The Beat Goes on: Liverpool, Popular Music and the Changing CityMarion Leonard, Rob Strachan In 2001 the Guinness Book of Records declared Liverpool 'City of Pop', the City that has produced more hit records than anywhere else. But why is Liverpool so important musically and how has it sustained its importance from the Beatles to the Zutons via Echo and the Bunnymen, Cream, The La's and others? The Beat Goes On is a critical historical account of popular music in Liverpool which explores the contextual, creative and geographical factors that have contributed to the city's status as a major centre of creativity within Anglo-Amercian popular music. Rather than attempting to create a singular |
Contents
creativity representation and place | 1 |
Growing up with the Beatles | 28 |
the city memory | 43 |
music making retail developments | 65 |
Liverpool black musicians | 84 |
gender representation | 105 |
Deaf School Erics | 124 |
finding a place for house music in Liverpool | 143 |
Liverpool songwriters on songwriting | 161 |
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