Audiobook8 hours
Everybody's Doin' It: Sex, Music, and Dance in New York, 1840-1917
Written by Dale Cockrell
Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this audiobook
Everybody's Doin' It is the eye-opening story of popular music's seventy-year rise in the brothels, dance halls, and dives of New York City. It traces the birth of popular music, including ragtime and jazz, to convivial meeting places for sex, drink, music, and dance. Whether coming from a single piano player or a small band, live music was a nightly feature in New York's spirited dives, where men and women, often black and white, mingled freely-to the horror of the elite.
This rollicking demimonde drove the development of an energetic dance music that would soon span the world. The Virginia Minstrels, Juba, Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin and his hit "Alexander's Ragtime Band," and the Original Dixieland Jass Band all played a part in popularizing startling new sounds.
Musicologist Dale Cockrell recreates this ephemeral underground world by mining tabloids, newspapers, court records of police busts, lurid exposes, journals, and the reports of undercover detectives working for social-reform organizations, who were sent in to gather evidence against such low-life places. Everybody's Doin' It illuminates the how, why, and where of America's popular music and its buoyant journey from the dangerous Five Points of downtown to the interracial black and tans of Harlem.
This rollicking demimonde drove the development of an energetic dance music that would soon span the world. The Virginia Minstrels, Juba, Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin and his hit "Alexander's Ragtime Band," and the Original Dixieland Jass Band all played a part in popularizing startling new sounds.
Musicologist Dale Cockrell recreates this ephemeral underground world by mining tabloids, newspapers, court records of police busts, lurid exposes, journals, and the reports of undercover detectives working for social-reform organizations, who were sent in to gather evidence against such low-life places. Everybody's Doin' It illuminates the how, why, and where of America's popular music and its buoyant journey from the dangerous Five Points of downtown to the interracial black and tans of Harlem.
Related to Everybody's Doin' It
Related audiobooks
Icons and Instincts: Choreographing and Directing Entertainment's Biggest Stars Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNobody Ever Asked Me about the Girls: Women, Music and Fame Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Taylor Swift Became Famous Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBillie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mr. Media: The Frank Zappa Interview Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5George Balanchine: The Life and Legacy of One of the 20th Century’s Most Influential Choreographers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPlaying My Heart Out: One Ringer's Passion for Handbells Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Why Bowie Matters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsListening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Being Britney: Pieces of a Modern Icon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDiaghilev's Empire: How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn the Road and Off the Record with Leonard Bernstein: My Years with the Exasperating Genius Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Nothing Compares 2 U: An Oral History of Prince Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Leonard Bernstein: The Political Life of an American Musician Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Once In A Lifetime: The Crazy Days of Acid House and Afterwards Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Oneida: From Free Love Utopia to the Well-Set Table Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Wild and Crazy Time Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWarhol Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Permanent Damage: Memoirs of an Outrageous Girl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wajatta: Casual High Technology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Life and Music of George Gershwin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bob Fosse: The Life and Legacy of America’s Most Decorated Choreographer Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Turn Around Bright Eyes: A Karaoke Love Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Niche: A Memoir in Pastiche Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summertime: George Gershwin's Life in Music Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Popular Culture & Media Studies For You
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 50th Law Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Freakonomics Rev Ed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Burn Book: A Tech Love Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Do You Know Who I Am?: Battling Imposter Syndrome in Hollywood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don't Panic: Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Age of Grievance Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Predictably Irrational Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Butts: A Backstory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Body Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don't Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Psychology of Zelda: Linking Our World to the Legend of Zelda Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Religion of Sports: Navigating the Trials of Life through the Games we Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Everybody's Doin' It
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews