James Perone

Listen to Pop! Exploring a Musical Genre

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Produktbeschreibung

Listen to Pop! discusses the evolution of pop music in America from the 1950s to the present, diving into its impact on American culture, particularly through its association with television, and its enduring legacy. Listen to Pop!: Exploring a Musical Genre provides readers with an overview and a history of the pop music genre. The bulk of the book is devoted to analysis of 50 must-hear musical examples, which include artists, songs, and albums. Additionally, the book contains chapters that analyze the impact of pop music on American popular culture and the legacy of pop music, including how the music is used today in film and television soundtracks and in television commercials. The book deals with all of the various subgenres of pop music from the 1950s to the present. The selection of material discussed reflects the artists, songs, and albums topping the pop music charts of the period, and while the volume examines these items individually, it also discusses how our definition of pop music has evolved over the decades. This combination of detailed examination of specific songs, albums, and artists and discussion of background, legacy, and impact distinguishes it from other books on the subject and make it a vital reference and interesting read for all readers and music aficionados.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 577g
• ISBN-13: 9781440863769
• ISBN-10: 1440863768
• Artikelnr.: 52154412

Autorenporträt

JAMES E. PERONE is Associate Professor of Music at Mount Union College. His previous bio-bibliographies include Howard Hanson (Greenwood, 1992) and Elvis Costello (Greenwood, 1998). He is also the author of a number of bibliographies including Musical Anthologies for Analytical Study (Greenwood, 1992), Orchestration Theory (Greenwood, 1996), Harmony Theory (Greenwood, 1997), and Form and Analysis Theory (Greenwood, 1998).

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword Preface Acknowledgments 1 Background 2 Must-Hear Music ABBA
Adele "Ain't That a Shame": Bringing R&B to Pop Louis Armstrong in the
1960s "At Last": A Ballad for All Time Back to Black The Backstreet Boys
The Beatles Beyoncé Justin Bieber "Blueberry Hill": From Glenn Miller to
Fats Domino Blue-Eyed Soul: The Righteous Brothers and Hall & Oates
Bubblegum Pop Glen Campbell and Country Pop Mariah Carey The Carpenters
Petula Clark "Crazy" Céline Dion The Fame "Gangnam Style" "Georgia (on My
Mind)" The "Girl Groups" of the 1950s and 1960s and Their Legacy
"Hallelujah" "Happy Together" "I Will Always Love You" Instrumental Hits
Michael Jackson Like a Virgin "Love Me Tender" and Other Pop Hits of Elvis
Presley The Lovin' Spoonful: "Do You Believe in Magic" and Other Hits
"MacArthur Park" "Mack the Knife" Barry Manilow: "I Write the Songs" and
Songs He Actually Did Write Motown "On Broadway": Brill Building Songs That
Keep Coming Back Overexposed Earworms: "Macarena," "Who Let the Dogs Out,"
and "I'm Too Sexy" The Piano Men: Elton John and Billy Joel Purple Rain
Saturday Night Fever Britney Spears Taylor Swift Tapestry James Taylor
Television and Pop Music "Theme from New York, New York" "There's a Kind of
Hush" and Other British Invasion Ballads "Up, Up and Away" and Other Hits
of the 5th Dimension "We Are the World" Stevie Wonder 3 Impact on Popular
Culture 4 Legacy New Versions of Old Hits Jukebox Musicals Sampling
Existing Pop Recordings Persistent Music "Madison Avenue" and Pop Music
Hollywood and the Use of Pop Songs Continuing Celebrity Status Bibliography
Index