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Autore |
Birnbaum Larry |
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Titolo |
Before Elvis : the prehistory of rock 'n' roll / / Larry Birnbaum |
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Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-8108-8629-4 |
1-299-18491-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (475 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Popular music - United States - 1931-1940 - History and criticism |
Popular music - United States - 1941-1950 - History and criticism |
Popular music - United States - 1951-1960 - History and criticism |
Rhythm and blues music - History and criticism |
Rock music - United States - To 1961 - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; 1 That's All Right; A White Man Sounds Black; Rock 'n' Roll Arrives; The Meaning of Rock; The Revolution That Wasn't; 2 The Train Kept A-Rollin'; Stroll On; Cow-Cow Boogie; Johnny B. Goode; Rolling On; 3 One o' Them Things!; Big Bill; Handy vs. Morton; Birth of the Blues; Recording the Blues; Roots of the Blues; Africa, Britain, and Vaudeville; 4 The Rocks; The Walking Bass; A Dash of Hokum; Big Band Boogie; Boogie-Woogie Fever; Coda; 5 The Jumpin' Jive; Jump Jazz; The Backbeat and the Jitterbug; Jug Bands and Hokum; Scat, Jive, and Harmony Singing |
Big Bands and Shuffle RhythmsThe Blues-Jazz Nexus; From Hokum to Rhythm-and-Blues; Jive; Big Band Jump; Jump, Jive, an' Wail; 6 Get With It; Country Origins; Early Country Recordings; Blues and Hokum; Western Swing; Hillbilly Boogie; Country and R&B; 7 Good Rockin' Tonight; R&B Is Born; The Door Opens; Horn Honkers; String Slingers; Shouters; Rhythm-and-Blues Women; Doo-Wop; The Crescent City; 8 Rock Love; Blue-Eyed R&B; Rock Stars; Mystery Women; Vocal Groups; Caribbean Rhythms; Epilogue; Notes; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An essential work for rock fans and scholars, Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll surveys the origins of rock 'n' roll from the |
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