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One-Hit Wonders: An Oblique History of Popular Music de Dr. Sarah Hill

One-Hit Wonders: An Oblique History of Popular Music

Editat de Dr. Sarah Hill
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 feb 2022
The one-hit wonder has a long and storied history in popular music, exhorting listeners to dance, to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony, to ponder mortality, to get a job, to bask in the sunshine, or just to get up and dance again. Catchy, memorable, irritating, or simply ubiquitous, one-hit wonders capture something of the mood of a time. This collection provides a series of short, sharp chapters focusing on one-hit wonders from the 1950s to the present day, with a view toward understanding both the mechanics of success and the socio-musical contexts within which such songs became hits. Some artists included here might have aspired to success but only managed one hit, while others enjoyed lengthy, if unremarkable, careers after their initial chart success. Put together, these chapters provide not only a capsule history of popular music tastes, but also ruminations on the changing nature of the music industry and the mechanics of fame.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781501368417
ISBN-10: 1501368419
Pagini: 296
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Sarah Hill is a very well-known name in the field and she has organized a top-rate group of contributors

Notă biografică

Sarah Hillis Associate Professor of Popular Music and Tutorial Fellow at St Peter's College, University of Oxford, UK. She is Co-ordinating Editor of the journalPopular Musicand Chair of the UK/Ireland branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music. She is the author of'Blerwytirhwng?' The Place of Welsh Pop Music(2007),Peter Gabriel, from Genesis to Growing Up(2010), andSan Francisco and the Long 60s(Bloomsbury 2017).

Cuprins

List of FiguresAcknowledgementsThe Chart of the Book:One-Hit Wonders'Top Hits IntroductionSarah Hill,St Peter's College, University of Oxford, UK1. Buchanan & Goodman, "The Flying Saucer" Parts 1 & 2 (1956)Paul Carr, University of South Wales, UK2. The Kingsmen, "Louie Louie" (1963)Samuel Murray, Middlesex University, UK3. ? and the Mysterians, "96 Tears"Adam Behr, Newcastle University, UK4. The Easybeats, "Friday on My Mind" (1966)Dai Griffiths, Independent Scholar, Oxford, UK5. Norman Greenbaum, "Spirit in the Sky" (1969)Philip Auslander, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA6. The Archies, "Sugar Sugar" (1969)Jon Stewart, BIMM Institute, Brighton, UK7. Serge Gainsbourg, "Je t'aime(moi non plus" (1969)Philippe Gonin, University of Burgundy Franche-Comté, France;trans. Jackie Ortiz8. Blue Swede, "Hooked On a Feeling" (1974)Sarah Hill,St. Peter's College, Oxford, UK;with Bengt Palmers9. Wild Cherry, "Play That Funky Music" (1976)Robert Fink, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, USA10. Althea and Donna, "Uptown Top Ranking" (1977)Paul Long, Monash University, Australia11. Plastic Bertrand, "Ça Plane Pour Moi" (1977)Patrick McGuinness, St. Anne's College, Oxford, UK12. Nick Gilder, "Hot Child in the City" (1978)Richard Parfitt, Independent Scholar, Wales, UK13. The Vapors, "Turning Japanese" (1980)Abigail Gardner, University of Gloucestershire, UK14. Aneka, "Japanese Boy" (1981)Richard Elliott, Newcastle University, UK15. Toni Basil, "Mickey" (1981)Tim J. Anderson, Old Dominion University, USA16. Trio, "Da Da Da" (1981)Tim Quirk, Singer and Lyricist, USA17. Nena, "99 Luftballons/99 Red Balloons" (1983)Melanie Schiller, University of Groningen, Netherlands18. The Grateful Dead, "Touch of Grey" (1987)Tom Irvine, University of Southampton, UK19. A View from the Ground: Latin Quarter, "Radio Africa" (1986)Michael Jones, Senior Lecturer in Music, University of Liverpool, UK20. A View from the Desk: Product ManagementSarah Hill, St. Peter's College, Oxford, UK21. Shakespear's Sister, "Stay"(1992)Áine Mangaoang, University of Oslo, Norway22. OMC, "How Bizarre" (1996)Geoff Stahl, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand23. The Butthole Surfers, "Pepper" (1996)Gina Arnold, University of San Francisco, USA24. Chumbawamba, "Tubthumping" (1997)Matt Grimes, Birmingham City University, UK25. Meredith Brooks, "Bitch" (1997)Asya Draganova, Birmingham City University, UK26. New Radicals, "You Get What You Give" (1998)Jon Gower, Independent Scholar, UK27. Las Ketchup, "Aserejé" (2002)Eulalia Febrer Coll, Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Balears and Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Spain28. Gotye ft. Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2011)Ellis Jones, University of Leeds, UKList of ContributorsIndex

Recenzii

One-hit wonders are pop's overachieving underachievers, winners-but-losers that stretch categories - up to a point. In this big book of small fries, academics and musicians reckon with the results, from bubblegum to global pop - every musical identity ersatz, every twist and turn a chance to marvel, yet again: "How Bizarre."
A fascinating look at the cultural and personal context around one-hit wonders, this collection deftly explains why some of these songs escaped obscurity - and makes excellent cases why others might be best left in the past.
One-Hit Wondersis a treasure trove of analysis into why particular songs resonate at specific moments in history and how quickly they can date. Hill's collection is full of insight into the vagaries of taste, the nature of audiences and why certain musical moments remains timeless. It poses fascinating questions about what happens to those whose careers are defined by that one hit song.
One-Hit Wondersunveils the many layers behind those familiar, catchy, (and sometimes grating) hit songs that all too often evade the pop music history textbooks. Covering a wide variety of songs, as though you are turning a radio dial that traverses a Top 40 format across decades, this engaging collection emphasizes that these songs are not standalone entities but are deeply embedded in larger cultural movements and moments.