Ready for a brand new beat how "Dancing in the street" became the anthem for a changing America
2013
Large Print
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." Recorded by Martha and the Vandellas and released on July 31, the song was supposed to be an upbeat dance recording. But in the summer of Mississippi Freedom, the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Act, and the lead-up to a dramatic election, the song took on new meanings.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781410461957
Edition: Large print ed.
Description:
- 403 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- large print
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN: 2013023965
Control Number: 977516
Publisher: Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, c2013.Series:
Subjects:
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- 20th century.
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- 20th century.
- Motown Record Corporation.
- Music -- Social aspects -- United States -- 20th century.
- Nineteen sixty-four, A.D.
- Rhythm and blues music -- History and criticism.
- Social change -- United States -- 20th century.
- Vandellas (Musical group). Dancing in the street.
Genre: Large print books