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Beginning early in the 1980s, dance-pop music artists in Europe and the UK ignited a high energy firestorm that burned across international borders. As exciting new beats flooded radio airwaves and filled the clubs, a generation of hitmakers got the world on its feet and brought people together as...

Play Any Of These Pop Hits With Only 5 Chords! With Guitar chord diagrams and full lyrics you can pick up your Guitar and find out how simple it is to play your favourite hits! Perfect for buskers, performers, beginner guitarists or simply as a reference, this songbook will get you playing...

First published in 1972, Ian Whitcomb's After the Ball is an exuberant account of the origins and explosion of popular music, informed by the author's store of experience in the field as a pop sensation of The Sixties.'Brash, learned, funny and perspicacious.... The author of this free-wheeling,...

Music Trivia about songwriting teams of early rock: Goffin and King, Sedaka and Greenfield, Mann and Weil. Evolution of rock and country into one genre with: The Byrds, Gram Parsons and The Stones. Broadway influence on pop with Laura Nyro, and The Association. Pink Floyd and the effects of light and sound on concerts.

An essential work for rock fans and scholars, Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock ‘n’ Roll surveys the origins of rock ’n’ roll from the minstrel era to the emergence of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley. Unlike other histories of rock, Before Elvis offers a far broader and deeper analysis of...

Each of the 13 songs from Sgt. Peppers are “profiled” in this volume of Beatle Song Profiles. Beatle Song Profiles are concise commentaries on every Beatle song. The song profiles describe the song’s origins and inspiration, what The Beatles themselves said about it, what was unique...

Really Easy Piano: Pop Hits contains twenty-two of the greatest songs by some of the biggest and brightest stars! These simplified arrangements are accompanied by background notes on the songs as well as handy playing hints and tips. Suitable for beginners of all ages, including grades 1-3,...

Really Easy Piano Duets returns with 16 Pop Favourites arranged for piano duet. These simplified arrangements are accompanied by background notes on the songs as well as handy playing hints and tips. Suitable for beginners of all ages, including grades 1-3, this book will make learning the...

Piano Playbook: Pop Classics includes superb new Piano arrangements of 37 timeless adult contemporary songs, complete with Vocal line and Guitar chords. Song List: - Africa [Toto] - All By Myself [Celine Dion] - Always On My Mind [Elvis Presley] - Annie's Song [John Denver] - Another...

In Experiencing Peter Gabriel, author Durrell Bowman delves into the sounds and stories of the innovative, versatile, English pop icon. As not only a singer-songwriter and musician, but also a music technologist, world-music champion, and humanitarian, Gabriel has consistently maintained an unabashed...

Michael Jackson was not just a singer; he was a multi faceted artist. He had shown his expertise as a song writer, dancer and actor. Jackson’s music had something that would electrify the listener’s mind irrespective of age. He dedicated his life to the world of music. Jackson used music as a...

The famous singer, Bryan Guy Adams who hails from Canada is also a noted photographer, activist and philanthropist. Early from childhood, he was passionate about music and was a gifted guitarist. Adams first hit the music arena with the album ‘Cuts Like a Knife’, then the release of the second...

Existing books on the analysis of popular music focus on theory and methodology, and normally discuss parts of songs briefly as examples. The impression often given is that songs are being chosen simply to illuminate and exemplify a theoretical position. In this book the obverse is true: songs take...

In the second half of the twentieth century, Atlanta became a pop music capital of the country. Former DJ Bill Lowery attracted a galaxy of talent and created an empire of music publishing, production and promotion. In 1956, the Lowery Music Company had its first million copy-selling hit single with...