Introduction
I. Main Body
1. Defining Popular Music
2. Early Popular Music Styles in America
3. The Blues
4. Gospel Music and Country Music
5. Urban Blues
6. A Changing Nation: Rhythm and Blues
7. Rock and Roll
8. Teen Idols and Surf
9. Soul Music
10. The Beatles
11. British Invasion
12. American Folk Music
13. Psychedelic Music and the 1960s
14. Country Rock, Southern Rock and Jazz Rock
15. Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
16. Progressive Rock
17. Punk, New Wave, Reggae, and Ska
18. Funk and Disco
19. Hip Hop
20. MTV and the 1980s
21. Alternative Rock
22. 1990s and Early Electronic Music
23. African Popular Music
24. European Folk and Popular Music of South and Central America
25. Asian Popular Music: Special Focus on Japan and India
Image Attributions
References
Emerson, Ken, Doo-Dah! Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Music. Da Capo Press, 1997.
1.https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002259148 )
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