American Popular Music and Its Business: The First Four Hundred Years Volume III: From 1900 to 1984 (American Popular Music & Its Business)

This volume focuses on developments in the music business in the twentieth century, including vaudeville, music boxes, the relationship of Hollywood to the music business, the "fall and rise" of the record business in the 1930s, new technology (TV, FM, and the LP record) after World War II, the dominance of rock-and-roll and the huge increase in the music business during the 1950s and 1960s, and finally the changing music business scene from 1967 to the present, especially regarding government regulations, music licensing, and the record business. Frontmatter Part One 1900-1920 1. Thomas Edison's Wonderful Kinetoscope Machine (page 3) 2. Big Time, Small Time, and E.F. Albee (page 16) 3. The Victrola and the Pianola (page 22) 4. Inside the Popular-Music Business (page 32) Part Two 1921-1930 5. Popular Songs and the Movie Business (page 47) 6. The Decline and Fall of the House of Albee (page 57) 7. The Mechanical Music Business (page 62) 8. A Simple Radio Music Box (page 74) 9. A Glut of Movie Music (page 91) Part Three 1931-1940 10. The Fall and Rise of the Record Business (page 117) 11. Music in Motion Pictures (page 147) 12. Popular Music and Radio (page 159) 13. ASCAP versus the Broadcasters (page 184) Part Four 1941-1953 14. On the Road to New Technology and an Expanded Industry (page 215) 15. Mass Entertainment and the Music Business (page 251) 16. ASCAP and BMI Face the Reality of Television (page 291) Part Five 1954-1966 17. From Monaural to Stereophonic Sound (page 333) 18. Growth to a Four-Billion-Dollar Business (page 367) 19. ASCAP versus BMI (page 396) 20. Payola Problems and Rate Wars (page 439) Part Six 1967-1970 21. Copyright Revision or Not? (page 493) 22. The Music-Licensing Wars (page 498) 23. Big Money Invades the Music Business (page 507) 24. FM and Top 40 Radio (page 518) Part Seven 1971-1976 25. Continued Fighting over Licensing (page 523) 26. Industry Associations Play Their Part (page 528) 27. "The Seven Dirty Words" Case and MOR Music (page 543) 28. Configurations, Payola, and Soul Music (page 549) 29. A New Copyright Bill at Last (page 563) Part Eight 1977-1980 30. The U.S. Supreme Court and Licensing (page 573) 31. The Copyright Royalty Tribunal (page 581) 32. Other Copyright Problems (page 588) 33. Seesawing Sales and New Ideas in the Record Business (page 594) Part Nine 1981-1984 34. Television Music Licensing (page 617) 35. Rates and Piracy-Unsolved Problems (page 624) 36. Continuing Difficulties for Music Publishers (page 627) 37. Tight Control of a Prosperous Record Business (page 634) Bibliography (page 655) Index (page 695) This Three-volume Work Tells The Complete Story Of American Popular Songs, Their Authors, And The Business They Set In Motion. Volume One Explores The Inception Of The Music Publishing Business In Elizabethan England And Traces Music Activity In England Until 1790, Examining Popular Balladry, Copyright Problems, The Start Of Music Printing, Religious Music, Professional Music Makers, Musical Theater, Eighteenth-century Music, And Such Leading Musical Figures As Purcell, Handel, And Haydn. Also Discussed Are The Beginnings Of Music In The United States, Including Musical Theater, Black Music, And The Great Awakening And Its Relationship To Music Publishing [publisher Description] V. 1. The Beginning To 1790 -- V. 2. From 1790 To 1909 -- V. 3. From 1900 To 1984. Russell Sanjek. Includes Bibliographies And Indexes. Volume three of this work focuses on developments in the music business in the twentieth century, from its earliest days to the present era