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Author Studwell, William E. (William Emmett), 1936-2010.

Title The classic rock and roll reader : rock music from its beginnings to the mid-1970s / William E. Studwell, D.F. Lonergan
Published New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (291 pages)
Series Haworth popular culture
Haworth popular culture.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Authors; Preface; 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 onThe 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'; Lookin' Out My Back Door; Oh, Pretty Woman; Papa's Got a Brand New Bag; Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head; Rhinestone Cowhoy; (l'm a) Road Runner; Song Sung Blue; Standing on the Corner; Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree; Up-Up and Away; Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
One-Hit Wonders, or, Flashes in the ChartsAt the Hop; The Battle of New Orleans; Classical Gas; Earth Angel; Ease on Down the Road; Gentle on My Mind; The Great Pretender; Happy Together; I'm Sorry; Jesus Christ Superstar; Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye; Save the Last Dance for Me; Singin' the Blues; Sit Down, I Think I Love You; Spinning Wheel; Tequila; Volare; Novelty Songs, or, Unusual, hut Unusually Good; Aquarius; The Candy Man; Don't Sleep in the Suhway; Hit the Road, Jack; Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini; King of the Road; The Last Kiss; Let's Twist Again; Louie, Louie
Mr. Bo JanglesMr. Sandman; The Purple People Eater; Tutti Frutti; The Twist; Wake Up, Little Susie; Witch Doctor; Yakety Yak; Some Other Milestones and a Few Pehhles; Baby, I Need Your Lovin'; Ballad of a Teenage Queen; Be-Bop-A-Lula; Be My Baby; Because; Bye Bye Love; Good Morning, Starshine; Green Onions; He's a Rebel; The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game; I Almost Lost My Mind; I Got You, Babe; I Want to Be Wanted; It's Over; Kicks; Light My Fire; Memories Are Made of This; Monterey; The Name Game; Only You; That'll Be the Day; These Boots Are Made for Walkin'; Tom Dooley; Traveling Man
Summary 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 i
Notes Turn Me Loose!
Print version record
Subject Rock music -- History and criticism
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
Rock music
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Lonergan, David.
ISBN 9781317720683
1317720687
1306826373
9781306826372
9781315786490
1315786494