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Let's Do It : The Birth of Pop
The Birth of Pop - Book - by Bob Stanley
(2022)
The
prequel to Bob Stanley's universally acclaimed Yeah Yeah Yeah, Let's Do
It is the only book that brings together all genres to tell the
definitive story of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties.
Pop
music didn't begin with the Beatles in 1963, or with Elvis in 1956, or
even with the first seven-inch singles in 1949. There was a pre-history
that went back to the first recorded music, right back to the turn of
the century . .
.
Who were the earliest record stars, and were they in any meaningful way
'pop stars'? Who were the likes of George Gershwin writing songs for?
Why did swing, the hit sound for a decade or more, become almost
invisible after the Second World War?The prequel to Bob Stanley's Yeah
Yeah Yeah, Let's Do It is the first book to tell the definitive story of
the birth of pop, from the invention of the 78 rpm record at the end of
the nineteenth century to the beginnings of rock and the modern pop
age. Taking in superstars such as Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Duke
Ellington and Frank Sinatra alongside the unheralded songwriters and
arrangers behind some of our most enduring songs, Stanley paints an
aural portrait of pop music's formative years in stunning clarity,
uncovering the silver threads and golden needles that bind the form
together.
Bringing
the eclectic, evolving world of early pop to life - from ragtime, blues
and jazz to Broadway, country, crooning and beyond - Let's Do It is
essential reading for all music lovers.
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