-Player
  42. Chapter 36: It’s Mitch Miller’s World and We Just Live in It: The
  43. Chapter 37: Breaks a New Heart Every Day: Peggy Lee
  44. Chapter 38: Almost Like Praying: Post-War Broadway
  45. Chapter 39: Squeeze Me: Vocal Jazz
  46. Chapter 40: Experiments with Mice: British Big Bands
  47. Chapter 41: Revival: Trad Jazz and Folk
  48. Chapter 42: In a Restless World: Nat King Cole
  49. Chapter 43: Ports of Pleasure: Exotica
  50. Chapter 44: Sharks in Jets Clothing: Rock ’n’ Roll
  51. Chapter 45: The Summit: Frank, Dino and Sammy
  52. Chapter 46: TV Is the Thing: The Rise of Television
  53. Chapter 47: I Could Go on Singing: The Next Generation
  54. Chapter 48: The Strength of Strings: Film Soundtracks
  55. Chapter 49: What Kind of Fool Am I: Lionel Bart and Anthony Newley
  56. Chapter 50: Whipped Cream and Other Delights: Adventures in Beatleland
  57. Chapter 51: The Last Waltz: Tom Jones and the New Balladeers
  58. Chapter 52: Some Kind of Rapprochement: The 1970s
  59. Epilogue
  60. Acknowledgements
  61. About the Author
  62. Sources
  63. Bibliography
  64. Index
  65. Copyright