Rock and Roll : It's History and Stylistic Development

by Stuessy, Joe; Lipscomb, Scott D.

• ISBN13: 9780131930988
• ISBN10: 0131930982
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

For courses in Rock (or Pop) Music for the (non-music) major; also for American Popular Music/Culture courses. Specifically geared to the non-music major, this text covers the history of rock music from its roots to its most recent trends, with the emphasis on rock as a musical style. It deals with each musical parameter (rhythm, harmony, melody, form, texture) as it applies to rock music, and provides thorough historical detail and social context for the various rock styles presented.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	x
Introduction	1	(5)
Why Study Rock?	1	(1)
Why This Book?	2	(2)
Before We Begin: A Liberal View of Rock History	4	(2)
The Roots of Rock	6	(25)
Overview: The Early Fifties	6	(2)
Pop Music	8	(3)
Musical Close-Up: The Elements of Music	11	(7)
Country and Western	18	(2)
Musical Close-Up: Instrumentation in Rock and Roll	20	(6)
Rhythm and Blues	26	(1)
Musical Close-Up: The Twelve-Bar Blues	27	(4)
The Emergence of Rock and Roll	31	(14)
Overview: Crossovers and Covers	31	(2)
Bill Haley and the Comets	33	(1)
Elvis Presley	34	(7)
Musical Close-Up: Rhythm in Early Rock and Roll	41	(4)
Rock and Roll: Fifties Style	45	(35)
Overview: Three Basic Trends Emerge	45	(8)
Little Richard	53	(4)
Fats Domino	57	(1)
Chuck Berry	58	(2)
Jerry Lee Lewis	60	(3)
Buddy Holly	63	(3)
Others in the 1950s	66	(6)
The Industry	72	(3)
Musical Close-Up: Is Soft Rock Really Rock?	75	(5)
Transition: The Early 1960s	80	(18)
Overview: The Fragmentation of the Market	80	(3)
The Beginnings of the Folk Music Trend	83	(5)
Surfing Music	88	(4)
The Dance Craze	92	(2)
Musical Close-Up: Musical Texture and the Beach Boys	94	(4)
The Beatles	98	(48)
Overview: Revolution within a Revolution	98	(2)
The Early Beatles	100	(8)
Beatlemania---American Style	108	(3)
The Middle Period: Experimentation	111	(7)
The Later Beatles: Revolution	118	(15)
Musical Close-Up: The Technical Side of the Beatles' Music	133	(13)
The British Invasion	146	(29)
Overview: The British Are Coming!	146	(2)
The Rolling Stones	148	(16)
All the Others	164	(4)
Musical Close-Up: The Musical Style of the Rolling Stones	168	(7)
Folk Music and Folk Rock	175	(20)
Overview: The Youth Generation of the 1960s	175	(2)
Bob Dylan	177	(5)
The Byrds	182	(2)
The Mamas and the Papas	184	(2)
Simon and Garfunkel	186	(2)
Other Folk Rockers	188	(3)
Musical Close-Up: The Song Style of Bob Dylan	191	(4)
Soul and Motown	195	(27)
Overview: Soul Music: Its Definition and History	195	(3)
Atlantic and Stax	198	(3)
Aretha Franklin	201	(2)
James Brown	203	(5)
Motown	208	(8)
Diana Ross and the Supremes	216	(2)
Musical Close-Up: Melody and the Soul Singer	218	(4)
San Francisco	222	(20)
Overview: America Counters the British Invasion	222	(3)
The Jefferson Airplane	225	(2)
The Grateful Dead	227	(3)
Janis Joplin	230	(2)
Other San Francisco Groups	232	(1)
Acid Rock Outside San Francisco	233	(5)
Musical Close-Up: The Art of Improvisation	238	(4)
Jazz Rock	242	(16)
Overview: A Tale of Sibling Rivalry and Its Resolution	242	(2)
Blood, Sweat, and Tears	244	(4)
Chicago	248	(3)
Other Jazz Rock Groups	251	(1)
Musical Close-Up: An Analysis of ``Symphony for the Devil/Sympathy for the Devil'' (Blood, Sweat, and Tears)	252	(6)
Art Rock	258	(26)
Overview: Rock as a ``Legitimate'' Musical Vocabulary	258	(2)
Rock with Orchestra	260	(2)
Rock Operas and Theatrical Works	262	(6)
Nontheatrical Art Rock by Unaccompanied Rock Groups	268	(9)
Musical Close-Up: An Analysis of ``Karn Evil 9'' by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer	277	(7)
Mainstream Rock	284	(27)
Overview: The Decade of Nondirection	284	(3)
Mainstream Trends of the 1970s	287	(11)
Mainstream Rock in the Eighties	298	(5)
Mainstream Rock Beyond the Eighties	303	(3)
Musical Close-Up: A Look at Rock Lyrics	306	(5)
The Continuing Fragmentation of Rock	311	(47)
Overview: Substyles of the 1960s Evolve into the 1970s and Beyond	311	(1)
Art Rock Evolves into Progressive Rock	312	(4)
Jazz Rock Evolves into Fusion	316	(5)
The Singer-Songwriters of the 1970s	321	(8)
Country Rock and Progressive Country	329	(10)
The ``Jam Band'' Phenomenon	339	(6)
Soft Rock Continues to Evolve	345	(5)
Musical Close-Up: Country or Rock?	350	(8)
Heavy Metal	358	(20)
Overview: ``We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore''	358	(1)
British Heavy Metal Evolves	359	(4)
American Heavy Metal	363	(4)
Heavy Metal Continues	367	(8)
Musical Close-Up: Meter in Heavy Metal and Alternative Rock	375	(3)
Dance Music	378	(28)
Overview: The Selling of Rock---Changes in the 1980s and 1990s	378	(6)
The Return of Dance Music	384	(1)
Disco	385	(3)
Motown Keeps Dancing	388	(4)
Other Music for Dancing	392	(3)
Dancing through the 1990s and Beyond	395	(4)
The Latin Invasion	399	(4)
Musical Close-Up: The Anatomy of Disco	403	(3)
Rap and Hip-Hop	406	(21)
Overview: Technology, the Internet, and the Music Industry	406	(4)
Rap's Beginnings	410	(5)
Rap Comes of Age	415	(4)
Other Rappers	419	(2)
New Jack Swing	421	(2)
Musical Close-Up: Expressive Musical Performance---Rhythmic Delivery of Rap	423	(4)
Alternative Styles	427	(36)
Overview: Boomers and Post-Boomers	427	(3)
Alternative Rock: The Problem of Definitions	430	(2)
The Beginnings of Alternative Rock: The 1970s	432	(2)
Punk Movements: A Return to the Basics	434	(7)
Alternative Styles	441	(1)
Punk II: Post-Punk Hardcore	442	(8)
Indie Rock	450	(1)
Punk III: Neo-Punk Propels Rock into the New Millennium	451	(2)
Prog Rock	453	(3)
Musical Close-up: Alternative Views of Alternative Rock	456	(7)
An Overview and an Editorial	463	(14)
Overview: Eight Basic Statements	463	(8)
Editorial	471	(2)
Can It Get Better?	473	(2)
Where To Now?	475	(2)
DISCOGRAPHY	477	(9)
A Basic Recorded Library of Rock and Roll	477	(1)
Selected Discography	478	(6)
Anthologies	484	(2)
Bibliography	486	(7)
Index	493