Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. List of Tables x
5. List of Musical Examples xi
6. Acknowledgments xiii
7. 1. Introduction: They Never Even Knew 1
8. 2. Foreign Music and the Emergence of Phonography 41
9. 3. Forward to the Past: Race Music in the 1920s 69
10. 4. The Newness of Old-Time Music 113
11. 5. From Jazz to Pop: Swing in the 1940s 149
12. 6. The Corny-ness of the Folk 192
13. 7. The Dictionary of Soul 235
14. 8. Crossover Dreams: From Urban Cowboy to the King of Pop 280
15. 9. Notes Toward a Conclusion 324
16. Bibliography 335
17. Index 351