The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from Its Beginnings to the Mid-1970s (Haworth Popular Culture) (Haworth Popular Culture)

The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from Its Beginnings to the Mid-1970s is chock full of entertaining essays to inform and delight you about an era that shaped our culture and future musical trends. This unique book will surprise and enchant even the most zealous music buff with facts and information on the songs that reflected America’s spirit and captured a nation’s attention. The Classic Rock and Roll Reader is offbeat, somewhat irreverent, ironic, and ancedotal as it discusses hundreds of rock and non-rock compositions included in rock history era. The songs offer you information on: Rock’s Not So Dull Predecessors (for example, “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered” and “The Cry of the Wild Goose”) The Pioneering Rock Songs (such as “Rock Around the Clock” and “Shake, Rattle, and Roll” ) Older Style Songs Amidst the Rocks (for example, “I Could Have Danced All Night” and “Rocky Mountain High” ) The Megastars and Megagroups (such as “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Respect,” and “Surfin’USA” ) The Best Songs that Never Made No. 1 (for example,“ I Feel Good” and “ Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” ) The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from Its Beginnings to the Mid-1970s also examines the music which preceded early rock, the music which followed early rock, and the numerous non-rock songs which flourished during the classic rock period. A wide spectrum of music is discussed in well over 100 essays on various songs. Musicians, librarians, and the general audience will be taken back to the birth of rock and roll and the various contributing influences. Analyzing each song’s place in rock history and giving some background about the artists, The Classic Rock and Roll Reader offers even the most avid music enthusiast new and unique information in this thorough and interesting guide. The Classic Rock And Roll Reader Is Offbeat, Irreverent, Ironic, And Ancedotal As It Discusses Hundreds Of Rock And Nonrock Compositions Included In The Rock History Era.--jacket. The Emergence Of Rock Music, Or, Waking Up The 1950s -- Rock's Not-so-dull Predecessors -- In The Mood -- Of Thee I Sing -- Night And Day -- Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered -- Oklahoma! -- Show Business -- The Cry Of The Wild Goose -- The Pioneering Rock Songs, Or, Three Create A Crowd -- Rock Around The Clock -- Sh-boom -- Shake, Rattle And Roll -- Older-style Songs Amidst The Rocks -- All The Way -- Chances Are -- I Could Have Danced All Night -- Moon River -- Rocky Mountain High -- Top Of The World -- Whatever Will Be, Will Be -- A Generation Of Classic Rock, Or, Rock Rolls On -- The Megastars And Megagroups, Or, The Bolder And The Boulders -- Are You Lonesome Tonight? -- Blue Suede Shoes -- Bridge Over Troubled Water -- Can't Help Falling In Love -- Crazy Man, Crazy -- Diana -- Dream Lover -- Good Vibrations -- I Want To Hold Your Hand -- In My Room -- It Ain't Me, Babe -- Last Train To Clarksville -- Let It Be -- Love Me Tender -- Michelle -- Photograph -- P.s.i Love You -- Respect -- (i Can't Get No) Satisfaction -- Scarborough Fair/canticle -- Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -- Stop! In The Name Of Love -- Surfin' Usa -- Walk Like A Man -- What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted? -- What's Going On -- Who's Sorry Now? -- World Without Love -- Yesterday -- You Send Me -- The Best Songs That Never Made Number 1, Or, Time Heals All Aches, Mistakes, And Bad Breaks -- Ain't That A Shame? -- Downtown -- From Me To You -- I Feel Good -- I'm On The Outside (looking In) -- I'm Walkin'. William E. Studwell, D.f. Lonergan. Includes Indexes. "The Classic Rock and Roll Reader is offbeat, irreverent, ironic, and ancedotal as it discusses hundreds of rock and nonrock compositions included in the rock history era."--BOOK JACKET. Rockmusikkens historie fortalt ud fra en række sange, som bliver beskrevet og sat ind i en historisk og musikalsk sammenhæng