Rockin' in Time : A Social History of Rock and Roll

by Szatmary, David P.

• ISBN13: 9780130226365
• ISBN10: 013022636X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This well-organized, visually interesting book offers an in-depth examination of the social history of rock-and-roll. "Rockin' in Time" emphasizes several main themes, including the importance of African-American culture in the origins and development of rock music. Tracing rock from its inception-from American blues to the present-this book shows how rock-and-roll has reflected and sometimes changed American and British culture for the last fifty years. Topics covered in this comprehensive history are: the blues and racism; Elvis Presley and rockabilly; Dick Clark and Don Kirshner; the California sound; Bob Dylan; the British invasion; Motown; acid rock; campus unrest and militant blues; the 1970s; punk rock; MTV; Generation X; the rave revolution; hip hop; and nu-metal. An excellent reference work for rock fans, music industry employees, those employed by radio stations, and those in music and performer-related marketing.

Author Biography

David P. Szatmary worked in the music industry and taught the history of rock-and-roll at several universities after earning his Ph.D. in American History at Rutgers University. He currently works as an Acting Vice Provost at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
The Blues, Rock-and-Roll, and Racism	1	(27)
The Birth of the Blues	2	(1)
From the Rural South to the Urban North	3	(3)
Muddy Waters and Chicago R & B	6	(2)
The Wolf	8	(1)
Other Chess Discoveries	9	(1)
The Independent Sweepstakes	10	(4)
The R & B Market	14	(2)
From R & B to Rock-and-Roll: Little Richard and Chuck Berry	16	(3)
Social Change and Rock-and-Roll	19	(2)
Racist Backlash	21	(1)
The Music Industry versus Rock-and-Roll	22	(1)
The Blanching of Rock	23	(2)
The Story of Arthur ``Big Boy'' Crudup	25	(3)
Elvis and Rockabilly	28	(24)
Rockabilly Roots	28	(2)
The Rockabilly Sound	30	(1)
Sun Records and Elvis	31	(3)
``The Killer''	34	(1)
``Blue Suede Shoes''	34	(2)
Johnny Cash	36	(1)
The Sun Rockabilly Stable	37	(1)
The Decca Challenge	38	(3)
Rockabilly Sweeps the Nation	41	(2)
The Selling of Elvis Presley	43	(4)
Reactions Against the Presley Mania	47	(2)
Elvis Goes to Hollywood	49	(3)
Dick Clark, Don Kirshner, and the Teen Market	52	(15)
Lost Idols	52	(2)
The Booming Teen Market	54	(1)
Dick Clark and American Bandstand	54	(2)
Clark's Creations	56	(2)
The Payola Investigation	58	(2)
Don Kirshner Takes Charge	60	(2)
The Sounds on the Streets	62	(1)
The Girl Groups	63	(2)
The Dream	65	(2)
Surfboards and Hot Rods: California, Here We Come	67	(10)
The New American Empire	67	(1)
Surfing U.S.A.	68	(1)
The Sound of the Surf	69	(1)
The Beach Boys	70	(3)
Jan and Dean	73	(1)
Drag City	74	(3)
Bob Dylan and the New Frontier	77	(20)
Songs of Protest	78	(1)
The Folk Revival	79	(3)
Civil Rights on a New Frontier	82	(5)
Bob Dylan: The Music of Protest	87	(3)
Joan Baez	90	(1)
The Singer-Activists	90	(1)
Dylan's Disenchantment	91	(3)
Folk Rock	94	(3)
The British Invasion of America	97	(29)
The Mods, the Rockers, and the Skiffle Craze	100	(3)
The Early Beatles	103	(2)
Manager Brian Epstein	105	(1)
The Toppermost of the Poppermost	105	(2)
The Beatles Invade America	107	(4)
The Mersey Beat	111	(3)
The Monkees	114	(1)
The British Blues Invasion and the Rolling Stones	115	(2)
The Stones Turn Raunchy	117	(1)
Success	118	(2)
The Who	120	(3)
The Blues Onslaught	123	(3)
Motown: The Sound of Integration	126	(10)
Motown: The Early Years	126	(2)
Civil Rights in the Great Society	128	(1)
The Sound of Integration	129	(2)
The Supremes on the Assembly Line	131	(2)
The Motown Stable	133	(3)
Acid Rock	136	(22)
The Beats	137	(2)
The Reemergence of the Beats: The New York Connection	139	(2)
The Haight-Ashbury Scene	141	(1)
The Hippie Culture	142	(5)
Acid Rock: The Trip Begins	147	(3)
Rock-and-Roll Revolution	150	(5)
The Decline and Fall of Hippiedom	155	(3)
Fire From the Streets	158	(12)
Soul Music	161	(6)
Black Soul in White America	167	(3)
Militant Blues on Campus	170	(20)
Campus Unrest	170	(5)
The Psychedelic Blues	175	(7)
Heavy Metal	182	(1)
The Rebirth of the Blues	183	(3)
Woodstock and the End of an Era	186	(4)
Soft Sounds of the Seventies	190	(15)
Miles Ahead	191	(1)
Sweet Seventies Soul	192	(3)
Classical Rock	195	(3)
Back to the Country	198	(3)
Seventies Folk	201	(4)
The Era of Excess	205	(15)
The ``Me'' Decade	206	(2)
Elton John	208	(1)
Heavy Metal Theater	208	(5)
Funk From Outer Space	213	(2)
Disco	215	(3)
Corporate Rock	218	(2)
Punk Rock and the New Generation	220	(23)
New York Punk	220	(6)
The Sex Pistols and British Punk	226	(4)
Rock Against Racism	230	(1)
The Jamaican Connection: Reggae and Ska	231	(2)
The Independent Labels	233	(2)
Right-Wing Reaction	235	(1)
The Decline of Punk	235	(2)
The Post-Punk Depression	237	(3)
The New Wave	240	(3)
I Want My MTV	243	(16)
MTV and the Video Age	243	(1)
The New Romantics	244	(3)
MTV Goes Electro-Pop	247	(3)
MTV and Michaelmania	250	(2)
The Jackson Legacy	252	(3)
Pop Goes the Metal	255	(4)
The Promise of Rock-and-Roll	259	(13)
The Boss	260	(4)
The Benefits	264	(1)
Children of the Sixties	265	(2)
Classic Rock and the Compact Disc	267	(3)
Country Boomers	270	(2)
The Generation X Blues	272	(17)
The Hardcore Generation	274	(3)
Thrash Metal	277	(5)
The Industrial Revolution	282	(2)
Grunge	284	(5)
The Rave Revolution	289	(11)
House and Techno	289	(2)
A Rave New World	291	(4)
The Dark Side of the Jungle	295	(2)
Armchair Techno	297	(3)
The Many Faces of Hip Hop	300	(21)
The Old School	302	(3)
The Second Wave	305	(1)
Gangsta	306	(1)
Young, Gifted and Black	307	(3)
The United Front: The Rap and Rock Alliance	310	(1)
Techno Hop	311	(1)
Trip-Hop	312	(3)
Hip-Hop Pop	315	(3)
Spice World	318	(3)
Bibliography	321	(18)
Index	339