Title:
The number ones : twenty chart-topping hits that reveal the history of pop music
Author:
Breihan, Tom, author.
ISBN:
9780306826535
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
ix, 342 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Chubby Checker : "The twist" -- The Shirelles : "Will you love me tomorrow" -- The Beatles : "I want to hold your hand" -- The Supremes : "Where did our love go" -- The Byrds : "Mr. tambourine man" -- The Beach Boys : "Good vibrations" -- George McCrae : "Rock your baby" -- Fleetwood Mac : "Dreams" -- The Human League : "Don't you want me" -- Michael Jackson : "Billie Jean" -- Prince : "When doves cry" -- Bon Jovi : "You give love a bad name" -- Mariah Carey : "Vision of love" -- Vanilla Ice : "Ice ice baby" -- Puff Daddy : "Can't nobody hold me down" (featuring Mase) -- Britney Spears : "...Baby one more time" -- T-Pain : "Buy u a drank (shawty snappin')" (featuring Yung Joc) -- Soulja Boy Tell'em : "Crank that (Soulja Boy)" -- Rae Sremmurd : "Black beatles" (featuring Gucci Mane) -- BTS : "Dynamite".
Abstract:
A narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of twenty pivotal hits at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, which began in 1958, reveals a remarkably fluid and connected story of music.
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