Description
Join Bob Stanley and Tessa Norton, who co-wrote Excavate!: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall, in conversation as they explore the story of pop music from the early days of recorded music to the present day.
Pop music didn’t begin with Elvis in 1956 or even with the first seven-inch singles in 1949. So, who were the earliest record stars and why did Swing pretty much disappear after the Second World War?
Stanley’s book, Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop, tells the definitive story of the birth of pop, from the invention of the 78rpm record at the end of the 19th century to pop’s modern age, from the famous names to the unheralded songwriters and arrangers behind some of our most enduring songs.
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Excavate!: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
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About the Authors
Bob Stanley
Bob Stanley is a writer, musician and film producer. Since 1987, he has written about music for the Face, Smash Hits, NME, the Guardian, the Times, the LA Times and the Paris Review. Bob is a member of the Mercury-nominated pop group Saint Etienne, and has written two acclaimed pop music histories that span the 20th century – Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop and Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop , which won the 2023 Penderyn Prize. His coming book is The Bee Gees: Children Of The World.
Tessa Norton
Tessa Norton is an artist and writer based in West Yorkshire. Her work playfully explores cosmic and expansive worlds using unlikely theoretical frameworks like pop music, teen movies and ghost stories.
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