The Greatest Music Stories Never Told

图书信息

作者	Beyer, Rick
出版社	Harper
ISBN	9780062310361
出版时间	2013-07-01
字数	21.9万
分类	Harper,进口书,外文原版书,小说

读书简介

Did you know about: The ballet that sparked a riot The rock star who became an astrophysicist The song that saved Wheaties The man killed by his own conducting The controversy behind "Mary Had a Little Lamb"Prepare to be astonished, bewildered, and stupefied by the tantalizing tidbits of music history collected here: amazing stories about jazz, classical, country, rock 'n' roll, hip-hop, show tunes, composers, band names, song lyrics, instruments, technology, controversies, and more. Learn how the FBI spent years trying to decode the lyrics of one rock song. Discover how Watergate provided the inspiration for A Chorus Line. Find out how one megahit was born in a history class, while another was dashed off in a fit of anger at actor Robert De Niro. Meet the monk behind solfège, the aviation pioneer who created Muzak, and the prisoner who literally sang himself out of jail. Then there's the most important person in rock 'n' roll history—chances are you've never heard of him! Continuing the successful Greatest Stories Never Told series, Rick Beyer has delivered another classic volume for history and music buffs alike.

目录

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

1400 BC - THE MOTHER OF ALL GOLDEN OLDIES

500 BC - DIVINE HARMONY

64 - FIRE IN THE SKY

1020 - THE D’AREZZO CODE

1687 - THE BEAT GOES ON

1693 - ROOTS MUSIC

1700 - GODS OF GUITAR

1704 - BUT FOR A BUTTON

1713 - GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE

1732 - ONSTAGE AT THE COFFEEHOUSE

1734 - SHEAR MADNESS

1748 - SALVATION SERENADE

1755 - A DANDY TALE

1761 - MUSICAL MYSTERY TOUR

1770 - PLAYING IT BY EAR

1770 - NATIONAL TREASURE

1781 - THE QUEEN AND THE DITTY

1788 - THOSE WERE THE DAYS

1797 - I WILL SURVIVE

1814 - “THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER”

1814 - AN AMERICAN ARMY OF TWO

1824 - MEASURE FOR MEASURE

1830 - SOMETHING ABOUT MARY

1842 - SCIENCE IN THE KEY OF C

1842 - TWIST AND SHOUT

1844 - HAIL TO THE WIVES!

1844 - STRAUSS VS. STRAUSS

1844 - SAVED BY A SONG

1845 - BATTLE OF THE BANDS

1851 - WHATEVER LOLA WANTS

1857 - BATTLE OF THE BELLS

1859 - DARING YOUNG MAN

1859 - NOT WHISTLING DIXIE

1860 - ONE-HIT WONDER

1861 - THE OTHER JOHN BROWN

1861 - FROM DRUMMER BOY TO MAJOR GENERAL

1862 - TWENTY-FOUR NOTES

1876 - WATCHING THE CLOCK

1876 - THE PATRONESS

1879 - THE SONG SHIP

1890 - WANNA MAKE A RECORD?

1892 - THE FIRST MUSIC VIDEO

1893 - GOOD MORNING TO ALL

1894 - CHARTBUSTER

1898 - TAKE A BOW (WOW)

1900 - RIDICULOUS TO SUBLIME

1906 - THE MENACE OF MECHANICAL MUSIC

1907 - FIRST MAN OF JAZZ?

1908 - KATIE’S LAMENT

1910 - ANYBODY OUT THERE?

1911 - WIRED WIRELESS

1913 - RIOT OF SPRING

1913 - DANCE FEVER

1915 - YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION

1917 - MUSICAL MERRY-GO-ROUND

1918 - STRIKE UP THE BAND

1920 - SOLD FOR A SONG

1924 - I READ THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY!

1924 - I BEG YOUR PARDON

1925 - THE DRUMS OF WAR

1927 - LOOK, MA, NO HANDS

1927 - BRISTOL BANG

1929 - THE SONG THAT SAVED WHEATIES

1930 - ONE-NIGHT STAND

1931 - AN AMERICAN TUNE

1933 - HOT LIPPS STARTS A TREND

1936 - A CLASS ACT

1939 - REWRITING ROLLO

1939 - CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR

1941 - A SOLDIER’S SONG

1942 - GADZOOKS!

1945 - HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

1949 - ANGRY ANGUS

1951 - THIS IS YOUR FATHER’S OLDSMOBILE

1957 - LEGACY OF LINCOLN

1957 - JUST BLOWING HIS HORN

1957 - IF I NEEDED SOMEONE

1958 - ALL THAT JAZZ

1960 - WHAT’S THAT FUZZ?

1960 - THE ANNIVERSARY WALTZ

1964 - LISTEN TO THE MUSIC

1965 - DREAM ON

1967 - THANKS, COACH

1969 - ADVENTURE CAPITAL

1970 - THE KING AND I

1971 - A BRONX TALE

1971 - SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES

1971 - EMPTY ORCHESTRA

1972 - LAST CALL

1972 - THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD

1973 - THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE

1974 - PREACHING TO THE CHOIR

1976 - NEW YORK STATE OF MIND

1980 - THE LULLABY OF BROADWAY

1980 - WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU?

1988 - THE SINGING REVOLUTION

1995 - THE AMAZING BONE

1997 - LOST AND FOUND

2005 - COME TUMBLIN’ DOWN

2007 - ROCKING THE COSMOS

SELECTED SOURCES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PHOTO CREDITS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ALSO BY RICK BEYER

COPYRIGHT

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