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Table of Contents: “…Alabama -- Laurie Anderson -- Claudio Arrau -- Burt Bacharach -- Joan Baez -- The Beach Boys -- Chuck Berry -- David Bowie -- Betty Buckley -- Johnny Cash -- Ray Charles -- Cher -- Eric Clapton -- Roy Clark -- Richard Clayderman -- James Cleveland -- Natalie Cole -- Sam Cooke -- Ileana Cotrubas -- Miles Davis -- Paco De Lucia -- John Denver -- Neil Diamond -- Placido Domingo -- Billy Eckstine -- The Fabulous Thunderbirds -- Bryan Ferry -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Crystal Gayle -- Debbie Gibson -- Philip Glass -- Marvin Hamlisch -- John Hartford -- Heart -- Buddy Holly -- John Lee Hooker -- Vladimir Horowitz -- Michael Jackson -- Al Jarreau -- Keith Jarrett -- Stanley Jordan -- B.B. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Rock begins -- Rhythm and gospel -- Elvis Presley -- The sound of New Orleans -- Fats Domino -- Little Richard -- Chuck Berry -- Rockabilly -- Jerry Lee Lewis -- The Everly Brothers -- Buddy Holly -- Doo-Wop -- The rise of Top 40 AM -- The teen idols -- The payola scandal -- The instrumental groups -- Ray Charles -- Sam Cooke -- Jackie Wilson -- Brill Building pop -- Roy Orbison -- Italo-American rock -- James Brown -- The sound of Chicago -- Phil Spector -- The girl groups -- The Beach Boys -- The British invation -- The Beatles -- The Rolling Stones -- The Sound of Texas -- Soul -- Otis Redding -- The sound of Memphis -- Bob Dylan -- The Byrds -- Folk rock -- Motown -- Aretha Franklin -- B.B. …”

Table of Contents: “…Kris Allen Mellow pop-rock crooner -- Amadou and Mariam, Creators of West African-tinged tunes -- AbraabMuzik, Blender of beats and samples -- The Beach Boys, Classic surf rockers -- Beirut, Indie rockers with an Eastern European style -- Chuck Brown, Godfather of go-go -- BT, Pioneer of "dream house" music -- Chase and Status, Dubstep duo -- Neneh Cherry, Singer of pop and jazz tunes -- Childish Gambino, Humorous rapper -- Curren$y, Former underground rapper who made it big -- Michael Daugherty, Composer who uses pop culture references -- Lana Del Rey, Husky-voiced chanteuse -- The Dirty Heads, Reggae rockers -- Duck Dunn, Legendary bass player -- Justin Townes Earle, Mixer of folk, blues, gospel, and country music -- Edens Edge, Country-pop trio -- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Pop band with a free-spirited exuberance -- El-P, Critically acclaimed producer and rapper -- Every Time I Die, Punk-influenced hard rockers -- Lee Fields, Versatile soul vocalist -- The Flaming Lips, Acid-bubblegum rock group -- Garbage, Slick blenders of electronic and rock sounds -- Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, No frills rock band -- Macy Gray, Raspy-voiced soulstress -- Halestorm, Melodic hard rockers -- Sophie B. …”
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