This is a book both broad and deep, drawing from the diverse worlds of classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, country, folk, musicals, hip-hop, world, opera, soundtracks, and more. It's arranged alphabetically by artist to create the kind of unexpected juxtapositions that break down genre bias and broaden listeners' horizons - it makes every listener ...
From the classic days of Red Foley, Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash to the country super-stars of today like the Dixie Chicks and Toby Keith, "Billboard" magazine has been keeping tabs on the best-sellers in country music and today, country music is hotter than ever before. Now, all the information since the earliest Billboard charts - compiled in ...
This completely revised edition of the Penguin Guide reviews the major classical recordings issued and reissued over the past five decades, many of which dominate the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of recording dates. More comprehensive than ever before and now updated annually, it indicates key recordings on CD, DVD and ...
This unparalleled resource provides complete, cross-referenced information for all songs and artists to make the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart from 1955 through mid-2003. Every artist entry opens with biographical information, followed by the date for each Top 40 single hit, its highest position and number of weeks on the chart, and ...
National Public Radio's Ted Libbey takes readers by the hand and leads them through the classical canon, to provide direction on building a classical CD music library. Completely updated, the text sticks to the core 300 works while also featuring many new reviews and recommendations.
One of the most important and successful rock 'n' roll books ever published, with 69,000 hardcover copies sold, is now available in paperback. Here is the definitive guide to every recording session done by the beatles at EMI's Abbey Road recording studio, including how many takes were done, who contributed what, studio documents, facsimiles of ...
Collectors of jazz on vinyl know how difficult it can be to find pristine copies of original classic jazz recordings, and ever-changing market values can make pricing those albums even more difficult. With this fantastic, updated 2nd edition, collectors will be able to accurately price records using the most current US market values. This all ...
From ABBA to the Zombies, this official price reference lists every single and album by every charted artist from 1926 to 1992--including crossover jazz, country, R&B, soul, gospel, and classical hits, Includes tips on grading and caring for collections, a complete buyer-seller dictionary, and more. Photos.
The A-Z of composers includes extensive entries on all the familiar names--but the book also bangs the drum on behalf of some unjustly neglected figures, and features in particular women composers. The guide is illustrated throughout with photos, caricatures and CD artwork.
This is the ultimate collector's guide to vintage records covering more than 7,500 artists from all music genres, including big band, blues, jazz, country/western and rock, 1900 to 1965. This comprehensive identification and value guide features more than 30,000 record values, including listings for 78s, 45s and LPs. This guide is very easy to use ...
This book traces the development of the Beatles, song by song. The group's life and work is also discussed in relation to the popular culture of the 1960s. MacDonald explores the way each of their 187 songs was created, examines the lyrics, and describes their innovative and often unorthodox recording processes.
This is EMI Records' official diary-format history of every Beatles recording session. Over 350 color black & white photographs and illustrations, including rare photos by Linda McCartney and the first facsimile reproductions of Abbey Road recording sheets, tape boxes, album sleeve roughs, memos, contracts, press releases and much more.
Mojo, the music magazine, presents an authoritative and entertaining guide to the history of the pop album via 1000 masterpieces of the genre. From the earliest vinyl L.P.s by Sinatra it traces pop music through to the present day.
Evenings with Horowitz details a special friendship between two musicians. The book is a vivid account of their mutual passion for music and the piano. It reflects the struggles and triumphs of Vladimir Horowitz, a flaming genius who was also insecure and fearful of old age and the loss of his powers. In his conversations with the author, the ...
Back in a fully revised and updated fourth edition with eighty extra all-new pages, "Billboard's Hottest 100 Hits" is the venerated and reliable source of information on the most popular songs of our times. Immensely entertaining, endlessly informative and filled with fascinating facts and figures on the biggest hits right up to 2007, this is the ...
First published in 1953, Halsey Stevens's The Life and Music of Bela Bartok was hailed as a triumph of musicology and quickly established itself as the classic text. Stevens combined an authoritative, balanced account of the Hungarian composer's life with candid insightful analyses of his numerous works. To Stevens, the high point of Bartok's ...
Written by Spin writer and professional DJ Sarah Lewitinn (aka Ultragrrl), "The Pocket DJ" provides a comprehensive list of must-have songs and teaches readers how to create playlists for any situation or based on any theme. Playlists include absolute crowd pleasers (no matter what the crowd), songs to make you feel like you're in school (except ...
This new edition of the best-selling "Songs & Artists" is the perfect companion for an iPod or other portable MP3 player. It lists over 15,000 significant songs and hits of the past half-century.This is the only guide that gives the biggest hits in all genres all shown in an easy-to-use A-Z artist listing. There's also a convenient A-Z song title ...
A resource to approximately 2,000 classic, alternative, and modern rock groups and artists, with complete lists of albums, and suggestions for "What to Buy," "What to Buy Next," and "What to Avoid."
More than twenty years in the making, Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942 documents all country music recording sessions from 1921 through 1942. Until now, discographies of pre-World War II country music recordings were only to be found scattered in journals and fanzines, or in books devoted to single artists. With primary research ...
This well-respected reference has been completely updated, expanded, and revised to reflect the ever-evolving world of rock. Compiled by dozens of noted music critics, this third edition reviews and rates more than 12,000 great albums by over 2,000 artists and groups, both mainstream and alternative. A brief profile details each performer's career ...
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