I do know that Google has a Music Timeline, but it's horrendous. On the similar time, the story of economic rock music took a weird turn when it hit the coast of California: the Seashore Boys invented surf music. Surf music was just rock a…

DAVID HAJDU'S NEW GUIDE bears a weighty, Tocquevillian subtitle — Pop Music in America — consistent with its goals but out of step with its tone. Pop has turn into so much greater than a catchy melody and repeated verses—it's a illustratio…