Rock 'n' Roll: Origins & Innovators - UNLV in-class

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Copyright: 2018

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Rock ‘n’ Roll: Origins & Innovators is a book designed specifically for high school, college and university “music appreciation” style courses. This book is a selection of key artists, groups, industry figures and events that have instrumentally shaped the world of rock and roll, providing the student with a broad understanding of a variety of areas on this subject. The text discusses many major artists and bands along with references to cultural, social and political implications, record companies, producers and music industry icons and other relevant facts.

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Country Music

Chapter 2 Early Blues

Chapter 3 Electrifying the Blues

Chapter 4 The Forefathers of Rock

Chapter 5 The Million Dollar Quartet and the Emergence of Rockabilly

Chapter 6 Elvis Presley

Chapter 7 1950s Rock and National Popularity

Chapter 8 Folk Music

Chapter 9 Bob Dylan

Chapter 10 Doo Wop, Tin Pan Alley, Aldon Music and Phil Spector

Chapter 11 Surf Music

Chapter 12 The British Invasion

Chapter 13 The Beatles

Chapter 14 Rolling Stones and The Who

Chapter 15 Motown

Chapter 16 Soul and Funk

Chapter 17 Acid Rock

Chapter 18 Power Trios and Heavy Metal

Chapter 19 Punk Rock

Bibliography

About the Authors

Index

Timothy Jones
JAMES Mcintosh

Rock ‘n’ Roll: Origins & Innovators is a book designed specifically for high school, college and university “music appreciation” style courses. This book is a selection of key artists, groups, industry figures and events that have instrumentally shaped the world of rock and roll, providing the student with a broad understanding of a variety of areas on this subject. The text discusses many major artists and bands along with references to cultural, social and political implications, record companies, producers and music industry icons and other relevant facts.

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Country Music

Chapter 2 Early Blues

Chapter 3 Electrifying the Blues

Chapter 4 The Forefathers of Rock

Chapter 5 The Million Dollar Quartet and the Emergence of Rockabilly

Chapter 6 Elvis Presley

Chapter 7 1950s Rock and National Popularity

Chapter 8 Folk Music

Chapter 9 Bob Dylan

Chapter 10 Doo Wop, Tin Pan Alley, Aldon Music and Phil Spector

Chapter 11 Surf Music

Chapter 12 The British Invasion

Chapter 13 The Beatles

Chapter 14 Rolling Stones and The Who

Chapter 15 Motown

Chapter 16 Soul and Funk

Chapter 17 Acid Rock

Chapter 18 Power Trios and Heavy Metal

Chapter 19 Punk Rock

Bibliography

About the Authors

Index

Timothy Jones
JAMES Mcintosh