1965: The Most Revolutionary Year in Music

1965: The Most Revolutionary Year in Music

by Andrew Grant Jackson
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 03/02/2015

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A lively chronicle of the year that shaped popular music forever!


Fifty years ago, friendly rivalry between musicians turned 1965 into the year rock evolved into the premier art form of its time and accelerated the drive for personal freedom throughout the Western world.


The Beatles made their first artistic statement with Rubber Soul. Bob Dylan released "Like a Rolling Stone, arguably the greatest song of all time, and went electric at the Newport Folk Festival. The Rolling Stones's "Satisfaction" catapulted the band to world-wide success. New genres such as funk, psychedelia, folk rock, proto-punk, and baroque pop were born. Soul music became a prime force of desegregation as Motown crossed over from the R&B charts to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Country music reached new heights with Nashville and the Bakersfield sound. Musicians raced to innovate sonically and lyrically against the backdrop of seismic cultural shifts wrought by the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, psychedelics, the Pill, long hair for men, and designer Mary Quant’s introduction of the miniskirt.


In 1965, Andrew Grant Jackson combines fascinating and often surprising personal stories with a panoramic historical narrative.

ISBN:
9781466864979
9781466864979
Category:
Music
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
03-02-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Andrew Grant Jackson

Andrew Grant Jackson is the author of 1965: The Most Revolutionary Year in Music, Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of the Beatles' Solo Careers, Where's Ringo? and Where's Elvis? He has written for Rolling Stone, Slate, Yahoo!, and PopMatters.

He directed and co-wrote the feature film The Discontents starring Perry King and Amy Madigan. He lives in Los Angeles.

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