Starr, Larry. <br/><br/>
American popular music :  from minstrelsy to MP3 / 
Larry Starr, Christopher Waterman. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  2007. 
 - xii, 515 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  24 cm. +  2 sound discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 480-481) and index. 
<br/><br/>Themes and streams of American popular music -- "After the ball" : popular music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- "Catching as the small-pox" : social dance and jazz, 1917-1935 -- "I got rhythm" : the golden age of Tin Pan Alley song -- "St. Louis blues" : race records and hillbilly music -- "In the mood" : the swing era, 1935-1945 -- "Choo choo ch' boogie" : the postwar era, 1946-1954 -- "Rock around the clock" : rock 'n' roll, 1954-1959 -- "Good vibrations" : American pop and the British invasion, 1960s -- "Blowin' in the wind" : country, soul, urban folk, and the rise of rock, 1960s -- The 1970s : rock music, disco, and the popular mainstream -- Outsiders' music : progressive country, reggae, punk, funk, and rap, 1970s -- The 1980s : digital technology, MTV, and the popular mainstream -- "Smells like teen spirit" : hip-hop, "alternative" music, and the entertainment business -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>019530053X (pbk.) 9780195300536 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006048475 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Popular music--History and criticism.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3477  / .S73 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>781.640973