Clearance: Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop Music: a History
The prequel to Bob Stanley's celebrated 'Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!', this new volume is the first book to tell the definitive story of the birth of pop, from the invention of the 78 rpm record at the end of the 19th century to the beginnings of rock and the modern pop age.,The must-read music book of the year--and the first such history bringing together all musical genres to tell the definitive narrative of the birth of Pop from 1900 to the mid-1950s.
Pop music didn't begin withĀ the Beatles in 1963, or with Elvis in 1956, or even with the first seven-inch singles in 1949.Ā There was a pre-history that went back to the first recorded music, right back to the turn of the century.Who were these earliest record stars--and were they inĀ any meaningful way "pop stars"? Who was George GershwinĀ writing songs for? Why did swing, the hit sound for a decade or more, become almost invisible after World War II?The prequel to Bob Stanley's celebratedĀ Yeah!Ā Yeah! Yeah!, this new volumeĀ isĀ the first book to tell the definitive story ofĀ the birth of pop, from the invention of the 78 rpm record at the end of the nineteenth century to the beginnings of rock andĀ the modern pop age. Covering superstars such as Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, DukeĀ Ellington and Frank Sinatra,Ā alongside the unheralded songwriters and arrangers behind some of our most enduring songs, Stanley paints an auralĀ portrait of pop music's formative years in stunning clarity, uncovering the silver threads and golden needles thatĀ bind theĀ form together.Bringing the eclectic, evolving world of early pop toĀ life--from ragtime, blues and jazz to Broadway, country, crooning, andĀ beyond--Let'sĀ Do ItĀ is essential reading for all music lovers."An encyclopaedic introduction to the fascinating andĀ often forgotten creators of Anglo-American hit music in the first halfĀ of the twentieth century."--NeilĀ Tennant (The Pet Shop Boys)
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The prequel to Bob Stanley's celebrated 'Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!', this new volume is the first book to tell the definitive story of the birth of pop, from the invention of the 78 rpm record at the end of the 19th century to the beginnings of rock and the modern pop age.,The must-read music book of the year--and the first such history bringing together all musical genres to tell the definitive narrative of the birth of Pop from 1900 to the mid-1950s.
Pop music didn't begin withĀ the Beatles in 1963, or with Elvis in 1956, or even with the first seven-inch singles in 1949.Ā There was a pre-history that went back to the first recorded music, right back to the turn of the century.Who were these earliest record stars--and were they inĀ any meaningful way "pop stars"? Who was George GershwinĀ writing songs for? Why did swing, the hit sound for a decade or more, become almost invisible after World War II?The prequel to Bob Stanley's celebratedĀ Yeah!Ā Yeah! Yeah!, this new volumeĀ isĀ the first book to tell the definitive story ofĀ the birth of pop, from the invention of the 78 rpm record at the end of the nineteenth century to the beginnings of rock andĀ the modern pop age. Covering superstars such as Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, DukeĀ Ellington and Frank Sinatra,Ā alongside the unheralded songwriters and arrangers behind some of our most enduring songs, Stanley paints an auralĀ portrait of pop music's formative years in stunning clarity, uncovering the silver threads and golden needles thatĀ bind theĀ form together.Bringing the eclectic, evolving world of early pop toĀ life--from ragtime, blues and jazz to Broadway, country, crooning, andĀ beyond--Let'sĀ Do ItĀ is essential reading for all music lovers."An encyclopaedic introduction to the fascinating andĀ often forgotten creators of Anglo-American hit music in the first halfĀ of the twentieth century."--NeilĀ Tennant (The Pet Shop Boys)
