As much fun to argue with as to quote, Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! traces the story of pop music through individual songs, bands, musical scenes, and styles -- from Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock around the Clock" (1954) to Beyoncé's first megahit, "Crazy in Love" (2003). It covers the birth of rock, soul, R&B, punk, hip hop, indie, house, techno, and more, and it will remind you why you fell in love with pop music in the first place. Bob Stanley -- musician, music critic, and unabashed fan -- recounts the progression from the Beach Boys to the Pet Shop Boys to the Beastie Boys; explores what connects doo wop to the sock hop; and reveals how technological changes have affected pop production. Working with a broad definition of "pop" -- one that includes country and metal, disco and Dylan, skiffle and glam -- Stanley teases out the connections and tensions that animate the pop charts and argues that the charts are vital social history.