Series on the history of modern pop music, directed by Tony Palmer and originally broadcast worldwide between 1976 and 1980. The series covers the many different genres that have fallen under the "pop" label between the mid-1800s and 1976, including folk, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, vaudeville and music hall, musical theater, country, swing, jazz, blues, R&B, rock 'n' roll and others.
Series on the history of modern pop music, directed by Tony Palmer and originally broadcast worldwide between 1976 and 1980. The series covers the many different genres that have fallen under the "pop" label between the mid-1800s and 1976, including folk, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, vaudeville and music hall, musical theater, country, swing, jazz, blues, R&B, rock 'n' roll and others.
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Season 1
12 Feb 1977 – 1 Jun 1977 · 17 episodes
1Introductory Programme12 Feb 1977
2God's Children19 Feb 1977
3I Can Hypnotise 'Dis Nation (Ragtime)26 Feb 1977
4Jungle Music (Jazz)5 Mar 1977
5Who's That Comin'? (The Blues)12 Mar 1977
6Rude Songs (Vaudeville and Music Hall)19 Mar 1977
7Always Chasin' Rainbows (Tin Pan Alley)26 Mar 1977
8Diamonds As Big As the Ritz (The Musical)2 Apr 1977
9Swing That Music! (Swing)9 Apr 1977
10Good Times (Rhythm and Blues)16 Apr 1977
11Making Moonshine (Country Music)23 Apr 1977
12Go Down, Moses! (Folk 'War Songs')30 Apr 1977
13Hail! Hail! Rock n Roll (Rock n Roll)7 May 1977
14Mighty Good (The Beatles)14 May 1977
15All Along the Watchtower (Sour Rock)21 May 1977
16Whatever Gets You Through The Night (Glitter Rock)28 May 1977
17Imagine (New Directions)1 Jun 1977
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