Eric Weisbard
Author
Series
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Songbooks, a critical guide to American popular music writing, unfolds chronologically, with entries on authors, artists, and topics beginning with William Billings's 1770 New-England Psalm-Singer. Outsiders proliferate in these pages: women and/or writers of color, authors displaced by sexuality, self-educated scholars, elites deviating from norms. Their work routinely took non-academic shapes: compilations of songs, memoirs and biographies, fiction...
2) Hound dog
Author
Series
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Hound Dog is a cultural history of "Hound Dog" singles-from the original by Willie Mae Thornton to the infamous version by Elvis Presley, and to later "dog" themed songs such as George Clinton's "Atomic Dog" and Snoop Dogg and DMX's "Get At Me Dog." Eric Weisbard argues that we have to fully grapple with the rich and varied meanings that emerge at this dog-themed nexus in this history of rock 'n' roll, R&B, punk, and pop music. Through Elvis' "Hound...
