| Author | : David Ewen |
| Publisher | : Prentice Hall |
| Total Pages | : 890 |
| Release | : 1977 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 9780130224422 |
Surveys the history of all categories of American popular music from colonial times to the present, with information on the music, composers, performers, and entrepreneurs.
| Author | : International Music Publications, Limited |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 300 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Popular music |
| ISBN | : 9781843283720 |
Chronicles the greatest music of the twentieth century. This book contains more than 70 songs from the 1970s arranged for piano, voice and guitar. It also includes a listing of various inventions first seen during the 1970s.
| Author | : William Ruhlmann |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 2004-08-02 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1135947198 |
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
| Author | : Nate Sloan |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 225 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 0190056657 |
Based on the critically acclaimed podcast that has broken down hundreds of Top 40 songs, Switched On Pop dives in into eighteen hit songs drawn from pop of the last twenty years--ranging from Britney to Beyoncé, Kelly Clarkson to Kendrick Lamar--uncovering the musical explanations for why and how certain tracks climb to the top of the charts. In the process, authors Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan reveal the timeless techniques that animate music across time and space.
| Author | : Chris Smith |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0195373715 |
Chris Smith tells the fascinating stories behind the most groundbreaking, influential, and often controversial albums ever recorded.
| Author | : Don Tyler |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 555 |
| Release | : 2007-04-16 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 0786429461 |
This is a chronology of the most famous songs from the years before rock 'n' roll. The top hits for each year are described, including vital information such as song origin, artist(s), and chart information. For many songs, the author includes any web or library holdings of sheet music covers, musical scores, and free audio files. An extensive collection of biographical sketches follows, providing performing credits, relevant professional awards, and brief biographies for hundreds of the era's most popular performers, lyricists, and composers. Includes an alphabetical song index and bibliography.
| Author | : Warner Bros |
| Publisher | : Alfred Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Popular music |
| ISBN | : 9780757912535 |
Eighty-four titles, including: Born to Be Wild California Dreamin' Da Doo Ron Ron Do Wah Diddy Diddy Downtown I Got You Babe Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini Let's Twist Again Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye Soul Man This Magic Moment What the World Needs Now Is Love and many more!
| Author | : Russell Sanjek |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 378 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : |
This book is an abridgment of the third volume of American Popular Music and Its Business--The First Four Hundred Years by Russell Sanjek, my late father. It covers the years 1900 to 1984, a rich and provocative period in the history of American entertainment, one marked by persistent technological innovation, an expansion of markets, the refinement of techniques of commercial exploitation, and the ongoing democratization of American culture.
