Author Biography

Larry Starr is Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of WashingtonChristopher Waterman, former dean of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, is an anthropologist and musician who specializes in the study of music and culture in Africa and the Americas.Brad Osborn (contributing author) is Associate Professor of Music Theory and affiliated faculty in American Studies at the University of Kansas

Table of Contents

ListeningPrefaceTIMELINE: 1760s-18991 THEMES AND STREAMS OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSICTheme One: ListeningTheme Two: Music and Identity (Individuality, Gender, and Race)Theme Three: Music and TechnologyTheme Four: The Music BusinessTheme Five: Centers and PeripheriesStreams of Tradition: The Sources of Popular Music2 "AFTER THE BALL": POPULAR MUSIC OF THE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIESThe Minstrel ShowAn Early Pop Songwriter: Stephen FosterDance Music and Brass BandsThe Birth of Tin Pan AlleyThe Ragtime Craze, 1896-1918The Rise of the PhonographTIMELINE: 1900-19453 "CATCHING AS THE SMALL-POX": SOCIAL DANCE AND JAZZ, 1917-1935Technology and the Music Business"Freak Dances": Turkey Trot and TangoJames Reese Europe and the CastlesJazz as Popular Music: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the Creole Jazz Band, and Louis ArmstrongDance Music in the "Jazz Age"The Rise of Latin Dance Music: "El Manicero"4 " I GOT RHYTHM": THE GOLDEN AGE OF TIN PAN ALLEY SONG, 1920s AND 1930sTin Pan Alley Song FormWhat Were Tin Pan Alley Songs About?What Makes a Song a "Standard"?Tin Pan Alley and Broadway5 "ST. LOUIS BLUES": RACE RECORDS AND HILLBILLY MUSIC, 1920s AND 1930sRace RecordsClassic BluesUnderstanding Twelve-Bar BluesThe Country BluesBlind Lemon Jefferson: The First Country Blues StarRobert Johnson: Standing at the CrossroadEarly Country Music: Hillbilly Records?Pioneers of Country Music: The Carter Family and Jimmie RodgersPopular Music and the Great Depression6 "IN THE MOOD": THE SWING ERA, 1935-1945Swing Music and American CultureBenny Goodman: "The King of Swing"Duke Ellington in the Swing EraKansas City Swing: Count BasieSuperstar of Swing: Glenn MillerJazz Singers: The Boswell Sisters, Billie Holiday, and Ella FitzgeraldVocal Harmony GroupsCountry Music in the Swing Era: Roy Acuff, Singing Cowboys, and Western SwingLatin Music in the Swing EraASCAP, the AFM, and the Decline of the Big BandsTIMELINE: 1946-19797 "CHOO CHOO CH' BOOGIE": THE POSTWAR ERA, 1946-1954Popular Music and Technology in the Postwar EraThe Rise of the Star SingersUrban Folk Music: The WeaversThe Mambo Craze (1949-1955)Southern Music in the Postwar EraRhythm & BluesVocal Harmony GroupsR&B Women: Ruth Brown and Big Mama ThorntonCountry and Western Music8 "ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK": ROCK 'N' ROLL, 1954-1959The Birth of Rock 'n' RollCover 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 SideWild, Wild Young Women: Female Rock 'n' Roll PioneersThe Latin Side of Rock 'n' RollSongwriters and Producers of Early Rock 'n' RollOther Currents: The Standard and Folk Music in the Rock 'n' Roll Era9 "GOOD VIBRATIONS": AMERICAN POP AND THE BRITISH INVASION, 1960sThe Early 1960s: Dance Music and "Teenage Symphonies"Berry Gordy and MotownBrian Wilson and the Beach BoysThe Beatles, the British Invasion, and the American ResponseMeanwhile, Back in California . . .Latin Sounds in 1960s Pop: A Tall Man, a Tanned Girl, and a Taste of Honey10 "BLOWIN' IN THE WIND": COUNTRY, SOUL, URBAN FOLK, AND THE RISE OF ROCK, 1960sPatsy Cline and the Nashville SoundRay Charles and Soul MusicSam Cooke, the "King of Soul"James Brown and Aretha FranklinThe Broadway Musical in the Age of RockUrban Folk Music in the 1960s: Bob DylanThe Counterculture and Psychedelic RockSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandTheir Satanic Majesties: The Rolling Stones After Sgt. PepperSan Francisco Rock: Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and the Grateful DeadThe Doors and "Light My Fire"Guitar Heroes: Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton11 THE 1970s: ROCK MUSIC, DISCO, AND THE POPULAR MAINSTREAMSinger-Songwriters: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, James TaylorCountry Music and the Pop MainstreamRock Comes of Age"Night Fever": The Rise of Disco12 OUTSIDERS' MUSIC: PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY, REGGAE, SALSA, PUNK, FUNK, AND RAP, 1970sThe Outlaws: Progressive Country Music"I Shot the Sheriff": The Rise of ReggaeThe Rise of Salsa Music"Psycho Killer": 1970s Punk and New Wave"Tear the Roof off the Sucker": Funk Music"Rapper's Delight": The Origins of Hip-HopTIMELINE: 1980-TODAY13 THE 1980s: DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, MTV, AND THE POPULAR MAINSTREAMDigital Technology and Popular MusicThe Pop Mainstream of the 1980s: Some Representative HitsA Tale of Three Albums"Baby I'm a Star": Prince, Madonna, and the Production of Celebrity14 "SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT": HIP-HOP, ALTERNATIVE MUSIC, AND THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSHip-Hop Breaks Out (1980s-1990s)Commercialization, Diversification, and the Rise of Gangsta Rap (1990s)EDM: Dance Music in the Digital AgeAlternate CurrentsWomen's Voices: Alternative Folk, Hip-Hop, and CountryModern Sounds in Country and Western Music: Approaches to TraditionLatinx Superstars of the 1990sGlobalization and the Rise of "World Music"15 THE INTERNET AGE, 2000-The Impact of Digital RecordingMusic and the Internet: The Revolution Will Be Streamed"On the Road Again": The New Popular Music EconomyRock Music in the 2000sHip-Hop in the New MillenniumHip-Hop Stars of the 2010sTwenty-First Century Divas: We Never Go Out of StyleConclusion: American Popular Music in the Age of GlobalizationAppendix: Understanding Rhythm and FormGlossaryBibliographyCreditsIndex

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"This text is excellent for students taking popular music courses at this time in history and culture. The emphasis on music marketing, business, and technology and their effects on popular music is enlightening." -- Mary Wischusen, Wayne State University"A deep and wide look at American music with emphasis on the importance of the transatlantic slave trade in the creation of all that we listen to and on the importance of technological changes in recording and listening." -- Norman Bergeron, Temple College

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Explore the rich terrain of American popular music with the most complete introduction of its kind. With the sixth edition of the bestselling text American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3, Starr and Waterman help students hear more in the music around them with a cultural and social history of popular music.

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"This text is excellent for students taking popular music courses at this time in history and culture. The emphasis on music marketing, business, and technology and their effects on popular music is enlightening." -- Mary Wischusen, Wayne State University"A deep and wide look at American music with emphasis on the importance of the transatlantic slave trade in the creation of all that we listen to and on the importance of technological changes in recording and listening." -- Norman Bergeron, Temple College

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"This text is excellent for students taking popular music courses at this time in history and culture. The emphasis on music marketing, business, and technology and their effects on popular music is enlightening." -- Mary Wischusen, Wayne State University "A deep and wide look at American music with emphasis on the importance of the transatlantic slave trade in the creation of all that we listen to and on the importance of technological changes in recording and listening." -- Norman Bergeron, Temple College

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Selling point: The only text that introduces students to the broad sweep of American music, from minstrel shows in the nineteenth century to the presentSelling point: Attentive to the role of race and gender in the American popular repertory from its inception

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