Ronald D Lankford: 4 books
Women Singer-Songwriters in Rock
A Populist Rebellion in the 1990s
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2009
In Women Singer-Songwriters in Rock: A Populist Rebellion in the 1990s, Ronald D. Lankford Jr. argues that women singer-songwriters formed a substantial movement within popular music during the 1990s, making a significant social and aesthetic contribution that pushed feminism into mainstream American...
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
An American Hero
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Ronald D. Lankford has written the definitive history of this iconic and much-loved Christmas character. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was the creation of Robert May, a staff copywriter who wrote the original poem as a Montgomery Ward Christmas giveaway in 1939. More than 2.4 million copies were...
Sleigh Rides, Jingle Bells, and Silent Nights
A Cultural History of American Christmas Songs
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
When Bing Crosby’s "White Christmas" debuted in 1942, no one imagined that a holiday song would top the charts year after year. One of the best-selling singles ever released, it remains on rotation at tree lighting ceremonies across the country, in crowded shopping malls on Black Friday,...
by Ronald D. Lankford
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2005
Folk Music USA: The Changing Voice Of Protest is the definitive story of American folk music, focussing on how a minority music genre suddenly became the emergent voice of a generation at the end of the Eisenhower years.
From Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley" in 1958 to Bob Dylan's electric...