Music Wars: Money, Politics, and Race in the Construction of Rock and Roll Culture, 1940–1960 PDF
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Music Wars Music Wars Money, Politics, and Race in the Construction of Rock and Roll Culture, 1940–1960 John C. Hajduk LEXINGTONBOOKS Lanham•Boulder•NewYork•London PublishedbyLexingtonBooks AnimprintofTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 www.rowman.com 6TinworthStreet,LondonSE115AL,UnitedKingdom Copyright©2018byJohnC.Hajduk Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Hajduk,JohnC.author. Title:Musicwars:money,politics,andraceintheconstructionofrockandrollculture,1940-1960/ JohnC.Hajduk. Description:Lanham:LexingtonBooks,[2018]|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers:LCCN2018037777(print)|LCCN2018040662(ebook)|ISBN9781498575881(Elec- tronic)|ISBN9781498575874(cloth:alk.paper) Subjects:LCSH:Musictrade--UnitedStates--History--20thcentury.|Popularmusic--Socialaspects- -UnitedStates--History--20thcentury. Classification:LCCML3790(ebook)|LCCML3790.H252018(print)|DDC306.4/84240973-- dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2018037777 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Withlovetomymother,MaryElizabeth, andinlovingtributetothememoryofmydad,Nikolaus Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv 1 “TheMusicGoesRoundandRound”:ThePopularMusic Industryin1940 1 2 “There’llBeSomeChangesMade”:TheASCAP/RadioFeud 21 3 “FederationBlues”:TheAmericanFederationofMusicians’ BattleagainstCannedMusic 55 4 “BalladforAmericans”:TheRedScareandtheMusicIndustry 89 5 “YaketyYak,Don’tTalkBack”:TheBattleAgainstRockand Roll 121 6 “YourCashAin’tNothin’ButTrash”:ThePayolaScandal 143 Conclusion:“Rock’n’RollIsHeretoStay” 167 Bibliography 173 Index 183 AbouttheAuthor 193 vii
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