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  • Why Britain Rocked

  • How Rock Became Roll and Took Over the World
  • By: Elizabeth Sharkey
  • Narrated by: Elizabeth Sharkey
  • Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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The story goes that under the influence of blues and rock and roll, Britain suddenly started making spectacularly great music in the 1960s like some clever, quick-learning cultural satellite of America. But Britain’s mid-20th-century pop music explosion didn’t happen from a standing start.

The reasons, both dazzling and multifaceted, appear to lie deeper than those legendary deliveries of blues records to Liverpool’s port and the legacy of music halls. Featuring new discoveries and original insights, Why Britain Rocked: How Rock Became Roll and Took Over the World argues that the Beatles’ arrival, which stunned the world, really shouldn’t have been surprising at all.

From the Celts, Henry VIII, and the Quakers to Ira Aldridge and Paul Robeson, Why Britain Rocked uncovers the unique events and unexpected influences that encouraged British pop to be glorious, crazy, luminous, joyous, profound, melancholic, ferocious, anarchic, witty, smart, and wonderful in all its ways.
©2023 Academica Press (P)2023 Tonic Films Limited
Great Britain History & Criticism Social Sciences England Witty
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A gem of a book

I loved the educational side of the book and the playlists ending each chapter. The depth of research makes this book a must read for anyone interested in the history of our music.

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