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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Kurlansky, Mark.     Subjects     Vandellas (Musical group). Dancing in the street.     Popular music -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Blacks -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.     Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Civil rights demonstrations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Protest movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Race riots -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Blacks -- Social conditions -- 1964-1975.     Blacks -- United States -- History -- 1964-     Nineteen sixties -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kurlansky, Mark.       by title:      Ready for a brand ne...       by call number:      323.1196073 K96r     Search the Web     Kurlansky, Mark.     Vandellas (Musical group). Dancing in the street.     Popular music -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Blacks -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.     Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Civil rights demonstrations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Protest movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Race riots -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Blacks -- Social conditions -- 1964-1975.     Blacks -- United States -- History -- 1964-     Nineteen sixties -- History.       MARC Display

Ready for a brand new beat : how "Dancing in the Street" became the anthem for a changing America / Mark Kurlansky. by Kurlansky, Mark. Riverhead Books, c2013. Call #: 323.1196073 K96r Subjects Vandellas (Musical group). Dancing in the street.   Popular music -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Blacks -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.   Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Civil rights demonstrations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Protest movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Race riots -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Blacks -- Social conditions -- 1964-1975.   Blacks -- United States -- History -- 1964-   Nineteen sixties -- History. ISBN:  9781594487224 (hc.) 1594487227 (hc.) Alternate title:  Brand new beat : how "Dancing in the Street" became the anthem for a changing America How "Dancing in the Street" became the anthem for a changing America Description:  xxi, 263 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes discography (p. 245-246), bibliographical references (p. 247-252) and index. Contents:  Calling out around the world -- Are you ready? -- A brand new beat -- Summer's here -- The time is right for dancing in the street -- It doesn't matter what you wear -- Timeline of the Summer of 1964. Summary:  Can a song change a nation? In 1964, Marvin Gaye, record producer William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Motown songwriter Ivy Jo Hunter wrote "Dancing in the Street." The song was recorded at Motown's Hitsville USA Studio by Martha and the Vandellas. Released on July 31, the song was supposed to be an upbeat dance recording--a precursor to disco, a song about the joyousness of dance, the song of a summer. But events overtook it, and the song became one of the anthems of American pop culture. 1964 was the Mississippi Freedom Summer, the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Act, and the lead-up to a dramatic election that completely changed American politics. As the country grew more radicalized in those few months, "Dancing in the Street" gained currency as an activist anthem. The song took on new meanings, multiple meanings, for many different groups that were all altered as the country changed. Told by the writer who is legendary for finding the big story in unlikely places, Ready for a Brand New Beat chronicles that extraordinary summer of 1964 and showcases the momentous role that a simple song about dancing played in our nation's history.--Publisher's description. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 323.1196073 K96r Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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