Presenter: Daniel Goldmark
Format: Download MP4 video file of Slides with synchronized audio

To welcome everyone to Cleveland, home of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Daniel Goldmark, Director of the Center for Popular Music Studies at Case Western Reserve University, will discuss the history of Jews in American popular music and rock and roll. From Irving Berlin to Carole King to the Beastie Boys, Jewish songwriters, producers, and performers have long been a foundational element of rock and pop. This presentation will talk about famous Jews in pop music, and how these figures have engaged with their Jewish heritage?it at all?throughout their careers.