1. Riffin' the Scotch: From Blues to the Jazz Age
2. Stupid Cupid: Dream Babes in '50s Pop
3. The Real Thing: Motown, Spector and '60s Svengalis
4. Can the Can: Whatever Happened to the Rock Chick?
5. Final Girls: Punk, Performance Art and PMT Pop
6. Ladies of the Canyon: Female Singer/Songwriters of the Grand
Hotel
7. Lipstick Traces: Madonna, Manipulation and MTV
8. She Wears the Trousers: Artistry, Androgyny and the Lesbian
Question
9. I Wanna Dance with Somebody: Deconstructing the Disco Diva
10. In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: The True Story of Women in
Rap and Reggae
11. Oye Mi Canto: Hear My Voice: Women in World Music
12. Talkin' Tough: the Enemy Within: Women and Protest Pop
13. Talkin' Business: Nuts 'N' Bolts and All the Necessaries
14. Girlpower!
Selected Discography
Selected Bibliography
Lucy O'Brien is the author of two previous books - the bestsellers Annie Lennox (1991) and Dusty (1989, 1999). She has contributed to The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Observer, Marie Claire, Q Magazine, New Musical Express, and The Face, and worked extensively in TV and radio both as guest pundit and producer.
"Illuminating ... She Bop can be enjoyed as a whole or dipped into
as an enormously ueful reference work ... Many of the greatest
performers, artists and musicians, both past and present, are women
and this welcome volume both celebrates and puts them in the
perspective of their own time." - Jools Holland
"Meticulously researched ... an astute analysis ... this is to be
valued as a book written by an enthusiast who has not lost sight of
the transformative energy that music can ignite." - The Wire
"This updated version features dozens of new interviews and
concludes with an extra chapter covering such
turn-of-the-millennium phenomena as Britney Spears. Offering a
comprehensive overview of the female contributions to all musical
genres, O'Brien's tone is both authoritative and anecdotal and
casts a non-agressive feminist slant on rock history." - Q
Magazine
"...everyone from dream babes...to guitar chicks...get a good
going-over in true rock 'n' roll style...A fascinating glimpse into
the world of female pop." - The Express
"Anybody who has shoved a bulging sock down their pants before
picking up their 'guitar' should probably read this book. Prick is
something that will happen to your finger if you simply practice
enough."--Tori Amos
"...this tome is more than an encyclopedia; it's well-written,
thoroughly researched, and uncompromising in its presentation of
women as creators and innovators."-Nina MacLaughlin, The Boston
Phoenix, Gift Books sec. 12/6/02
"Lucy O'Brien's everywoman approach makes for easy and absorbing
reading....She Bop covers a great deal of pop territory, from blues
to punk and from female big bands to Britney Spears."--Willamette
Weekly, 1/29/03
"She Bop II is a contemporary classic of its kind, a definitive
history of women in the world of popular music. Highly recommended.
Don't miss this one, it's a keeper!...She Bop II entertains, and
educates!" - Jazzreview.com
"She Bop II is an engaging read...[O'Brien's] skill as a
matter-of-fact storyteller weaves the book's diverse subjects
together and propels the reader through genres and eras...O'Brien
treats Bad Girls and sweet-hearts with equal respect..." -
BookForum
Mentioned by Leonie Cooper in The Observer, 2008.
"One of the biggest and best 'women in rock' tomes."
*Cosmopolitan*
"A must for any serious muso's bookshelf." - Maxim
*Mademoiselle*
"O'Brien has written a top-notch, impressively thorough history of
women in the industry, including not only performers but producers
and sound engineers."
*Publishers Weekly*
"This book is a joy on many levels: as a music journalist, O'Brien
enthuses about music and rock stars so elegantly that one
immediately has to seek out and listen to the records she
describes...her book triumphs over other 'Women in Rock'
tomes."
*Times*
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