William Ruhlmann

Breaking Records (eBook, ePUB)

100 Years of Hits

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

New technologies are rapidly changing the way music is recorded, sold, and enjoyed. Although these challenges appear to be unprecedented, Breaking Records offers a look back at the last 100 years that reveals that the recording industry has always initially feared--but eventually profited from--rapid shifts in the way music is recorded, distributed, and performed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135947187
• Artikelnr.: 47893249

Autorenporträt

William Ruhlmann is a well-known writer on American popular music, and a regular contributor to several journals and trade magazines devoted to pop music history and culture. He was a consulting editor to Baker'sBiographical Dictionary of Musicians, Centennial Edition, and has authored several books on popular music performers, including Barbra Streisand and Chicago. He resides in New York City.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 The 1900s
The Birth of the Recording Industry Chapter 2 The 1910s
Stage
Sheet Music
and Disc: A New Synergy Chapter 3 The 1920s
The Jazz Age Chapter 4
The 1930s Brother
Can You Spare a Dime? Chapter 5 War at Home
War Abroad Chapter 6 The 1950s
All Shook Up Chapter 7 The 1960s
The Rock Invation Chapter 8 The 1970s
The Balkanization of Popular Music Chapter 9 The 1980s
The Rise of the Music Video Star Chapter 10 The 1990s
The Digital Revolution Begins