Selling Decency and Innocence: Names of Singing Groups in the Malt Shop Memories Collection

Abstract This study examines the names of sixty-five male and female singing groups in the Malt Shop Memories collection and their economic, social, and cultural influences. Record companies' efforts to sell the emerging rock'n'roll to teenagers of mid-1950s to mid-1960s affluent Amer...

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Main Author: Margaret G Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2009-09-01
Series:Names
Online Access:http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1868