Stairway to Paradise : : Jews, Blacks, and the American Music Revolution /

Stairway to Paradise : : Jews, Blacks, and the American Music Revolution / / Ari Katorza.

Stairway to Paradise reveals how American Jewish entrepreneurs, musicians, and performers influenced American popular music from the late nineteenth century till the mid-1960s. From blackface minstrelsy, ragtime, blues, jazz, and Broadway musicals, ending with folk and rock 'n' roll. The b...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
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Katorza, Ari,
Place / Publishing House:München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2021]
Resling, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (VI, 273 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Prologue
  • Chapter 1: Jokerman – The Black Mask of Al Jolson
  • Chapter 2: Somewhere over the Rainbow – Jewish Immigration to America and the Struggle for Popular Culture
  • Chapter 3: I Used to Be Color-Blind – Irving Berlin, the Ragtime Riot and the Jewish Network in Tin Pan Alley
  • Chapter 4: Someone to Watch Over Me – Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and the Jazz Journey in the Musical Comedy
  • Chapter 5: It Don’t Mean a Thing If you Ain’t Got That Swing – Duke Ellington and Irving Mills’ Fantasy
  • Chapter 6: Heaven With You – Jews, The Record Industry and Rock ‘n’ Roll
  • Chapter 7: Stand By Me – The Black-Jewish Political Alliance and the Decline of the WASP
  • Chapter 8: That is Rock ‘n Roll! Leiber and Stoller, the White Negro and the Enlargement of America
  • Chapter 9: Will You Love Me Tomorrow? Carole King, Black Lolitas and the Brill Building’s hit factories
  • Chapter 10: River Deep – Mountain High: Phil Spector, Burt Bacharach and the Ghost on the Second Floor of the Bus
  • Chapter 11: The Sounds of Silence – Folk, the Blues and the Spirit of Capitalism Between Grossman, Bloomfield and Zimmerman
  • Chapter 12: Walk On the Wild Side – Jews, Gangsters, and Rock ‘n’ Roll
  • Chapter 13: Hard Rain Is Gonna Fall – Popular Music, Hegemonic Rifts, and New American Culture
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Author information

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