Season 1
8 episodes
50 min. per episode
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A gifted songwriter battles personal demons and industry pressures, uncovering the transformative power of music across generations.
Episodes
How creative tension between Jewish immigrants from Russia and the music they encountered in America would inspire a new era of popular song.
The story of the jazz singers and how they changed popular music forever.
For many, rock 'n' roll was born in 1956 - the year Elvis Presley made his debut. In fact, its evolution began in America's Deep South more than 50 years earlier. Unique archive film of legendary performers traces the development and cross-fertilization of the four musical forms that produced rock 'n' roll - blues, country, gospel and jazz.
This edition focuses on the emergence of the record producer as a potent force in the late 1940s. Previously mere fixers for recording sessions, the producers now chose the song and the arrangement, as well as the singer. With contributions from Mitch Miller, Patti Page, Pat Boone, and Burt Bacharach.
This edition focuses on the 1960s, a period when British groups - such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Kinks - took America by storm, threatening a whole generation of professional US songwriters. However, the Americans bravely fought back with inspired releases from the Beach Boys, the Four Seasons and the Motown stable.
Eight-episode series depicting 100 years of history of popular song, from early pioneers to rock'n'roll revolution and modern-day pop.