Ready for a Brand New Beat: How "Dancing in the Street" Became the Anthem for a Changing America

by Mark Kurlansky

Book Overview

Can a song change a nation? In 1964, Marvin Gaye, record producer William Mickey Stevenson, and Motown songwriter Ivy Jo Hunter wrote Dancing in the Street. The song was recorded at Motown's Hitsville... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594487227
• ISBN13: 9781594487224
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher