Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop

Bob Stanley's "Yeah Yeah Yeah" is the first book to look back at the entire modern pop era: what we gained, what we lost and the foundations we laid for future generations. It covers the birth of rock, soul, punk, disco, hip hop, indie, house, techno and R&B -from "Rock Around the Clock" to "Crazy in Love"- not to mention the rise and fall of the home stereo, TV chart shows, the weekly music press and "this week's hightest new entry".

"Yeah Yeah Yeah" will remind you why you fell in love with pop music in the first place.

"London has the A-Z, and pop now has 'Yeah Yeah Yeah'" (Caitlin Moran)

"A good old romp through the late twentieth century greatest art form, and an ideal book to read on Christmas Day so you don't have to talk to anyone" (Jeremy Deller)

CONTENIDO:

Introduction
Prologue

Part One
1. Feet Up: The First British Hit Parade
2. Flip, Flop and Fly: Bill Haley and Jump Blues
3. A Mess of Blues: Elvis Presley
4. Put Your Cat Clothes On: Sun Records and Rockabilly
5. Teenage Wildlife: Rock 'n' Roll
6. Fifteen Miles from Middlesbrough: Skiffle
7. Rock with the Cavemen: British Rock 'n' Roll
8. Whispering Bells: Doo Wop
9. 1960: It Will Stand
10. Walk with Me in Paradise Garden: Phil Spector and Joe Meek
11. The Trouble with Boys: The Brill Building and Girl Groups

Part Two
12. Act Naturally: The Beatles
13. Needles and Pins: The Beat Boom
14. Who's Driving Your Plane? The Rolling Stones
15. This Is My Prayer: The Birth of Soul
16. The Rake's Progress: Bob Dylan
17. America Strikes Back: The Byrds and Folk Rock
18. Up the Ladder to the Roof: Tamla Motown
19. 1966: The London Look
20. Endless Summer: The Beach Boys
21. The Golden Road: San Francisco and Psychedelia
22. Pop Gets Sophisticated: Soft Rock
23. Crying in the Streets: Deep Soul
24. I Can't Sing, I Ain't Pretty and My Legs Are Thin: Hard Rock
25. Bubblegum Is the Naked Truth: The Monkees

Part Three
26. 1970: Everything's Gone Grey
27. An English Pastoral: British Folk Rock
28. Freddie's Dead: Electrified Soul
29. State of Independence: Jamaica
30. It Came from the Suburbs: Marc Bolan and David Bowie
31. Deluxe and Delightful: Glam
32. The Sound of Philadelphia: Soft Soul
33. Progressive Rock (and Simpler Pleasures)
34. Young Love: Weenyboppers and Boy Bands
35. See That Girl: Abba
36. Beyond the Blue Horizon: Country and Western
37. Before and After the Gold Rush: Laurel Canyon
38. 1975: Storm Warning

Part Four
39. Courage, Audacity and Revolt: The Sex Pistols
40. Cranked Up Really High: Punk Rock
41. Pleasantly Antagonistic: New Wave
42. Supernature: Disco
43. Islands in the Stream: The Bee Gees
44. Routine Is the Enemy of Music: Post-punk
45. Back to the Future: Two Tone and Mod
46. A Shark in Jet's Clothing: America after Punk
47. This Is Tomorrow: Kraftwerk and Electropop
48. Adventures on the Wheels of Steel: Early Rap
49. Here Comes That Feeling: New Pop
50. American Rock (Ooh Yeah)
51. Just a King in Mirrors: Michael Jackson
52. Highs in the Mid-Eighties: Prince and Madonna
53. Some Kind of Monster: Metal
54. Poised over the Pause Button: The Smiths and the Birth of Indie
55. 1985: What the Fuck Is Going On?
56. We Were Never Being Boring: Pet Shop Boys and New Order

Part Five
57. Chicago and Detroit: House and Techno
58. Smiley Culture: Acid House and Manchester
59. 1991: Time for the Mu Mu
60. All Eyez on Me: Hip Hop
61. Bassline Changed My Life: Dance Music
62. This Is How You Disappear: Bristol, Shoegazing and a New Psychedelia
63. As a Defence, I'm Neutered and Spayed: Grunge
64. Ever Decreasing Circles: Blur, Suede and Britpop
65. A Vision of Love: R&B

Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Sources
Selected Bibliography
Index