Stop Press Hits: How the UK Pop Charts Became Front Page News 1956-69
Stop Press Hits explores how the UK pop charts moved beyond specialist music coverage to become front-page news. Covering the years 1956–1969, Alan Jennings examines the changing relationship between popular music, chart success, and the British press.
About This Book
Stop Press Hits examines the rise of the UK pop charts as a subject of front-page attention between 1956 and 1969.
The book focuses on the relationship between popular music and the press during this period.
It offers a historical look at how chart success became part of Britain’s wider news and media culture.
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