Popular Music in America: The Beat Goes On

Contents

• 1. Points of Entry
• 2. The Beginnings of American Popular Music.
• 3. The Emergence of Black Music.
• 4. Popular Song in the Modern Era.
• 5. The Swing Era.
• 6. In from the Outskirts: Blues and Black Gospel 1925- 1950.
• 7. In from the Outskirts: Country and Folk Music 1925- 1950.
• 8. Latin Music in the United States: 1900s-1950s.
• 9. Popular Music Matures: Musical Theater, Modern Jazz, and Song Interpretation.
• 10. Rock and Roll.
• 11. The Rock Revolution.
• 12. Latin Music 1950 to the Present.
• 13. Rock and R&B in the Early 1970s.
• 14. New Trends of the Late 1970s.
• 15. Country Music in the Rock Era.
• 16. Electronica and Rap.
• 17. Beyond Rock: the 1980s.
• 18. Alternatives.
• 19. A World of Music.
• 20. Popular Music in the Twenty-first Century.