1. The literature on American ‘rock ‘n’ roll’ and ‘rhythm and blues’ is vast. Two books stand out in presenting detailed explorations of the origins and development of these musical genres and their impact on wider US society. For rock ‘n’ roll, see G. C. Altschuler, All Shook Up: How Rock ‘n’ Roll Changed America (Oxford, 2003)
2. B. Ward, ‘rhythm and blues’, Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness and Race Relations (London, 1998).
3. The emphasis on England and the English experience of popular music does not necessarily suggest that the relationship between class and youth culture was always different in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but in some respects it clearly did differ. For examples in the literature, see S. Hill, Blerwytirhwg? The Place of Welsh Pop Music (Aldershot, 2007);
4. M. Kielty, Big Noise: The History of Scottish Rock ‘n’ Roll (Edinburgh, 2006);
5. D. Cooper, The Musical Traditions of Northern Ireland and Its Diaspora: Community and Conflict (Aldershot, 2010).