The prequel to Bob Stanley's universally acclaimed Yeah Yeah Yeah,
Let's Do It is the only book that brings together all genres to
tell the definitive story of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the
mid-fifties. 'An encyclopaedic introduction to the fascinating and
often forgotten creators of Anglo-American hit music in the first
half of the Twentieth Century.' NEIL TENNANT'An absolute
landmark/joy/gossip-fest/door to Narnia: the history of pop music
before rock'n'roll. Fascinating. I can't recommend it enough.'
CAITLIN MORANPop music didn't begin with the Beatles in 1963, or
with Elvis in 1956, or even with the first seven-inch singles in
1949. There was a pre-history that went back to the first recorded
music, right back to the turn of the century . . .Who were the
earliest record stars, and were they in any meaningful way 'pop
stars'? Who were the likes of George Gershwin writing songs for?
Why did swing, the hit sound for a decade or more, become almost
invisible after the Second World War?The prequel to Bob Stanley's
Yeah Yeah Yeah, Let's Do It is the first book to tell the
definitive story of the birth of pop, from the invention of the 78
rpm record at the end of the nineteenth century to the beginnings
of rock and the modern pop age. Taking in superstars such as Louis
Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra alongside
the unheralded songwriters and arrangers behind some of our most
enduring songs, Stanley paints an aural portrait of pop music's
formative years in stunning clarity, uncovering the silver threads
and golden needles that bind the form together.Bringing the
eclectic, evolving world of early pop to life - from ragtime, blues
and jazz to Broadway, country, crooning and beyond - Let's Do It is
essential reading for all music lovers.
V januári 1965 Gabriel García Márquez cestoval s rodinou na
dovolenku do Acapulca, keď odrazu dostal nápad. Začul vravu
mestečka Macondo. Už vedel, ako napíše svoj nový román. Vrátil sa
domov, zatvoril sa do pracovne, a keď z nej po osemnástich
mesiacoch vyšiel, v ruke držal 1 300 strán rukopisu a bol šťastný.
Román Sto rokov samoty prvý raz vyšiel v roku 1967, Márquez mal
vtedy 39 rokov a svet si navždy zapamätal jeho meno. Dnes je román
považovaný za jedno z najvýznamnejších diel latinskoamerickej a
svetovej literatúry. Je komponovaný z množstva reálnych aj
fantazijných epizód a rozpráva o pôvabných i krutých príhodách
šiestich generácií rodiny Buendíovcov z fiktívneho mestečka
Macondo.
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