The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from Its Beginnings to the Mid-1970s
- Author: Lonergan, David
- Author: Studwell, William E.
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Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- The Emergence of Rock Music, or, Waking Up the 1950s
- Rock's Not So Dull Predecessors
- In the Mood
- Of Thee I Sing
- Night and Day
- Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
- Oklahoma!
- Show Business
- The Cry of the Wild Goose
- The Pioneering Rock Songs, or, Three Create a Crowd
- Rock Around the Clock
- Sh-Boom
- Shake, Rattle and Roll
- Older-Style Songs Amidst the Rocks
- All the Way
- Chances Are
- I Could Have Danced All Night
- Moon River
- Rocky Mountain High
- Top of the World
- Whatever Will Be, Will Be
- A Generation of Classic Rock, or, Rock Rolls On
- The Megastars and Megagroups, or the Bolder and the Boulders
- Are You Lonesome Tonight?
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Bridge over Troubled Water
- Can't Help Falling in Love
- Crazy Man, Crazy
- Diana
- Dream Lover
- Good Vibrations
- I Want to Hold Your Hand
- In My Room
- It Ain't Me, Babe
- Last Train to Clarksville
- Let It Be
- Love Me Tender
- Michelle
- Photograph
- P. S. I Love You
- Respect
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- Scarborough Fair/Canticle
- Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Stop! In the Name of Love
- Surfin' USA
- Walk Like a Man
- What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?
- What's Going On
- Who's Sorry Now?
- World Without Love
- Yesterday
- You Send Me
- The Best Songs That Never Made Number 1, or, Time Heals All Aches, Mistakes, and Bad Breads
- Ain't That a Shame?
- Downtown
- From Me to You
- I Feel Good
- I'm on the Outside (Looking In)
- I'm Walkin'
- Lookin' Out My Back Door
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
- Rhinestone Cowboy
- (I'm a) Road Runner
- Song Sung Blue
- Standing on the Corner
- Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
- Up-Up and Away
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
- One-Hit Wonders, or Flashes in the Chart
- At the Hop
- The Battle of New Orleans
- Classical Gas
- Earth Angel
- Ease on Down the Road
- Gentle on My Mind
- The Great Pretender
- Happy Together
- I'm Sorry
- Jesus Christ, Superstar
- Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
- Save the Last Dance for Me
- Singin' the Blues
- Sit Down, I Think I Love You
- Spinning Wheel
- Tequila
- Volare
- Novelty Songs, or, Unusual, but Unusually Good
- Aquarius
- The Candy Man
- Don't Sleep in the Subway
- Hit the Road, Jack
- Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini
- King of the Road
- The Last Kiss
- The Wanderer
- You Don't Own Me
- You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
- The Best and the Worst of Classic Rock
- The Best Classic Rock Song
- The Worst Famous Classic Rock Song
- Classic Rock Meets Disco, and Both Disappear
- Disco Duck
- Stayin' Alive
- Title Index
- Subject Index
- Index
- Reference Notes Included