Table of Contents

Contents

• Preface
• The Emergence of Rock Music, or, Waking Up the 1950s
• Rock’s Not So Dull Predecessors
• In the Mood
• Of Thee I Sing
• Night and Day
• Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
• Oklahoma!
• Show Business
• The Cry of the Wild Goose
• The Pioneering Rock Songs, or, Three Create a Crowd
• Rock Around the Clock
• Sh-Boom
• Shake, Rattle and Roll
• Older-Style Songs Amidst the Rocks
• All the Way
• Chances Are
• I Could Have Danced All Night
• Moon River
• Rocky Mountain High
• Top of the World
• Whatever Will Be, Will Be
• A Generation of Classic Rock, or, Rock Rolls On
• The Megastars and Megagroups, or the Bolder and the Boulders
• Are You Lonesome Tonight?
• Blue Suede Shoes
• Bridge over Troubled Water
• Can’t Help Falling in Love
• Crazy Man, Crazy
• Diana
• Dream Lover
• Good Vibrations
• I Want to Hold Your Hand
• In My Room
• It Ain’t Me, Babe
• Last Train to Clarksville
• Let It Be
• Love Me Tender
• Michelle
• Photograph
• P. S. I Love You
• Respect
• (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
• Scarborough Fair/Canticle
• Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Stop! In the Name of Love
• Surfin’ USA
• Walk Like a Man
• What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?
• What’s Going On
• Who’s Sorry Now?
• World Without Love
• Yesterday
• You Send Me
• The Best Songs That Never Made Number 1, or, Time Heals All Aches, Mistakes, and Bad Breads
• Ain’t That a Shame?
• Downtown
• From Me to You
• I Feel Good
• I’m on the Outside (Looking In)
• I’m Walkin’
• Lookin’ Out My Back Door
• Oh, Pretty Woman
• Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
• Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
• Rhinestone Cowboy
• (I’m a) Road Runner
• Song Sung Blue
• Standing on the Corner
• Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
• Up-Up and Away
• Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
• One-Hit Wonders, or Flashes in the Chart
• At the Hop
• The Battle of New Orleans
• Classical Gas
• Earth Angel
• Ease on Down the Road
• Gentle on My Mind
• The Great Pretender
• Happy Together
• I’m Sorry
• Jesus Christ, Superstar
• Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
• Save the Last Dance for Me
• Singin’ the Blues
• Sit Down, I Think I Love You
• Spinning Wheel
• Tequila
• Volare
• Novelty Songs, or, Unusual, but Unusually Good
• Aquarius
• The Candy Man
• Don’t Sleep in the Subway
• Hit the Road, Jack
• Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini
• King of the Road
• The Last Kiss
• The Wanderer
• You Don’t Own Me
• You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
• The Best and the Worst of Classic Rock
• The Best Classic Rock Song
• The Worst Famous Classic Rock Song
• Classic Rock Meets Disco, and Both Disappear
• Disco Duck
• Stayin’ Alive
• Title Index
• Subject Index
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

About the Author

William E Studwell, David Lonergan