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Top 40 democracy : the rival mainstreams of American music /
American popular music history takes a new shape when the force behind the hits - radio airplay - claims centre stage. The 1950s Top 40 hits approach structured rival formats, too, by the 1970s: rhythm & blues, country, adult contemporary, and rock. This resulted in multiple mainstreams, overlap...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | American popular music history takes a new shape when the force behind the hits - radio airplay - claims centre stage. The 1950s Top 40 hits approach structured rival formats, too, by the 1970s: rhythm & blues, country, adult contemporary, and rock. This resulted in multiple mainstreams, overlapping centres that explain why pop multiplicity, not rock monoculture, won out by the 1990s. An introduction explores how formats are different from genres, which turn on musical ideals. Five case studies then examine particular formats through artists, record labels, and radio stations. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226194370 022619437X |