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  1. A Matter of Style: Describing Popular Music
  2. The Beginnings of American Popular Music
  3. Emergence of Black Music
  4. Popular Song in the Modern Era
  5. The Swing Era
  6. In from the Outskirts: Blues, Gospel, Country, and Folk Music, 1925-1950
  7. Latin Music in the United States
  8. On the Charts, 1945-1954
  9. Rock 'n' Roll, 1954-1964
  10. The Rock Revolution: Rock and Black Music in the 1960s
  11. Reactions to Rock: Established Styles in the Early Rock Era
  12. Rock and R&B in the 1970s
  13. Funk, Reggae, Disco, Punk: New Trends of the Late 1970s
  14. Electronica and Rap
  15. Beyond Rock: Pop, Rock, and R&B in the 1980s
  16. Alternatives: Alternative, Heavy Metal, and Grunge after 1980
  17. A World of Music: Popular Music at the Turn of a New Century
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The downloadable, interactive listening guide for this chapter features:
  • "Sh Boom"
  • "Rock Around the Clock"
  • "Mystery Train"
  • "Jailhouse Rock"
  • "Bo Diddley"
  • "Johnny B. Goode"
  • "Not Fade Away"
  • "I Only Have Eyes for You"
  • "Young Blood"
  • "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
  • "I Get Around"
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