Ever since four blithe spirits from Liverpool turned the world upside down, the most visible pop singers have been those who have dealt with contemporary moods and issues. Simultaneously trend setters and chroniclers of an era, they sing of grass, alienation and oppression. The very names of those who have made it are slogans of rebellion: the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Wayne Newton . . . Wait a minuteWayne Newton? Isn't he that big, baby-faced panda, that tenor with adenoidal arrest and the grin that seems to tell you he just made all-state...
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