"This is an introductory text for undergraduates taking courses in the history of American popular music"-- Provided by publisher.

Timeline: 1760s-1899 -- Themes and streams of American popular music -- "After the ball": popular music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Timeline: 1900-1945 -- "Catching as the small-pox": social dance and jazz, 1917-1935 -- "I Got Rhythm": the golden age of tin pan alley song, 1920s and 1930s -- "St. Louis Blues": race records and hillbilly music, 1920s and 1930s -- "In the Mood": the swing era, 1935-1945 -- Timeline: 1946-1979 -- "Choo Choo Ch'boogie": the postwar era, 1946-1954 -- "Rock Around the Clock": rock 'n' roll, 1954-1959 -- "Good Vibrations": American pop and the British invasion, 1960s -- "Blowin' in the Wind": country, soul, urban folk, and the rise of rock, 1960s -- The 1970s: rock music, disco, and the popular mainstream -- Outsiders' music: progressive country, reggae, salsa, punk, funk, and rap, 1970s -- Timeline: 1980-today -- The 1980s: digital technology, MTV, and the popular mainstream -- "Smells like Teen Spirit": hip-hop, alternative music, and the entertainment business -- The internet age, 2000-.