Contents Series Foreword ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv 1 Background 1 2 Must-Hear Music 15 ABBA 15 Adele 19 “Ain’t That a Shame”: Bringing R&B to Pop 23 Louis Armstrong in the 1960s 26 “At Last”: A Ballad for All Time 30 Back to Black 33 The Backstreet Boys 39 The Beatles 41 Beyoncé 46 Justin Bieber 49 “Blueberry Hill”: From Glenn Miller to Fats Domino 52 Blue-Eyed Soul: The Righteous Brothers and Hall & Oates 54 Bubblegum Pop 56
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