By dividing this period into five phases—The Classical American Musical Phase, The British Invasion Phase, The New Hollywood Alienation Phase, The Disco Phase and The Post-Disco Conservative Phase—the book pinpoints key moments at which individual developments occurred and lays out a path of expansion in popular music function.
1. Introduction.- 2. The Classic American Musical Phase: The Films of Elvis Presley.- 3. The British Invasion Phase: A Hard Day’s Night.- 4. The New Hollywood Alienation Phase: The Graduate.- 5. The Disco Phase: Saturday Night Fever.- 6. The Conservative Post-Disco Phase: Footloose and Flashdance.- 7. Afterword.