| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 128 pages). |
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data file rda |
| Series |
33 1/3 |
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33 1/3.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 14, 2019). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Sophisticated boom boom -- Out in the streets -- What is love? -- At the moment, it doesn't look good -- Shangri-La, or Tomorrow's a long way off -- Does this sound familiar? |
| Summary |
"Of the many girl-groups that came out of the 1960s, none is more idiosyncratic and influential than the Shangri-Las. They were together only five years, but within that time they subverted pop standards and foreshadowed a generation of tough women in music. Critically, they are not lauded in the way of the Ronettes, and they are certainly not a household name like the Supremes. They were a little too low-brow with an uncouth flair for theatrics that has placed them just left of the girl-group canon. This book examines the still-elusive validation of 1960s girl-groups as a whole, but also paradoxically aims to free the Shangri-Las from that category, viewing them instead with the sort of individuality traditionally afforded to rock groups. They were somehow able to challenge the status quo under the guise of sticky-sweet pop, a feat not many pop groups can achieve, but which they do fleetingly but not insubstantially in Golden Hits of the Shangri-Las."--Publisher website. |
| Subject |
Shangri-Las (Musical group)
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Girl groups (Musical groups)
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Popular music -- 1961-1970 -- History and criticism.
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MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory.
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Girl groups (Musical groups) (OCoLC)fst00942860
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Popular music. (OCoLC)fst01071422
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1961-1970
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1900-1999
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| Indexed Term |
Shangra-Las |
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Girl Groups |
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1960s |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wolin, Ada, author. Golden hits of the Shangri-Las New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019 9781501331749 (DLC) 2019009816 |
| ISBN |
9781501331756 electronic book |
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1501331752 electronic book |
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9781501331763 electronic book |
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1501331760 electronic book |
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9781501331770 (online) |
| Standard No. |
10.5040/9781501331770. doi |
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