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From the early days of radio through the rise of television after World War II to the present, music has been used more and more to sell goods and establish brand identities. This book tells the history of music used in advertising in the United States and is an original contribution to this little-studied part of our cultural history.

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"As Taylor shows in The Sounds of Capitalism, the links between American popular music and advertising are longstanding. While he briefly covers the 'prehistory' of the phenomenon in the cries of 13th-century street hawkers recorded in the Montpellier Codex, Taylor's real starting place is radio, which, he argues, is where the marriage between music and advertising was first truly consummated." (n+1)"

The Sounds of Capitalism Advertising Music and

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 24 February 2014
      ISBN-13 9780226151625
      978-0226151625
      ISBN-10 022615162X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From the early days of radio through the rise of television after World War II to the present, music has been used more and more to sell goods and establish brand identities. This book tells the history of music used in advertising in the United States and is an original contribution to this little-studied part of our cultural history.

      Trade Review
      "As Taylor shows in The Sounds of Capitalism, the links between American popular music and advertising are longstanding. While he briefly covers the 'prehistory' of the phenomenon in the cries of 13th-century street hawkers recorded in the Montpellier Codex, Taylor's real starting place is radio, which, he argues, is where the marriage between music and advertising was first truly consummated." (n+1)"

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