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Index
Cover
Landing Page
Title Page
Dedication
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PROLOGUE
PART ONE
1: FEET UP: THE FIRST BRITISH HIT PARADE
2: FLIP, FLOP AND FLY: BILL HALEY AND JUMP BLUES
3: A MESS OF BLUES: ELVIS PRESLEY
4: PUT YOUR CAT CLOTHES ON: SUN RECORDS AND ROCKABILLY
5: TEENAGE WILDLIFE: ROCK ’N’ ROLL
6: FIFTEEN MILES FROM MIDDLESBROUGH: SKIFFLE
7: ROCK WITH THE CAVEMEN: BRITISH ROCK ’N’ ROLL
8: WHISPERING BELLS: DOO WOP
9: 1960: IT WILL STAND
10: WALK WITH ME IN PARADISE GARDEN: PHIL SPECTOR AND JOE MEEK
11: THE TROUBLE WITH BOYS: THE BRILL BUILDING AND GIRL GROUPS
PART TWO
12: ACT NATURALLY: THE BEATLES
13: NEEDLES AND PINS: THE BEAT BOOM
14: WHO’S DRIVING YOUR PLANE? THE ROLLING STONES
15: THIS IS MY PRAYER: THE BIRTH OF SOUL
16: THE RAKE’S PROGRESS: BOB DYLAN
17: AMERICA STRIKES BACK: THE BYRDS AND FOLK ROCK
18: UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF: TAMLA MOTOWN
19: 1966: THE LONDON LOOK
20: ENDLESS SUMMER: THE BEACH BOYS
21: THE GOLDEN ROAD: SAN FRANCISCO AND PSYCHEDELIA
22: POP GETS SOPHISTICATED: SOFT ROCK
23: CRYING IN THE STREETS: DEEP SOUL
24: I CAN’T SING, I AIN’T PRETTY AND MY LEGS ARE THIN: HARD ROCK
25: BUBBLEGUM IS THE NAKED TRUTH: THE MONKEES
PART THREE
26: 1970: EVERYTHING’S GONE GREY
27: AN ENGLISH PASTORAL: BRITISH FOLK ROCK
28: FREDDIE’S DEAD: ELECTRIFIED SOUL
29: STATE OF INDEPENDENCE: JAMAICA
30: IT CAME FROM THE SUBURBS: MARC BOLAN AND DAVID BOWIE
31: DELUXE AND DELIGHTFUL: GLAM
32: THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA: SOFT SOUL
33: PROGRESSIVE ROCK (AND SIMPLER PLEASURES)
34: YOUNG LOVE: WEENYBOPPERS AND BOY BANDS
35: SEE THAT GIRL: ABBA
36: BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON: COUNTRY AND WESTERN
37: BEFORE AND AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: LAUREL CANYON
38: 1975: STORM WARNING
PART FOUR
39: COURAGE, AUDACITY AND REVOLT: THE SEX PISTOLS
40: CRANKED UP REALLY HIGH: PUNK ROCK
41: PLEASANTLY ANTAGONISTIC: NEW WAVE
42: SUPERNATURE: DISCO
43: ISLANDS IN THE STREAM: THE BEE GEES
44: ROUTINE IS THE ENEMY OF MUSIC: POST-PUNK
45: BACK TO THE FUTURE: TWO TONE AND MOD
46: A SHARK IN JET’S CLOTHING: AMERICA AFTER PUNK
47: THIS IS TOMORROW: KRAFTWERK AND ELECTROPOP
48: ADVENTURES ON THE WHEELS OF STEEL: ENobody in Britain had heard of Flash when DebbieARLY RAP
49: HERE COMES THAT FEELING: NEW POP
50: AMERICAN ROCK (OOH YEAH)
51: JUST A KING IN MIRRORS: MICHAEL JACKSON
52: HIGHS IN THE MID-EIGHTIES: PRINCE AND MADONNA
53: SOME KIND OF MONSTER: METAL
54: POISED OVER THE PAUSE BUTTON: THE SMITHS AND THE BIRTH OF INDIE
55: 1985: WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?
56: WE WERE NEVER BEING BORING: PET SHOP BOYS AND NEW ORDER
PART FIVE
57: CHICAGO AND DETROIT: HOUSE AND TECHNO
58: SMILEY CULTURE: ACID HOUSE AND MANCHESTER
59: 1991: TIME FOR THE MU MU
60: ALL EYEZ ON ME: HIP HOP
61: BASSLINE CHANGED MY LIFE: DANCE MUSIC
62: THIS IS HOW YOU DISAPPEAR: BRISTOL, SHOEGAZING AND A NEW PSYCHEDELIA
63: AS A DEFENCE, I’M NEUTERED AND SPAYED: GRUNGE
64: EVER DECREASING CIRCLES: BLUR, SUEDE AND BRITPOP
65: A VISION OF LOVE: R&B
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SOURCES
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
A, B, C
D, E, F
G, H, I
J, K, L
M, N, O
P, Q, R
S, T, U
V, W, X
Y, Z
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