Mods, rockers, and the music of the British invasion
Musical floodgates were opened after the Beatles' first appearance on ÎThe Ed Sullivan ShowR̂ on February 9, 1964. Suddenly, the U.S. record charts, radio, and television were overrun with British rock and pop musicians. Although this British Invasion was the first exposure many Americans had...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger Publishers
c2009.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31452048*spi |
| Sumario: | Musical floodgates were opened after the Beatles' first appearance on ÎThe Ed Sullivan ShowR̂ on February 9, 1964. Suddenly, the U.S. record charts, radio, and television were overrun with British rock and pop musicians. Although this British Invasion was the first exposure many Americans had to popular music from the United Kingdom, British pop -- and more specifically British rock and roll -- had been developing since the middle of the 1950s. Author James Perone here chronicles the development of British rock, from the 1950s imitators of Elvis Presley and other American rockabilly artists, |
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| Descripción Física: | viii, 214 p. : il |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [181]-185), discography(p. [187]-201), e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9780275998615 9780275998608 |
