How the Beatles destroyed rock 'n' roll : an alternative history of American popular music / Elijah Wald.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780199756971 (pbk.) :; 019975697X (pbk.) :Subject(s): Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism | MusicDDC classification: 781.6'4'0973 Summary: This is an alternative history of American music that, instead of recycling the familiar cliches of jazz and rock, looks at what people were playing, hearing and dancing to throughout the 20th century, using a wealth of original research, curious quotations, and an irreverent fascination with the oft-despised commercial mainstream.Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Originally published: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is an alternative history of American music that, instead of recycling the familiar cliches of jazz and rock, looks at what people were playing, hearing and dancing to throughout the 20th century, using a wealth of original research, curious quotations, and an irreverent fascination with the oft-despised commercial mainstream.
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