The Beatles and Black Music
Post-Colonial Theory, Musicology and Remix Culture
- 281 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: The Beatles and Black music
- 1 Colonial history and The Beatles
- 2 Lord Woodbine, the Liverpool music scene and the Gator Bowl
- 3 Cunard Yanks: The Beatles and 1950s rhythm and blues
- 4 Cover versions on Please Please Me and With The Beatles
- 5 The Beatles, Rubber Soul, Revolver and Atlantic, Stax, Motown and psychedelic soul
- 6 The White Album, Let It Be and Abbey Road
- 7 The Black Album: The Beatles Mashed, Jay-Z and Danger Mouse aka Brian Burton
- 8 Post-colonial solo Beatles: The Beatles and Black music after their breakup in 1970
- Conclusion: The Beatles and post-colonial Britain
- Bibliography
- Discography
- The Grey Album: Track Listing
- Index