LEADER 03699nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910816133203321 005 20240313150130.0 010 $a0-8108-8629-4 010 $a1-299-18491-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000001003036 035 $a(EBL)1127716 035 $a(OCoLC)850197522 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000834961 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12410640 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000834961 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10989730 035 $a(PQKB)10744988 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1127716 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1127716 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10659255 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL449741 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001003036 100 $a20120808d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBefore Elvis $ethe prehistory of rock 'n' roll /$fLarry Birnbaum 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLanham, Md. $cScarecrow Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (475 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8108-8628-6 311 $a0-8108-8638-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aBig 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 330 $aAn essential work for rock fans and scholars, Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll surveys the origins of rock 'n' roll from the minstrel era to the emergence of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley. Unlike other histories of rock, Before Elvis offers a far broader and deeper analysis of the influences on rock music. Dispelling common misconceptions, it examines rock's origins in hokum songs and big-band boogies as well as Delta blues, detailing the embrace by white 606 $aPopular music$zUnited States$y1931-1940$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPopular music$zUnited States$y1941-1950$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPopular music$zUnited States$y1951-1960$xHistory and criticism 606 $aRhythm and blues music$xHistory and criticism 606 $aRock music$zUnited States$yTo 1961$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aPopular music$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPopular music$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPopular music$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aRhythm and blues music$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aRock music$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a781.640973/0904 700 $aBirnbaum$b Larry$01725024 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816133203321 996 $aBefore Elvis$94127602 997 $aUNINA