Country: A Regional Exploration

by Ivan M. Tribe

Book Overview

Over its eighty-year history, country music has evolved from little-known local talents to multimillion-dollar superstar musicians. In the 1920s, the first country music was broadcast from WSB radio in Atlanta and WBAP in Fort Worth, and the first records were recorded for Victor. In the 1930s, the first singing cowboys, among them Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, became film stars. After the war years, recordings boomed, and the Country Music Association...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313330263
• ISBN13: 9780313330261
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 10.3"