American Popular Music

By David L. Joyner

Provides an overview of American music from Tin Pan Alley song through the close of the 20th century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0697114392
• ISBN13: 9780697114396
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.7" x 0.7" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

American Popular Music

The Joyner book an excellent survey of popular music. I chose it for a college general survey course on popular music I taught in Sping 10--it was a great class and the students reacted well to the book. Joyner treats each genre of popular music in a chronological manner, showing their development and influence on each another. The section on courtry music is especially interesting. ITunes links are provided to songs covered in the text. A number of the ITunes links are not the same arrangements discussed in the text, but they are easy enough to track down. I give this book a high recommendation, especially to anyone looking for a general overview of American popular music.

in response to the 1st review:

This book does not look bad at all. It seems to provide a more or less thorough history of american popular music. It is organized and would be a good study guide. The first edition came out in 1993, so all or most of the information in this volume cannot have just been ripped off the web.