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A monumental work of musical history, Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! traces the story of pop music through songs, bands, musical scenes, and styles from Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock around the Clock" (1954) to Beyonce's first megahit, "Crazy in Love" (2003). Bob Stanley-himself a musician, music critic, and fan-teases out…

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1 author picked Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyonce as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love music. And so I loved this more than any non-fiction book I’ve read in a long time.

Somehow it is the entire history of British pop music in a single book, from the first charts in 1952 until their death as a meaningful barometer of cultural taste in the early Noughties, breathtakingly audacious in scope, brisk yet comprehensive, and endlessly thought provoking.

A rallying cry for everyone who believes pop music is an art form (but, no, Bob, Sweet were not more important than Led Zeppelin). A book I couldn’t wait to return to every time I put…

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