A NEW AND CONCISE HISTORY OF ROCK AND R&B THROUGH THE EARLY 1990s
Wesleyan University Press
Middletown, CT 06459
© 2020 Eric Charry
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
Designed by Mindy Basinger Hill
Typeset in 11/15pt Garamond Premier Pro
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Charry, Eric S., author.
Title: A new and concise history of rock and R&B through the early 1990s / Eric Charry.
Description: [First.] | Middletown : Wesleyan University Press, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “This book about rock and R&B lays out key theoretical issues, covers the technical foundations of the music industry, and provides a capsule history of who did what when, with particular emphasis on the rapid emergence of distinct genres”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019053822 (print) | LCCN 2019053823 (ebook) | ISBN 9780819578952 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780819578969 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Rock music—History and criticism. | Rhythm and blues music—History and criticism.
Classification: LCC ML3534 .C454 2020 (print) | LCC ML3534 (ebook) | DDC 781.6409—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019053822
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019053823
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CONTENTS
1 Music Industry, Media, and Technology 3
Magazines, Charts, and Industry Awards 14
3 1954–1959: Early Rock and Roll 41
Northern Band Rock and Roll 50
Independent Producers, the Brill Building, and Teen Idols 63
