Top 40 democracy : the rival mainstreams of American music /
American popular music history takes a new shape when the force behind the hits - radio airplay - claims centre stage. The 1950s Top 40 hits approach structured rival formats, too, by the 1970s: rhythm & blues, country, adult contemporary, and rock. This resulted in multiple mainstreams, overlap...
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Weisbard, Eric
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2014.
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