Ready for a Brand New Beat: How "Dancing in the Street" Became the Anthem for a Changing America by Mark Kurlansky

Ready for a Brand New Beat: How "Dancing in the Street" Became the Anthem for a Changing America

Mark Kurlansky

288 pages • first pub 2013 (view editions)

nonfiction history music politics informative slow-paced
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Can a song change a nation? In 1964, Marvin Gaye, record producer William “Mickey” Stevenson, and Motown songwriter Ivy Jo Hunter wrote “Dancing in the Street.” The song was recorded at Motown’s Hitsville USA Studio by Martha and the Vandellas, wi...

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