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Cooper, B. Lee was born on October 4, 1942 in Hammond, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles Albert and Kathleen Marie (Kunde) Cooper.
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How does rock music impact culture? According to authors B. Lee Cooper and Wayne S. Haney, it is central to the definition of society and has had a great impact on shaping American culture. In Rock Music in American Popular Culture, insightful essays and book reviews explore ways popular culture items can be used to explore American values. This fascinating book is arranged alphabetically for quick and easy reference to specific topics, but the book is equally enjoyable to read straight through. The influence of rock era music is evident throughout the text, demonstrating how various topics in the popular culture field are interconnected. Students in popular culture survey courses and American studies classes will be fascinated by these unique explorations of how family businesses, games, nursery rhymes, rock and roll legends, and other musical ventures shed light on our society and how they have shaped American values over the years.
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From “Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)?” to a list of all song titles containing the word “werewolf,” Rock Music in American Popular Culture II: More Rock ’n’Roll Resources continues where 1995’s Volume I left off. Using references and illustrations drawn from contemporary lyrics and supported by historical and sociological research on popular cultural subjects, this collection of insightful essays and reviews assesses the involvement of musical imagery in personal issues, in social and political matters, and in key socialization activities. From marriage and sex to public schools and youth culture, readers discover how popular culture can be used to explore American values. As Authors B. Lee Cooper and Wayne S. Haney prove that integrated popular culture is the product of commercial interaction with public interest and values rather than a random phenomena, they entertainingly and knowledgeably cover such topics as: • answer songs--interchanges involving social events and lyrical commentaries as explored in response recordings • horror films--translations and transformations of literary images and motion picture figures into popular song characters and tales • public schools--images of formal educational practices and informal learning processes in popular song lyrics • sex--suggestive tales and censorship challenges within the popular music realm • war--examinations of persistent military and home front themes featured in wartime recordings Rock Music in American Popular Culture II: More Rock ‘n’Roll Resources is nontechnical, written in a clear and concise fashion, and explores each topic thoroughly, with ample discographic and bibliographic resources provided for additional research. Arranged alphabetically for quick and easy reference to specific topics, the book is equally enjoyable to read straight through. Rock music fans, teachers, popular culture professors, music instructors, public librarians, sound recording archivists, sociologists, social critics, and journalists can all learn something, as the book shows them the cross-pollination of music and social life in the United States.
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B. Lee Cooper offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of contemporary American society as it has been captured and transmitted in the lyrics of more than 3,000 popular recordings. By tracing the permutations of American popular music from the end of the Big Band/Swing Era through the Age of Rock, the author presents a thematically structured analysis of popular music lyrics from 1950 through 1985. Cooper divides his lucid commentaries and lists of songs into fifteen sections, each dealing with a particular social, political, or personal theme. In the brief essays that precede the lengthy discographic sections, the author explores the ways in which popular music has dealt with such issues as religion, death, education, youth culture, transportation, mass media, protest, military activity, women's liberation, and drug use and abuse. An illustrative discography of 45 r.p.m. records follows each section of commentary. An extensive bibliography of books, articles, and special reports appears at the end of the volume, along with a selected discography of album-length recordings which supplements the extensive 45 r.p.m. listings.
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Rock Music in American Popular Culture III: More Rock ’n’Roll Resources explores the fascinating world of rock music and examines how this medium functions as an expression of cultural and social identity. This nostalgic guide explores the meanings and messages behind some of the most popular rock ’n’roll songs that captured the American spirit, mirrored society, and reflected events in our history. Arranged by themes, Rock Music in American Popular Culture III examines a variety of social and cultural topics with related songs, such as: • sex and censorship--“Only the Good Die Young” by Billy Joel and “Night Moves” by Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band • holiday songs--“Rockin’Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee and “The Christmas Song” by Nat King Cole • death--“Leader of the Pack” by The Shangri-Las and “The Unknown Soldier” by The Doors • foolish behavior--“When a Man Loves a Woman” by Percy Sledge and “What Kind of Fool” by Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb • jobs and the workplace--“Don’t Stand So Close to Me” by The Police and “Dirty Laundry” by Don Henley • military involvements--“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” by the Andrews Sisters and “War” by Edwin Starr • novelty recordings--“The Purple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley and “Eat It” by Weird Al Yankovic • letters and postal images--“P. S. I Love You” by The Beatles and “Return to Sender” by Elvis Presely In addition, a discography and a bibliography after each section give further examples of the themes and resources being discussed, as do extensive lists of print references at the end of the text.
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This book continues the objectives of the original volume: to act as a pathfinder in the study of rock music for both the serious student and the interested enthusiast, and to serve as a guide to the vast quantities of material on the subject for librarians and educators. Covering 1984-1990, it also lists many sources published between 1954 and 1983 supplemental to the earlier two volumes.
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Cooper, B. Lee was born on October 4, 1942 in Hammond, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles Albert and Kathleen Marie (Kunde) Cooper.
Bachelor of Science, Bowling Green State University, 1964. Master of Arts, Michigan State University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1971.
Certified, Harvard University, 1980.
Associate professor history Urbana College, Ohio, 1965-1973, dean student affairs, 1973-1974, dean college, 1974-1976. Vice president academy affairs Newberry College, South Carolina, 1976-1985, Olivet College, Michigan, 1986-1993. Provost University Great Falls, Montana, 1993—2000.
Academy vice president, dean of the college Reinhardt College, Waleska, Georgia, 2000—2002. Interim president, provost Newman University, Kansas, since 2002.
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Member Popular Culture Association, American Culture Association, Phi Alpha Theta (graduate scholar 1964), Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Jill Elizabeth Cunningham, June 13, 1964. Children: Michael Lee, Laura Ellen, Julie Allison.