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Stairway to Paradise : Jews, Blacks, and the American Music Revolution / Ari Katorza.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Katorza, Ari, author.
Contributor:
Walter de Gruyter & Co.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Popular music--United States--Jewish influences.
Popular music.
Popular music--United States--African American influences.
Music trade--United States--History.
Music trade.
Jews--United States--Music--History and criticism.
Jews.
History.
United States.
African Americans--Music--History and criticism.
African Americans.
African Americans--Music.
Genre:
Music.
Dictionaries.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (VI, 273 pages)
polychrome
Place of Publication:
München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2021]
Resling, [2021]
Language Note:
In English.
System Details:
text file PDF
Contents:
Frontmatter
Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1: Jokerman - The Black Mask of Al Jolson
Chapter 2: Somewhere over the Rainbow - Jewish Immigration to America and the Struggle for Popular Culture
Chapter 3: I Used to Be Color-Blind - Irving Berlin, the Ragtime Riot and the Jewish Network in Tin Pan Alley
Chapter 4: Someone to Watch Over Me - Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and the Jazz Journey in the Musical Comedy
Chapter 5: It Don't Mean a Thing If you Ain't Got That Swing - Duke Ellington and Irving Mills' Fantasy
Chapter 6: Heaven With You - Jews, The Record Industry and Rock 'n' Roll
Chapter 7: Stand By Me - The Black-Jewish Political Alliance and the Decline of the WASP
Chapter 8: That is Rock 'n Roll! Leiber and Stoller, the White Negro and the Enlargement of America
Chapter 9: Will You Love Me Tomorrow? Carole King, Black Lolitas and the Brill Building's hit factories
Chapter 10: River Deep - Mountain High: Phil Spector, Burt Bacharach and the Ghost on the Second Floor of the Bus
Chapter 11: The Sounds of Silence - Folk, the Blues and the Spirit of Capitalism Between Grossman, Bloomfield and Zimmerman
Chapter 12: Walk On the Wild Side - Jews, Gangsters, and Rock 'n' Roll
Chapter 13: Hard Rain Is Gonna Fall - Popular Music, Hegemonic Rifts, and New American Culture
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Author information
Notes:
Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021).
Other Format:
Print version:
ISBN:
9783110723168
3110723166
Publisher Number:
40030749244
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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