How Long to Read How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll

How Long Does it Take to Read How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll by Elijah Wald

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

"There are no definitive histories," writes Elijah Wald, in this provocative reassessment of American popular music, "because the past keeps looking different as the present changes." Earlier musical styles sound different to us today because we hear them through the musical filter of other styles that came after them, all the way through funk and hip hop. As its blasphemous title suggests, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll rejects the conventional pieties of mainstream jazz and rock history. Rather than concentrating on those traditionally favored styles, the book traces the evolution of popular music through developing tastes, trends and technologies--including the role of records, radio, jukeboxes and television --to give a fuller, more balanced account of the broad variety of music that captivated listeners over the course of the twentieth century. Wald revisits original sources--recordings, period articles, memoirs, and interviews--to highlight how music was actually heard and experienced over the years. And in a refreshing departure from more typical histories, he focuses on the world of working musicians and ordinary listeners rather than stars and specialists. He looks for example at the evolution of jazz as dance music, and rock 'n' roll through the eyes of the screaming, twisting teenage girls who made up the bulk of its early audience. Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and the Beatles are all here, but Wald also discusses less familiar names like Paul Whiteman, Guy Lombardo, Mitch Miller, Jo Stafford, Frankie Avalon, and the Shirelles, who in some cases were far more popular than those bright stars we all know today, and who more accurately represent the mainstream of their times. Written with verve and style, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll shakes up our staid notions of music history and helps us hear American popular music with new ears.

How long is How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll?

How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll by Elijah Wald is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll aloud.

What Reading Level is How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll?

How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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