
Yeah Yeah Yeah : The Story Of Modern Pop
Bob Stanley
Yeah Yeah Yeah is a landmark and addictive work that audaciously charts the entire story of pop music. Unlike other books, it comprehensively covers the genre's history, spanning from the advent of the music charts in the 1950s to the digital...
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Opening Credits
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Foreword
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Introduction
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Prologue
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Feet Up: The First British Hit Parade
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Flip, Flop and Fly: Bill Haley and Jump Blues
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A Mess of Blues: Elvis Presley
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Put Your Cat Clothes On: Sun Records and Rockabilly
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Teenage Wildlife: Rock ’n’ Roll
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Fifteen Miles from Middlesbrough: Skiffle
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Rock with the Cavemen: British Rock ’n’ Roll
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Whispering Bells: Doo Wop
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1960: It Will Stand
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Walk with Me in Paradise Garden: Phil Spector and Joe Meek
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The Trouble with Boys: The Brill Building and Girl Groups
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Act Naturally: The Beatles
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Needles and Pins: The Beat Boom
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Who’s Driving Your Plane? The Rolling Stones
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This Is My Prayer: The Birth of Soul
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The Rake’s Progress: Bob Dylan
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America Strikes Back: The Byrds and Folk Rock
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Up the Ladder to the Roof: Tamla Motown
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1966: The London Look
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Chapter 23
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The Golden Road: San Francisco and Psychedelia
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Pop Gets Sophisticated: Soft Rock
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Crying in the Streets: Deep Soul
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I Can’t Sing, I Ain’t Pretty and My Legs Are Thin: Hard Rock
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Bubblegum Is the Naked Truth: The Monkees
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1970: Everything’s Gone Grey
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An English Pastoral: British Folk Rock
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Freddie’s Dead: Electrified Soul
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State of Independence: Jamaica
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It Came from the Suburbs: Marc Bolan and David Bowie
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Deluxe and Delightful: Glam
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The Sound of Philadelphia: Soft Soul
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Progressive Rock (and Simpler Pleasures)
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Young Love: Weenyboppers and Boy Bands
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See That Girl: Abba
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Beyond the Blue Horizon: Country and Western
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Before and After the Gold Rush: Laurel Canyon
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1975: Storm Warning
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Courage, Audacity and Revolt: The Sex Pistols
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Cranked Up Really High: Punk Rock
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Pleasantly Antagonistic: New Wave
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Supernature: Disco
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Chapter 46
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Routine Is the Enemy of Music: Post-punk
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Back to the Future: Two Tone and Mod
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A Shark in Jet’s Clothing: America after Punk
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This Is Tomorrow: Kraftwerk and Electropop
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Adventures on the Wheels of Steel: Early Rap
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Here Comes That Feeling: New Pop
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American Rock (Ooh Yeah)
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Just a King in Mirrors: Michael Jackson
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Highs in the Mid-Eighties: Prince and Madonna
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Some Kind of Monster: Metal
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Poised over the Pause Button: The Smiths and the Birth of Indie
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We Were Never Being Boring: Pet Shop Boys and New Order
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1985: What the Fuck Is Going On?
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Chicago and Detroit: House and Techno
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Smiley Culture: Acid House and Manchester
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All Eyez on Me: Hip Hop
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Bassline Changed My Life: Dance Music
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This Is How You Disappear: Bristol, Shoegazing and a New Psychedelia
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1991: Time for the Mu Mu
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Ever Decreasing Circles: Blur, Suede and Britpop
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A Vision of Love: R&B
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As a Defence, I’m Neutered and Spayed: Grunge
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Epilogue
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Outro Credits
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