Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository 6-25-2014 12:00 AM Covers Uncovered: A History of the "Cover Version," from Bing Crosby to the Flaming Lips Sean Dineley The University of Western Ontario Supervisor Dr. Keir Keightley The University of Western Ontario Graduate Program in Popular Music and Culture A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree in Master of Arts © Sean Dineley 2014 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Part of the American Popular Culture Commons, Cultural History Commons, Music Commons, Other Film and Media Studies Commons, and the Television Commons Recommended Citation Dineley, Sean, "Covers Uncovered: A History of the "Cover Version," from Bing Crosby to the Flaming Lips" (2014). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 2119. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/2119 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. COVERS UNCOVERED: A HISTORY OF THE “COVER VERSION,” FROM BING CROSBY TO THE FLAMING LIPS (Thesis Format: Monograph) by Sean Dineley Graduate Program in Popular Music and Culture A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Popular Music and Culture The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada © Sean Dineley 2014 Abstract This thesis engages with the “cover version” as it has developed since the mid-1940s.