The Ballad in American Popular Music: From Elvis to Beyonce
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While ballads have been a cornerstone of popular music for decades, this is the first book to...
Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music
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In this sweeping history of popular music in the United States, NPR's acclaimed music critic...
Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture
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Disco is the music that America tried to forget. By the end of the 1970s "Saturday Night Fever"...
The Latin Tinge: The Impact of Latin American Music on the United States
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The Tejano superstar Selena and the tango revival both in the dance clubs and on Broadway are only...
Dance Me a Song: Astaire, Balanchine, Kelly and the American Film Musical
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Dance Me a Song traces the history of famous Hollywood collaborations as the palimpsest of dance,...