Asif Siddiqi is Professor of History at Fordham University in New York and specializes in the history of technology, Soviet history, and global histories of science. He has held visiting positions at Harvard University, MIT, Caltech, and the Smithsonian Institution. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2016 and was a visiting scholar at Princeton University’s Davis Center for Historical Studies in 2021–22.

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• One-Track Mind: An IntroductionAsif Siddiqi Le Grand Kallé and African Jazz—"Indépendance Cha Cha" (1960) Simon Zagorski-Thomas Gerald Wilson—"Viva Tirado" (1962) Oliver Wang Moby Grape— "Omaha" (1967) Susan Schmidt Horning Led Zeppelin—"Immigrant Song" (1970) Esther Liberman Cuenca David Bowie—"Rebel Rebel" (1974) Glenn Hendler Donna Summer—"I Feel Love" (1977) Simon Reynolds X-Ray Spex—"Oh Bondage Up Yours!" (1977) Helen Reddington Prince—"When You Were Mine" (1980) Scott Poulson-Bryant Neil Young—"Transformer Man" (1982) George Plasketes The Replacements—"Unsatisfied" (1984) Gina Arnold NWA—"F- Tha Police (1988) Austin McCoy Salt-N-Pepa—"Shoop" (1993) Amy Coddington Hanson—"MmmBop" (1997) Louie Dean Valencia Elton John—"Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997) Christine Caccipuoti LCD Soundsystem—"All My Friends" (2007) Gabrielle Cornish MIA—"Paper Planes" (2007) Asif Siddiqi

Asif Siddiqi is Professor of History at Fordham University in New York and specializes in the history of technology, Soviet history, and global histories of science. He has held visiting positions at Harvard University, MIT, Caltech, and the Smithsonian Institution. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2016 and was a visiting scholar at Princeton University’s Davis Center for Historical Studies in 2021–22.

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• One-Track Mind: An IntroductionAsif Siddiqi Le Grand Kallé and African Jazz—"Indépendance Cha Cha" (1960) Simon Zagorski-Thomas Gerald Wilson—"Viva Tirado" (1962) Oliver Wang Moby Grape— "Omaha" (1967) Susan Schmidt Horning Led Zeppelin—"Immigrant Song" (1970) Esther Liberman Cuenca David Bowie—"Rebel Rebel" (1974) Glenn Hendler Donna Summer—"I Feel Love" (1977) Simon Reynolds X-Ray Spex—"Oh Bondage Up Yours!" (1977) Helen Reddington Prince—"When You Were Mine" (1980) Scott Poulson-Bryant Neil Young—"Transformer Man" (1982) George Plasketes The Replacements—"Unsatisfied" (1984) Gina Arnold NWA—"F- Tha Police (1988) Austin McCoy Salt-N-Pepa—"Shoop" (1993) Amy Coddington Hanson—"MmmBop" (1997) Louie Dean Valencia Elton John—"Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997) Christine Caccipuoti LCD Soundsystem—"All My Friends" (2007) Gabrielle Cornish MIA—"Paper Planes" (2007) Asif Siddiqi