Listen to Pop!

James E. Perone, PhD, is Margaret Morgan Ramsey professor in music and associate dean of the faculty at the University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH.

• Series ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1 Background2 Must-Hear MusicABBAAdele"Ain't That a Shame": Bringing R&B to PopLouis Armstrong in the 1960s"At Last": A Ballad for All TimeBack to BlackThe Backstreet BoysThe BeatlesBeyoncéJustin Bieber"Blueberry Hill": From Glenn Miller to Fats DominoBlue-Eyed Soul: The Righteous Brothers and Hall & OatesBubblegum PopGlen Campbell and Country PopMariah CareyThe CarpentersPetula Clark"Crazy"Céline DionThe Fame"Gangnam Style""Georgia (on My Mind)"The "Girl Groups" of the 1950s and 1960s and Their Legacy"Hallelujah""Happy Together""I Will Always Love You"Instrumental HitsMichael JacksonLike a Virgin"Love Me Tender" and Other Pop Hits of Elvis PresleyThe Lovin' Spoonful: "Do You Believe in Magic" and Other Hits"MacArthur Park""Mack the Knife"Barry Manilow: "I Write the Songs" and Songs He Actually Did WriteMotown"On Broadway": Brill Building Songs That Keep Coming BackOverexposed Earworms: "Macarena," "Who Let the Dogs Out," and "I'm Too Sexy"The Piano Men: Elton John and Billy JoelPurple RainSaturday Night FeverBritney SpearsTaylor SwiftTapestryJames TaylorTelevision and Pop Music"Theme from New York, New York""There's a Kind of Hush" and Other British Invasion Ballads"Up, Up and Away" and Other Hits of the 5th Dimension"We Are the World"Stevie Wonder3 Impact on Popular Culture4 LegacyNew Versions of Old HitsJukebox MusicalsSampling Existing Pop RecordingsPersistent Music"Madison Avenue" and Pop MusicHollywood and the Use of Pop SongsContinuing Celebrity StatusBibliographyIndex

Although the series is avowedly for serious music fans and casual listeners, the present title is also appropriate for those interested in American popular culture in general…Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers.