How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music by Elijah Wald

How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music

Elijah Wald

323 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history music informative medium-paced
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"There are no definitive histories," writes Elijah Wald, in this provocative reassessment of American popular music, "because the past keeps looking different as the present changes." Earlier musical styles sound different to us today because we h...

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