Smash Hits: The 100 Songs That Defined America
byJames E. Perone, PhD, is associate dean of the faculty and the Margaret Morgan Ramsey professor in music at the University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH.
MLA
Perone, James. Smash Hits: The 100 Songs That Defined America. Greenwood, 2016. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440834691.
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Perone, James. Smash Hits: The 100 Songs That Defined America. Greenwood, 2016. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440834691
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Perone, J. (2016). Smash Hits: The 100 Songs That Defined America. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440834691
- Description
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We are what we listen to. That's the premise of this study of 100 songs that have shaped and defined the American experience, from the Colonial period to the present.
• Takes an entertaining approach to understanding the cultural tides in American history• Covers a wide range of songs from the Colonial period through the present to depict political and social perspectives as represented in music
• Explores numerous subtopics related to the songs
• Engages and educates as it gives historical context and meaning to songs with which readers have long been familiar
• Uses a research-based approach to explore the historical and cultural background behind America's hits
- Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Smash Hits: The 100 Songs That Defined America
Author(s): Perone, James;Contributors: Perone, James;Abstract:We are what we listen to. That's the premise of this study of 100 songs that have shaped and defined the American experience, from the Colonial period to the present.
• Takes an entertaining approach to understanding the cultural tides in American history• Covers a wide range of songs from the Colonial period through the present to depict political and social perspectives as represented in music
• Explores numerous subtopics related to the songs
• Engages and educates as it gives historical context and meaning to songs with which readers have long been familiar
• Uses a research-based approach to explore the historical and cultural background behind America's hits
SortTitle: smash hits: the 100 songs that defined americaAuthor Info:James E. PeroneauthorJames E. Perone, PhD, is associate dean of the faculty and the Margaret Morgan Ramsey professor in music at the University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH.
eISBN-13: 9781440834691Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440834691.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440834684Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 360Publication Date: 20161031Table of Contents pages: 1 2 3
- Cover Cover11
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Introduction vii8
- The Years 1750–1899 120
- “Yankee Doodle,” 1750s 120
- “Chester,” 1770 524
- “The Star-Spangled Banner,” 1814 827
- “Amazing Grace,” 1779 1130
- “Oh! Susanna,” 1847 1534
- “No More Auction Block for Me,” 1860s 1938
- “Follow The Drinking Gourd,” 1928 2241
- “Jingle Bells,” 1850 2443
- “Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair,” 1854 2746
- “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” 1841 2948
- “Dixie,” 1859 3352
- “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” 1861 3655
- “When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” 1863 3958
- “America the Beautiful,” 1893 4261
- Notes 4564
- The Years 1900–1939 4766
- “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” 1900 4766
- “Give My Regards to Broadway,” 1904 5170
- “The Yankee Doodle Boy,” 1904 5473
- “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?,” 1907 5675
- “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” 1908 5978
- “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” 1911 6382
- “When Irish Eyes are Smiling,” 1912 6786
- “Over There,” 1917 6988
- “The Ballad of John Henry,” Early 1900s 7392
- “Stardust,” 1929 7695
- “Waiting for a Train,” 1928 7998
- “Mack the Knife,” 1928 81100
- “Georgia (On My Mind),”42 1930 84103
- “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got That Swing),” 1931 85104
- “Summertime,” 1935 88107
- “As Time Goes By,” 1931 91110
- “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime,” 1931 93112
- “Cross Road Blues,” 1936 96115
- “Strange Fruit,” 1937 99118
- “Heart and Soul,” 1938 103122
- “God Bless America,” 1938 105124
- “Over the Rainbow,” 1939 107126
- The Years 1940–1959 114133
- “This Land is Your Land,” 1940 114133
- “White Christmas,” 1942 118137
- “Move It on Over,” 1947 121140
- “We Shall Overcome,” 1948 123142
- “If I Had a Hammer,” 1949 127146
- “Rocket 88,” 1951 130149
- “Hound Dog,” 1952 133152
- “Folsom Prison Blues,” 1955 138157
- “Louie Louie,” 1955 141160
- “Where Have All The Flowers Gone?” 1955 144163
- “Seventy-Six Trombones,” 1957 147166