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Title Tell Tchaikovsky the news : rock 'n' roll, the labor question, and the musicians' union, 1942-1968 / Michael James Roberts.
Author Roberts, Michael James, 1967- author.
Publisher Durham : Duke University Press, [2014]
Copyright ©2014


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Description xv, 254 pages, [6] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN 9780822354635 cloth
0822354632 cloth
9780822354758 paperback
0822354756 paperback
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-241) and index.
Contents Introduction : union man blues -- Solidarity forever? : the musicians' union responds to records and radio -- Have you heard the news? There's good rockin' tonight : wildcats, hepcats, and the emergence of rock 'n' roll -- If I had a hammer : union musicians "bop" rock 'n' roll -- A working-class hero is something to be : the union's attempt to block the British invasion rock bands -- Tuned in, turned on, and dropped out : rock 'n' roll music production restructures the music industry along non-union lines.
Library Class Music A40
Subject American Federation of Musicians -- History.
Musicians -- Labor unions -- United States.
Rock musicians -- Labor unions -- United States.

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