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Afro-American Dancing: Concert and Vernacular
The influences of African and Black music on Afro-American dancing. 78yr 5pgs 22fn 6s $44.75
The Rise of the Beatles and Their Influence in America
Examines the humble beginnings in Liverpool, the rise of Beatlemania, their influence on the pop scene, fashion and attitudes in America. 78yr 8pgs 7fn 6s $71.60
Lightnin' Hopkins
The portrait of a musician in the early 1920's, guitarist and blues singer. 79yr 6pgs 8fn 21s $53.70
A Brief History of Rock and Roll
From the 40's to the 60's. 79yr 8pgs 9fn 5s $71.60
Black Music in the United States
A fine tracing of Civil War ragtime thru country and blues, the beginnings of Jazz, use of new instruments, gospel to the popular soul sound and Black rock and roll, reggae, and improvisional jazz noting major contributors in all of the areas. 79yr 31pgs 11fn 10s $277.45
Three Record Reviews
Reviews New Orleans Rhythm Kings, vol. 7, Fingerbustin Ragtime by Jansen and King Oliver in New York. 79yr 9pgs 0fn 0s $80.55
Rock Reconsidered
A look at the origins of the term 'rock and roll' and its subsequent impression upon the American music scene. 79yr 7pgs 7fn 4s $62.65
The Affects of Pop Music on American Culture
Examines popular music's development and influence on our society. 80yr 11pgs 10fn 5s $98.45
Rock, Jazz-Rock and Bebop
Examines the diverse musical styles of the decades of the 60's and 70's including the major forces of jazz, the development of jazz-rock or "fusion" and comparing these styles to the "bebop" of the 1940's. 81yr 7pgs 11fn 5s $62.65
Music and Dance of the Twenties
Observes the music and dance of the 1920's including the black renaissance in jazz music,its meaning in literature of the day,jazz dancing and the fusion of jazz,blues and ragtime. 81yr 14pgs 25fn 11s $125.30
Development of the Blues
Examines the development of the blues from early slave spirituals with minimal instrumentation to black singing associated with vaudeville to boogie woogie piano in the 1940's. 79yr 7pgs 12fn 5s $62.65
Louis Armstrong : Performer and Composer
An observation of the life of Louis Armstrong and his contribution to jazz music as the leading trumpeter in jazz history. 81yr 5pgs 4fn 4s $44.75
Bluegrass Music
A medley of fold, gospel, and blues musical forms and content. 79yr 7pgs 0fn 0s $62.65
Lena Horne
A short biography of Lena Horne, especially her career as a singer/actress and her work in civil rights. 83yr 17pgs 15fn 12s $152.15
A History of Popular Music in the Sixties
A report on 'pop' music in the 1960's. References to jazz, pop, and musicals. Identifies artists, songs, etc. 82yr 7pgs 0fn 5s $62.65
The Role of Women in Rock and Roll
A history of women's battles against sexism in the rock music industry; sketches of female rock musicians. 83yr 7pgs 10fn 5s $62.65
"We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar and "Eleanor Rigby," by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
A comparison of this poem and the popular Beatles song, especially that both are calling for more authenticity between people. 83yr 7pgs 0fn 0s $62.65
McCartney and McLaughlin
A comparison of the musical (performing, composing, creativity) styles of Paul McCartney and jazzman John McLaughlin. 85yr 7pgs 6fn 10s $62.65
Rock Lyrics
The controversy of lyrics in rock music, censorship through the Parents Music Resource Center, first amendment issues, etc. 90yr 7pgs 6fn 8s $62.65
Cultural Paranoia to Rock and Roll in the Mid-Fifties America
Observes Middle America's obsession with the emergence of rock and roll reacting with bewilderment, condemnation and fear. 91yr 6pgs 14fn 10s $53.70
Elvis as a Commodity
Discusses the manner in which Elvis Presley has become an iconographic commodity and how this transformation of a rock and roll musician can be understood from a sociological perspective. 93yr 10pgs Afn 10s $89.50
Elvis after Death
Observes the commerialization of Elvis Presley after his death and analyzes this transformationfrom both the Marxist and the Capitalistic ideological position. 93yr 8pgs Afn 6s $71.60
The African Roots of Rap and Hip Hop
Describes, from an anthropological perspective, the influence of African musical and dance forms on the development, in recent years, of two new variations on the rock and roll theme, rap and hip hop. 93yr 10pgs Afn 6s $89.50
American Rock Music and the culture of the 1970's
Examines comingling, with particular attention to the individuals including the Doors, Bob Dylan, The Who, and the Rolling Stones. 93yr 6pgs Afn 5s $53.70
A Comparison of Poems
Compares Paul Simon's "Dangling Conversation" and the Lennon-McCartney poem titled "Eleanor Rigby" both focused on the theme of the alienation and isolation of individuals within contemporay society. 94yr 4pgs 0fn 10s $35.80
Rap Music : Origins and Influences
Examines the distinctive rhyming vocal expression that has become the dominant form of American black music in the 1990's as having its roots in a number of different musical and cultural traditions and as a form of political, social and personal comment. 94yr 10pgs Afn 14s $89.50
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