The Beat Goes On

Marion Leonard is Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool and Rob Strachan Lecturer, in the School of Music at the University of Liverpool

• List of contributors List of illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: creativity, representation and placeRobert Strachan and Marion Leonard 1 Historical approaches to Merseybeat: delivery, affinity and diversity Ian Inglis 2 Growing up with the Beatles Spencer Leigh 3 From sea shanties to cosmic scousers: the city, memory and representation in Liverpool’s popular music Robert Strachan 4 Pubs in the precinct: music making, retail developments and the characterization of urban space Sara Cohen and Brett Lashua 5 The soul continuum: Liverpool black musicians and the UK music industry from the 1950s to the 1980s Robert Strachan 6 Not just one of the boys: gender, representation and the historical record Marion Leonard 7 Liverpool’s 1970s bohemia: Deaf School, Eric’s and the post-punk scene Robert Strachan 8 Dance moves: finding a place for house music in Liverpool Georgina Young 9 The creative process: Liverpool songwriters on songwriting Marion LeonardIndex