| Description | Track 1: Recording setup, 0.18 mins
Track 2: Colin MacInnes talks about the connection between American and English pop music, which goes back to the 1840s, much earlier than people realise; the American minstrel shows in the British music halls and the cross-fertilisation between the two arts which led to popular music hall songs like 'Lily of Laguna' sung by Eugene Stratton and Ella Shields, who was from Philadelphia
Track 3: The interviewer asks about American singers who were popular in the early 1950s, which created a generation of British imitators; Colin MacInnes talks about the origins of skiffle and its connection with the folk song movement and the reasons for its decline
Tracks 4-5: He discusses the origins of the beat movement and whether it came out of skiffle; he talks about his first encounter with rock and roll and going to a Tommy Steele concert; rebellion and rock music
Tracks 6-7: He talks about Billie Holliday, great artists singing trashy songs, and music hall songs, commercialisation in music hall, and pop music today, which has become more commercial
Total: 16.13 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF549C0356280 |