"Everybody knows and loves the American Songbook. But it's a bit less widely understood that in about 1950, this stream of great songs more or less dried up. All of a sudden, what came over the radio wasn't Gershwin, Porter, and Berlin, but "Come on-a My House" and "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?" Elvis and rock and roll arrived a few years later, and at that point the game was truly up. What happened, and why? In The B Side, acclaimed cultural...

"In Bruce Springsteen, the author examines the variety of styles employed by Springsteen over the course of his 30-year career, from the complex song structures found on his earlier albums to the folk simplicity and narrative drive of his later work. Rooksby deconstructs Springsteen's best-loved songs, looking at arrangements, chord sequences, melodies, and lyrics, and presents his analysis in a clear, diagrammatic style. A comprehensive career overview...

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