GATHERED FROM COINCIDENCE - A SINGULAR HISTORY OF SIXTIES

Combining the personal memories and critical analysis of aself-confessed pop addict with a wealth of contemporary documentaryevidence, Gathered From Coincidence reconstructs a truly momentous era to tell the story of the music of the Sixties year by year. Bytracing in parallel the origins and development of the recordingcareers of major talents on both sides of the Atlantic ? the Beatles,the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Dusty Springfield andmany more besides ? this account shows how they traded creativity with one another. All the great Sixties? hits ? as well as a host of lesswell-known gems ? are described in the context of the charts of theday, tracking the ups and downs of different trends as they came andwent, such as: rock?n?roll, rhythm & blues, psychedelia, modern folk,the concept album or supergroups. But beyond this, each chapter alsoplaces the music in a broader historical and cultural setting oflandmark events at home and abroad ? the space race, the Profumoaffair, the Cold War, Vietnam, the growth of satire ? to show how, asthe decade unfolded, the paths of pop and current affairs drew evercloser together. If you thought the Sixties were just about thefleeting dreams of hippies in the Summer of Love, then think again!This book will open your eyes to a far-reaching imaginative legacy and how it came to shape pop music as a dazzling art form in its ownright.