Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone - 125 Years of Pop Music

by Peter Doggett

Book Overview

Ambitious and groundbreaking, Electric Shock tells the story of popular music, from the birth of recording in the 1890s to the digital age, from the first pop superstars of the twentieth century to the omnipresence of music in our lives, in hit singles, ringtones and on Spotify.

Over that time, popular music has transformed the world in which we live. Its rhythms have influenced how we walk down the street, how we face ourselves in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099575191
• ISBN13: 9780099575191
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"