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Daniel, Michelle
[Author]
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Pomerantsev, Peter
[Contributor]
The DJ Who “Brought Down” the USSR
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- Media type: E-Book
- Title: The DJ Who “Brought Down” the USSR : The Life and Legacy of Seva Novgorodsev
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Contains:
Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction: Radio, Rock ‘n’ “Role”
Part One 1917–76
CHAPTER 1 The Great Wireless Experiment
CHAPTER 2 The Sounds of War
CHAPTER 3 Big Waves
CHAPTER 4 Birth of the Cool
CHAPTER 5 Rocket Around the Clock
CHAPTER 6 Between Jazz and a Hard Rock Place
CHAPTER 7 After ‘While, Krokodil
Part Two 1976–91
CHAPTER 8 Smoke on the Water
CHAPTER 9 Round Midnight
CHAPTER 10 It’s a Hard Rock Life
CHAPTER 11 The Barbarossa of Rock ‘n’ Roll
CHAPTER 12 Red Waves on the “Cinderella Hour”
CHAPTER 13 (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
CHAPTER 14 Highway to Hell
CHAPTER 15 Welcome to the Jungle
CHAPTER 16 It’s the End of the World as We Know It
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
- Contributor: Daniel, Michelle [VerfasserIn]; Pomerantsev, Peter [MitwirkendeR]
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imprint:
Boston, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2023
- Published in: Modern Biographies
- Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (308 p.)
- Language: English
- DOI: 10.1515/9781644696484
- ISBN: 9781644696484
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- Keywords: Cold War Music and the war ; Disc jockeys England Biography ; International broadcasting Great Britain History ; Radio in propaganda Great Britain History ; Radio programs, Musical Russia (Federation) ; Radio programs, Musical Soviet Union ; Rock music Political aspects Russia (Federation) ; Rock music Political aspects Soviet Union ; Russians England Biography ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts ; BBC ; Cold War culture wars ; Cold War ; Cult of personality ; Public diplomacy ; Russian Rock ; Russian history ; Soviet history ; Soviet jazz ; Soviet youth and popular music ; Wartime propaganda ; Western Broadcasting ; radio
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Footnote:
In English
- Description: Of the many Cold War radio DJs who broadcast to the USSR, Seva Novgorodsev must be near the top of the list. A masterful BBC presenter, Seva was considered a sage of rock ‘n’ roll. His programs introduced forbidden western popular music and culture into the USSR, rendering him an “enemy voice” and ideological saboteur to the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Despite KGB threats and constant media pillorying, Seva remained on the air for 38 years, acquiring millions of listeners all across the breadth of the USSR and beyond. He became a cult phenomenon, dismantling the Soviet way of life in the hearts and minds of youth. This is the story of Russia’s first and best-known DJ
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