The Story of Pop was the title of a 26-part documentary series first broadcast on BBC Radio 1 between September 1973 and March 1974. The series was introduced by Alan Freeman and produced by Tim Blackmore. A 26-part "weekly encyclopaedia" The Radio One Story of Pop was also published by Phoebus Publishing/BBC to coincide with the series.
The first 26 parts of The Story of Pop were intended to form two volumes. Once that was done, the release continued with a third volume, "The Story Of Pop Special Volume", which was to consist of 14 parts.
The entire series was reissued by Phoebus Publishing in 1975. This time, Radio One was dropped from the front cover, and the The Story of Pop series was made up of four volumes, published in 52 parts.
The series was translated into French and published in Canada, with some changes, under the title Histoire du Rock. The changes mainly included the addition of Canadian artists, but also, for example, an article on Frank Zappa was added.