Influence of british rock music in th 20th century on the world ( mainly Europe amd North America)

by L0zl4

I need to do a very important project for school.

If somebody could list some sources that could be useful for my work i would be very greatful. The main focus is on the british rock bands and maybe some solo artists.

hillsonghoods

In terms of writing about the influence of British rock music in Europe and North America, there's so much that I don't know where to start! We're talking close to 60 years of music at this point, and there's dozens of different noteworthy subgenres, each of which has books written about it and its influence. So you're probably wanting something about the start of the influence, and some broad overviews of British rock music's place within pop. In terms of the start of the influence, Gordon Thompson's Please Please Me: Sixties British Pop, Inside Out is a good overview of the 1960s Britpop scene with an insider perspective. And basically, there's plenty of writing about the Beatles and their influence on America which should serve your purposes well, with them as a case study - Jonathan Gould's Can't Buy Me Love is pretty good for discussing the Beatles in America, for example. For broader overviews, it's such a big part of the story of rock and pop in general that any history of pop/rock book will explain the influence in some way, from Charlie Gillett's The Sound Of The City to Bob Stanley's Yeah Yeah Yeah (both of these are written by British authors, and it might be good to contrast with the writing of an American author on a similar subject - say, Ed Ward's recent The History Of Rock & Roll, Part 2). Additionally, a rock history textbook designed for undergrad courses, like Covach & Flory's What's That Sound, will tell that part of the story pretty well at the level of broad overview. Hope that helps!

Iphikrates

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