Are You Dancing? : Showbands, Popular Music, and Memory in Modern Ireland / Rebecca S. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Rebecca Susan, 1959- author.

Series:

Irish culture, memory, and place.

Irish Culture, Memory, Place Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2025]

Summary:

From the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, showbands were all the rage among Ireland's dancing audiences.Performing covers of rock 'n' roll and pop hits from American and British weekly Top 10 charts, they riveted their fans, dismayed many parish priests, and offered Irish youth a taste of modernism and pop culture from outside of Ireland.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction Remembering the Showbands, Documenting Popular Music

2. "The Archbishop's Quadrille" The Church, the State, Dance Bands, and Céilís, 1925 to 1955

3. Origins "The Band That Does the Show"

4. "Traveling Jukeboxes" Imitation, Translation, and Irishness

5. "Blarney Sounds" Making and Marketing the Showband Industry

6. Builders, Promoters, Managers, and Priests Profiles of Showband Entrepreneurs

7. "Aching the Notes" and Challenging the Industry Negotiating Gender on the Showband Stage

8. Hucklebucking across the Waters Irish Showbands in Diaspora

9. The End of the Showband Era

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253072375

0253072379

OCLC:

1503841401