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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: the Mods versus the Rockers
- Skiffle and 1950s British rockers
- 1960-1963: from the rocker aesthetic to the mod aesthetic
- The Beatles and Merseybeat: balancing the sides
- A different sort of balance: the Dave Clark Five
- The Who and the Kinks: mod to the core
- The blues and R & B bands
- The Rolling Stones: it all starts with the blues
- And that's not all: other British invasion artists
- Impact on America and conclusions.
