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

by Szatmary, David P.

• ISBN13: 9780131887909
• ISBN10: 0131887904
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

Exploring rock-and-roll from its roots in Mississippi Delta to the present, author Dave Szatmary connects rock music to the changing cultures in the U.S. and Great Britain. As you travel through the five decades of rock, you will learn about the pioneering efforts of African Americans in the birth of rock-and-roll; the importance of the postwar Baby Boom on Presleymania; and the connection between Civil Rights and Bob Dylan, Motown, and soul music. Find out about the impact of the Vietnam War on the shattering blues of Jimi Hendrix; the link between the Me Decade and glam and disco; the British economic depression that led to the rise of punk; how a disillusioned Generation X developed grunge and rap; the forging of nu-metal in the age of the Internet; and the role of music in recent elections that resulted in rock uniting against Bush. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiv
Chapter 1 The Blues, Rock-and-Roll, and Racism	1	(28)
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	(5)
The R&B Market	15	(1)
From R&B to Rock-and-Roll: Little Richard and Chuck Berry	16	(3)
Social Change and Rock-and-Roll	19	(3)
Racist Backlash	22	(1)
The Music Industry versus Rock-and-Roll	23	(1)
The Blanching of Rock	24	(2)
The Story of Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	26	(3)
Chapter 2 Elvis and Rockabilly	29	(25)
Rockabilly Roots	29	(2)
The Rockabilly Sound	31	(2)
Sun Records and Elvis	33	(2)
"The Killer"	35	(1)
"Blue Suede Shoes"	36	(2)
Johnny Cash	38	(1)
The Sun Rockabilly Stable	38	(2)
The Decca Challenge	40	(2)
Rockabilly Sweeps the Nation	42	(2)
The Selling of Elvis Presley	44	(4)
Reactions Against the Presley Mania	48	(3)
Elvis Goes to Hollywood	51	(3)
Chapter 3 Dick Clark, Don Kirshner, and the Teen Market	54	(16)
Lost Idols	55	(1)
The Booming Teen Market	56	(1)
Dick Clark and American Bandstand	57	(1)
Clark's Creations	58	(3)
The Payola Investigation	61	(2)
Don Kirshner Takes Charge	63	(1)
The Sounds on the Streets	64	(2)
The Girl Groups	66	(2)
The Dream	68	(2)
Chapter 4 Surfboards and Hot Rods: California, Here We Come	70	(11)
The New American Empire	70	(2)
Surfing U.S.A.	72	(1)
The Sound of the Surf	73	(2)
The Beach Boys	75	(2)
Jan and Dean	77	(2)
Drag City	79	(2)
Chapter 5 Bob Dylan and the New Frontier	81	(20)
Songs of Protest	82	(1)
The Folk Revival	83	(3)
Civil Rights in a New Frontier	86	(5)
Bob Dylan: The Music of Protest	91	(3)
Joan Baez	94	(1)
The Singer-Activists	94	(1)
Dylan's Disenchantment	95	(3)
Folk Rock	98	(3)
Chapter 6 The British Invasion of America: The Beatles	101	(20)
The Mods, the Rockers, and the Skiffle Craze	105	(2)
The Early Beatles	107	(2)
Manager Brian Epstein	109	(1)
The Toppermost of the Poppermost	110	(2)
The Beatles Invade America	112	(3)
The Mersey Beat	115	(3)
The Monkees	118	(3)
Chapter 7 The British Blues Invasion and Garage Rock	121	(14)
British Blues and the Rolling Stones	121	(2)
The Stones Turn Raunchy	123	(1)
Success	124	(3)
The Who	127	(3)
The British Blues Onslaught	130	(2)
American Garage Rock	132	(3)
Chapter 8 Motown: The Sound of Integration	135	(10)
Motown: The Early Years	135	(2)
Civil Rights in the Great Society	137	(1)
The Sound of Integration	138	(2)
The Supremes on the Assembly Line	140	(2)
The Motown Stable	142	(3)
Chapter 9 Acid Rock	145	(24)
The Beats	146	(2)
The Reemergence of the Beats: The New York Connection	148	(2)
The Haight-Ashbury Scene	150	(1)
The Hippie Culture	151	(5)
Acid Rock: The Trip Begins	156	(2)
Rock-and-Roll Revolution	158	(6)
Psychedelic London	164	(2)
The Decline and Fall of Hippiedom	166	(3)
Chapter 10 Fire from the Streets	169	(12)
Soul Music	172	(6)
Black Soul in White America	178	(3)
Chapter 11 Militant Blues on Campus	181	(20)
Campus Unrest	181	(5)
The Psychedelic Blues	186	(6)
Heavy Metal Thunder	192	(2)
The Rebirth of the Blues	194	(4)
Woodstock and the End of an Era	198	(3)
Chapter 12 Soft Sounds of the Seventies	201	(17)
Miles Ahead	202	(2)
Sweet Seventies Soul	204	(2)
Classical Rock	206	(3)
Back to the Country	209	(5)
Seventies Folk	214	(4)
Chapter 13 The Era of Excess	218	(16)
The "Me" Decade	219	(2)
Elton John	221	(1)
Heavy-metal Theater	222	(4)
Art Pop in the Arena	226	(1)
Funk from Outer Space	227	(2)
Disco	229	(2)
Corporate Rock	231	(3)
Chapter 14 Punk Rock and the New Generation	234	(25)
New York Punk	235	(5)
The Sex Pistols and British Punk	240	(4)
The British Punk Legion	244	(2)
Rock Against Racism	246	(1)
The Jamaican Connection: Reggae and Ska	247	(3)
The Independent Labels	250	(1)
Right-Wing Reaction	251	(1)
The Decline of Punk	252	(1)
Post-Punk Depression	253	(3)
The New Wave	256	(3)
Chapter 15 I Want My MTV	259	(17)
MTV and the Video Age	259	(1)
The New Romantics	260	(2)
MTV Goes Electro-Pop	262	(4)
MTV and Michaelmania	266	(2)
The Jackson Legacy	268	(3)
Pop Goes the Metal	271	(5)
Chapter 16 The Promise of Rock-and-Roll	276	(15)
The Boss	277	(4)
The Benefits	281	(2)
Children of the Sixties	283	(2)
Classic Rock and the Compact Disc	285	(3)
Country Boomers	288	(3)
Chapter 17 The Generation X Blues	291	(23)
The Hardcore Generation	293	(7)
Thrash Metal	300	(4)
The Industrial Revolution	304	(1)
Grunge	305	(9)
Chapter 18 The Rave Revolution and Britpop	314	(13)
House and Techno	315	(1)
A Rave New World	316	(4)
The Dark Side of the Jungle	320	(2)
Armchair Techno	322	(1)
BritPop	323	(4)
Chapter 19 The Many Faces of Hip-Hop	327	(24)
The Old School	329	(3)
The Second Wave	332	(1)
Gangsta	333	(2)
Young, Gifted, and Black	335	(3)
Techno Hop	338	(2)
Trip-Hop	340	(2)
The Return of Shaft	342	(3)
Hip-Hop Pop	345	(3)
Spice World	348	(3)
Chapter 20 Metal Gumbo: Rockin' in the Twenty-first Century	351	(16)
Nu-Metal Pioneers	352	(1)
The Rap-Rock Explosion	353	(5)
Nu-Metal Anthems	358	(5)
The Rock Industry in the Age of the Internet	363	(4)
Chapter 21 Music, Politics, and Rock Against Bush	367	(16)
Music, Politics, and Social Activism	367	(3)
Celebrity Politics	370	(3)
Rock Against Bush	373	(10)
Bibliography	383	(24)
Index	407