Novelty Records: Selected Subjects and Artists

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Product Description The essays presented in this anthology explore the novelty songs phenomenpn. These articles, book reviews and CD commentaries were produced randomly over the past decade. However, when united in a single volume they illustrate the breadth and dynamism of America's unpredictable novelty tune culture. These essays probe a recording realm that is irreverent, iconoclastic, and humorous. Individual artists like The Big Bopper, The Capitol Steps, and The Coasters are highlighted; teenage fascinations with cars, clothing, dancing, dating, food, hairstyles, and summer fun are explored; Christmas comedy recordings and Yuletide creatures are examined; nonsense songs are studied; and Halloween tunes, coffin songs, and monster mashes are put under the musical microscope as well. About the Author B. Lee Cooper is a freelance writer and popular music critic. Over the past 40 years he has been a professor of history and American culture, a dean of students, a provost and vice president for academic affairs, and a university president. He holds degrees from Bowling Green State University (B.S., 1964), Michigan State University (M.A., 1965), Ohio State University (Ph.D., 1971), and Newman University (D.H.L., 2009). He also studied at the Institute for Educational Management (I.E.M., 1980) at Harvard University. Dr. Cooper has an avid interest in 20th Century American popular music. He collects blues, doo-wop, novelty, rockabilly, and rock 'n' roll recordings. His scholarly pursuits in popular music include bibliography, discography, lyric analysis, song theme identification, and biographical studies. Dr. Cooper has authored more than 500 book and record reviews and over 150 articles that have appeared in 40 different scholarly journals and music magazines. He has also published 15 books, including A RESOURCE GUIDE TO THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY SONG LYRICS, 1950-1985 (Greenwood Press, 1986), ROCK MUSIC IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE -- 3 Volumes (Haworth, 1995, 1997, 1999), THE POPULAR MUSIC HANDBOOK (Libraries Unlimited, 2004), and NEW ORLEANS MUSIC: LEGACY AND SURVIVAL (Routledge, 2008). In 1983 he received the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for excellence in music research after publication of IMAGES OF AMERICAN SOCIETY IN POPULAR MUSIC (Nelson-Hall, 1982). Dr. Cooper is currently President and CEO of Popular Music Research, Ltd., a voluntary association of scholars and teachers who assist young writers with music-related projects. Frank Hoffmann served as a Professor of Library & Information Science, as well as Music, from 1979 to 2015. He has written more than fifty trade books (publishers include Routledge, Haworth, Scarecrow, Shoe String and Libraries Unlimited) and thirty e-books (available from NetLibrary and Amazon.com). He has won the Choice Magazine Best Academic Books award for both THE LITERATURE OF ROCK and INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM AND CENSORSHIP.