How the Beatles destroyed rock 'n' roll an alternative history of American popular music / Elijah Wald.

Author/creator Wald, Elijah
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionx, 323 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Variant title How the Beatles destroyed rock and roll
Contents Amateurs and executants -- The ragtime life -- Everybody's doin' it -- Alexander's got a jazz band now -- Cake eaters and hooch drinkers -- The king of jazz -- The record, the song, and the radio -- Sons of Whiteman -- Swing that music -- Technology and its discontents -- Walking floors and jumpin' jive -- Selling the American ballad -- Rock the joint -- Big records for adults -- Teen idyll -- Twisting girls change the world -- Say you want a revolution -- Epilogue: the rock blot and the disco diagram.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-289) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008042265
ISBN9780195341546 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0195341546 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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