The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from Its Beginnings to the Mid-1970s

by Studwell; William E

• ISBN13: 9780789001511
• ISBN10: 0789001519
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from Its Beginnings to the Mid-1970s is chock full of entertaining essays to inform and delight you about an era that shaped our culture and future musical trends. This unique book will surprise and enchant even the most zealous music buff with facts and information on the songs that reflected America's spirit and captured a nation's attention. The Classic Rock and Roll Reader is offbeat, somewhat irreverent, ironic, and ancedotal as it discusses hundreds of rock and non-rock compositions included in rock history era. The songs offer you information on: Rock's Not So Dull Predecessors (for example, "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" and "The Cry of the Wild Goose") The Pioneering Rock Songs (such as "Rock Around the Clock" and "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" ) Older Style Songs Amidst the Rocks (for example, "I Could Have Danced All Night" and "Rocky Mountain High" ) The Megastars and Megagroups (such as "Blue Suede Shoes," "Respect," and "Surfin'USA" ) The Best Songs that Never Made No. 1 (for example," I Feel Good" and " Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" ) The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from Its Beginnings to the Mid-1970s also examines the music which preceded early rock, the music which followed early rock, and the numerous non-rock songs which flourished during the classic rock period. A wide spectrum of music is discussed in well over 100 essays on various songs. Musicians, librarians, and the general audience will be taken back to the birth of rock and roll and the various contributing influences. Analyzing each song's place in rock history and giving some background about the artists, The Classic Rock and Roll Reader offers even the most avid music enthusiast new and unique information in this thorough and interesting guide.

Author Biography

D. F. Lonergan, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and Reference Librarian in the libraries of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
THE EMERGENCE OF ROCK MUSIC, OR, WAKING UP THE 1950s
Rock's Not-So-Dull Predecessors	3	(12)
In the Mood	3	(2)
Of Thee I Sing	5	(2)
Night and Day	7	(1)
Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered	8	(1)
Oklahoma!	9	(1)
Show Business	10	(2)
The Cry of the Wild Goose	12	(3)
The Pioneering Rock Songs, or, Three Create a Crowd	15	(4)
Rock Around the Clock	15	(2)
Sh-Boom	17	(1)
Shake, Rattle and Roll	18	(1)
Older-Style Songs Amidst the Rocks	19	(12)
All the Way	19	(2)
Chances Are	21	(2)
I Could Have Danced All Night	23	(2)
Moon River	25	(1)
Rocky Mountain High	26	(1)
Top of the World	27	(1)
Whatever Will Be, Will Be	28	(3)
A GENERATION OF CLASSIC ROCK, OR, ROCK ROLLS ON
The Megastars and Megagroups, or, the Bolder and the Boulders	31	(68)
Are You Lonesome Tonight?	31	(3)
Blue Suede Shoes	34	(1)
Bridge over Troubled Water	35	(1)
Can't Help Falling in Love	36	(1)
Crazy Man, Crazy	37	(4)
Diana	41	(2)
Dream Lover	43	(2)
Good Vibrations	45	(2)
I Want to Hold Your Hand	47	(1)
In My Room	48	(2)
It Ain't Me, Babe	50	(4)
Last Train to Clarksville	54	(4)
Let It Be	58	(2)
Love Me Tender	60	(1)
Michelle	61	(4)
Photograph	65	(2)
P.S. I Love You	67	(3)
Respect	70	(3)
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	73	(3)
Scarborough Fair/Canticle	76	(1)
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	77	(3)
Stop! In the Name of Love	80	(1)
Surfin' USA	81	(2)
Walk Like a Man	83	(2)
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?	85	(3)
What's Going On	88	(3)
Who's Sorry Now?	91	(2)
World Without Love	93	(3)
Yesterday	96	(1)
You Send Me	97	(2)
The Best Songs That Never Made Number 1, or, Time Heals All Aches, Mistakes, and Bad Breaks	99	(32)
Ain't That a Shame?	99	(2)
Downtown	101	(1)
From Me to You	102	(5)
I Feel Good	107	(1)
I'm on the Outside (Looking In)	108	(3)
I'm Walkin'	111	(1)
Lookin' Out My Back Door	112	(3)
Oh, Pretty Woman	115	(1)
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag	116	(2)
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head	118	(2)
Rhinestone Cowboy	120	(1)
(I'm a) Road Runner	121	(4)
Song Sung Blue	125	(1)
Standing on the Corner	126	(1)
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree	127	(1)
Up-Up and Away	128	(1)
Will You Love Me Tommorrow?	129	(2)
One-Hit Wonders, or, Flashes in the Charts	131	(22)
At the Hop	131	(2)
The Battle of New Orleans	133	(2)
Classical Gas	135	(1)
Earth Angel	136	(1)
Ease on Down the Road	137	(1)
Gentle on My Mind	138	(1)
The Great Pretender	139	(1)
Happy Together	140	(1)
I'm Sorry	141	(1)
Jesus Christ, Superstar	142	(1)
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye	143	(1)
Save the Last Dance for Me	144	(1)
Singin' the Blues	145	(1)
Sit Down, I Think I Love You	146	(4)
Spinning Wheel	150	(1)
Tequila	151	(1)
Volare	152	(1)
Novelty Songs, or, Unusual, but Unusually Good	153	(26)
Aquarius	153	(2)
The Candy Man	155	(2)
Don't Sleep in the Subway	157	(1)
Hit the Road, Jack	158	(2)
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini	160	(1)
King of the Road	161	(1)
The Last Kiss	162	(3)
Let's Twist Again	165	(2)
Louie, Louie	167	(2)
Mr. Bo Jangles	169	(1)
Mr. Sandman	170	(1)
The Purple People Eater	171	(1)
Tutti Frutti	172	(2)
The Twist	174	(2)
Wake Up, Little Susie	176	(1)
Witch Doctor	177	(1)
Yakety Yak	178	(1)
Some Other Milestones and a Few Pebbles	179	(78)
Baby, I Need Your Lovin'	179	(3)
Ballad of a Teenage Queen	182	(2)
Be-Bop-A-Lula	184	(2)
Be My Baby	186	(4)
Because	190	(3)
Bye Bye Love	193	(2)
Good Morning, Starshine	195	(2)
Green Onions	197	(3)
He's a Rebel	200	(2)
The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game	202	(2)
I Almost Lost My Mind	204	(2)
I Got You, Babe	206	(3)
I Want to Be Wanted	209	(2)
It's Over	211	(2)
Kicks	213	(3)
Light My Fire	216	(3)
Memories Are Made of This	219	(2)
Monterey	221	(4)
The Name Game	225	(4)
Only You	229	(2)
That'll Be the Day	231	(3)
These Boots Are Made for Walkin'	234	(2)
Tom Dooley	236	(3)
Traveling Man	239	(4)
Turn Me Loose!	243	(4)
Under the Boardwalk	247	(3)
The Wanderer	250	(2)
You Don't Own Me	252	(2)
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	254	(3)
The Best and the Worst of Classic Rock	257	(8)
The Best Classic Rock Song	257	(1)
The Worst Famous Classic Rock Song	258	(3)
CLASSIC ROCK MEETS DISCO, AND BOTH DISAPPEAR
Disco Duck	261	(1)
Stayin' Alive	262	(3)
Title Index	265	(6)
Subject Index	271