Read more
Growing in tandem with each other, pop music and the business of creating and distributing it have a relationship that sits at the cornerstone of modern cultural history. This book not only charts the music that we all know and love but also reveals our active participation in its development throughout generations.
List of contents
Chapter One: The Dawn of Pop
Chapter Two: Pop In the Alley
Chapter Three: Booze, Airwaves and Celluloid Spark the Biz
Chapter Four: The Road to Rock and Roll
Chapter Five: Screaming for Elvis and the Beatles
Chapter Six: A Golden Age of Pop Hits
Chapter Seven: Disco Fever and Music Video Fervor
Chapter Eight: The Boom of Streaming
Chapter Nine: The Rise of Hip Hop and Rap
Chapter Ten: A New Age of Pop Star
Chapter Eleven: A Hierarchy of Popular Songs
Chapter Twelve: Pop Goes the Future
Appendix A: 100 Years of Hit Songs: A Select List
Appendix B: Rock and Roll Labels of the 1950s, '60s and '70s and Some of Their Major Artists
About the author
Harvey Rachlin runs the Music Business and Music Internship program at Manhattanville College. Rachlin is the author of 13 books including The Songwriter’s Handbook and The Encyclopedia of the Music Business. The latter title won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for excellence in music journalism, was named Outstanding Music Reference Book of the Year by the American Library Association, and was recommended by composer Henry Mancini on the 1984 internationally-televised Grammy Awards. His music books have been praised by Elton John, Aaron Copland, Johnny Mathis, Pat Boone, and the Academy Award-winning songwriters Burt Bacharach, Sammy Cahn, Marvin Hamlisch, Henry Mancini, Richard Rodgers, and Jule Styne. He lives in Purchase, New York.
