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Breaking records : 100 years of hits / William Ruhlmann.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruhlmann, William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sound recording industry--United States--History.
- Sound recording industry.
- Popular music--United States--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2004.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- The 1900s : the birth of the recording industry
- The 1910s : stage, sheet music, and disc : a new synergy
- The 1920s : the jazz age
- The 1930s : brother, can you spare a dime?
- The 1940s : war at home, war abroad
- The 1950s : all shook up
- The 1960s : the rock invasion
- The 1970s : the balkanization of popular music
- The 1980s : the rise of the music video star
- The 1990s : the digital revolution begins.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415943051
- OCLC:
- 52887023
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