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READY FOR A BRAND NEW BEAT: How "Dancing in the Street" Became the Anthem for a Changing America.
by Kurlansky, Mark
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket./fine
- ISBN 10
- 1594487227
- ISBN 13
- 9781594487224
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About This Item
New York:: Riverhead Books,, 2013.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A look at the summer of 1964 - the Mississippi Freedom Summer, the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, the beginning of the Vietnam War, the passage of the Civil Rights Act, and the lead-up to a dramatic election - and the song, written by Marvin Gaye and recorded by Martha and the Vandelles, which took on many meanings as the country changed. The NY Times review commented about this book "For all the seriousness of Kurlanskys cultural entanglements, it is nevertheless a delight to experience his sophisticated sense of play and, at times, his outright wicked sense of humor. Illustrated with photographs. Includes a time line of 1964, a discography of the song, bibliography and index. xxi, 263 pp.
Synopsis
Can a song change a nation? In 1964, Marvin Gaye, record producer William “Mickey” Stevenson, and Motown songwriter Ivy Jo Hunter wrote “Dancing in the Street.” The song was recorded at Motown’s Hitsville USA Studio by Martha and the Vandellas, with lead singer Martha Reeves arranging her own vocals. Released on July 31, the song was supposed to be an upbeat dance recording—a precursor to disco, and a song about the joyousness of dance. But events overtook it, and the song became one of the icons of American pop culture. The Beatles had landed in the U.S. in early 1964. By the summer, the sixties were in full swing. The summer of 1964 was the Mississippi Freedom Summer, the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, the beginning of the Vietnam War, the passage of the Civil Rights Act, and the lead-up to a dramatic election. As the country grew more radicalized in those few months, “Dancing in the Street” gained currency as an activist anthem. The song took on new meanings, multiple meanings, for many different groups that were all changing as the country changed. Told by the writer who is legendary for finding the big story in unlikely places, Ready for a Brand New Beat chronicles that extraordinary summer of 1964 and showcases the momentous role that a simple song about dancing played in history.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84456
- Title
- READY FOR A BRAND NEW BEAT: How "Dancing in the Street" Became the Anthem for a Changing America.
- Author
- Kurlansky, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1594487227
- ISBN 13
- 9781594487224
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 2013.
- Keywords
- music and musicians, motown, the 60s, civil rights, freedom summer,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History: USA;
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