Beatles and Black Music

Post-Colonial Theory, Musicology and Remix Culture

AvRichard Mills

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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The Beatles and Black Music discusses the influence that Black music and culture has had over the Beatles throughout their collective and solo careers. Tracing the history of Black musical and cultural influence on popular music from the Transatlantic Slave Trade in 1795 to the nascent Mersey Beat scene in the early 1960s, this book is the first to explore the Beatles from this important cultural lens. The Beatles and Black Music discusses the influence that Black music and culture has had over the Beatles throughout their collective and solo careers. Richard Mills adopts a musicological and historiographic account to demonstrate the extent to which Liverpool’s colonial history influenced the Beatles’ music.Beginning with the grand narrative of British colonial history pre-Beatles, it covers the influence of Black music and culture on the Beatles' teenage years in the 1950s, their association with Lord Woodbine, their love of American Rhythm and Blues in the mid-1960s, and extends to a discussion of post-colonial British identity and the lasting effect Black music has had on the Beatles’ legacy and continues to have on the solo careers of Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-06-12
Mått:158 x 232 x 22 mm
Vikt:540 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781501366949

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Populärmusik inom Kultur
Tonsättare och låtskrivare inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Richard Mills is Programme Director and Associate Professor in English Literature and Popular Culture at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, UK. He is the author of The Beatles and Fandom (Bloomsbury, 2019) and co-editor, with Lee Brooks and Mark Donnelly, of Mad Dogs and Englishness (Bloomsbury, 2017) and, with Katie Kapurch and Matthias Heyman, The Beatles and Humour (Bloomsbury, 2023).

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This volume is a valuable addition to UK popular culture studies on The Beatles ... Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceIntroduction: The Beatles and Black MusicChapter 1: Colonial History and the BeatlesChapter 2: Lord Woodbine, the Liverpool Music Scene and the Gator BowlChapter 3: Cunard Yanks: The Beatles and 1950s Rhythm and BluesChapter 4: Cover Versions on Please Please Me and With the BeatlesChapter 5: The Beatles, Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Atlantic, Stax, Motown and Psychedelic SoulChapter 6: The White Album, Let It Be and Abbey RoadChapter 7: The Black Album. The Beatles Mashed, Jay Z and Brian Burton aka Danger Mouse Chapter 8: Post-Colonial Solo Beatles: The Beatles and Black Music After Their Breakup In 1970Conclusion: The Beatles and Post-colonial BritainBibliographyDiscographyThe Grey Album: Track ListingAcknowledgments