History of Popular Music; From Edison to the 21st Century

by Frank W. Hoffmann

A succinct survey of Western popular music since the advent of sound recordings. Exhaustive in its coverage of musical genres and styles, including chapters on jazz, the blues, country & western, the Tin Pan Alley pop tradition, R&B, 1950s rock 'n' roll (and countless offshoots such as rockabilly, doo-wop, novelty songs, instrumentals, girl groups, teen idols, et al.), the British Invasion, the American Renaissance (most notably, soul, the California...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1507631286
• ISBN13: 9781507631287
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 548 Pages
• Weight: 3.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 1.2" x 8.5"