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by Chris Welch
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
The indispensable consumers' guide to the music of Genesis, one of the most commercially successful rock bands of the 1980s. An album by album, track by track rundown of the music of Genesis, including special sections detailing the work of members Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, Steve...
by Sarah Lewitinn
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Your nights of poring over massive karaoke binders are over! With more than two thousand songs handpicked and organized by music industry insider and DJ Sarah Lewitinn (a.k.a. Ultragrrrl), Pocket Karaoke is the definitive, portable guide to making your next karaoke performance unforgettable -- in...
Giacomo Puccini
A Discography
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Opera recordings have been with us since the creation of the first wax cylinders. Now at a time when the 25-year reign of the compact disc appears to be coming to an end is the moment to take stock of the history of recordings of arguably the most popular composer of operas, Giacomo Puccini. In Giacomo...
Still the Greatest
The Essential Songs of The Beatles' Solo Careers
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
As recommended by USA Today and excerpted on Rolling Stone.com!
More than forty years after breaking up, The Beatles remain the biggest-selling and most influential group in the history of popular music. Fans endlessly replay their songs, craving more, while thousands of cover versions of their...
The Beginner DJ Handbook You Need To Kickoff Your DJ Career
A Guide For The Aspiring Disc Jockey To Help You Get The DJ Skills You Need To Become A DJ Pro So You Can Play The Hippest And Coolest DJ Music And Be The Most In-Demand Top DJ In The Party Scene!
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
“Hey, Mr. DJ, put the record on, I’m gon’na dance with my baby…” This Madonna song only goes to show how DJ’s are considered big-time stars in the entertainment world. Many DJ’s, in fact, have reached super stardom and are top celebrities in the radio, music and club party scene all...
by Chris Charlesworth
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2009
From Elvis Presley's Sun Sessions to Radiohead's OK Computer, here is the very best of rock and pop music of the Twentieth Century. A consumer's critical guide to the music, enabling the reader to select the very best of an artist's repertoire before making a buying decision.
by Michael de Koningh, Laurence Cane-Honeysett
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2018
When it was formed, Trojan Records epitomised the punk DIY ethic over a decade before 1976. With a blizzard of individual labels and a marketing strategy that involved selling product out of the backs of vans, the company spearheaded the injection of reggae and ska into the vein of British youth consciousness.
In...
by Ian McCann, Harry Hawke
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
The indispensable guide to the music of Bob Marley. An album by album, track by track, examination of every song released by Marley and the Wailers from the early sessions in Jamaica to the Island recordings and compilations released after Marley's death.
Featuring details of Marley's recordings...
100 Greatest Cover Versions
The Ultimate Playlist
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Which Blondie Top Five was originally a flop for a West Coast power pop band? Who wrote Alice Cooper's 1973 hit 'Hello Hurray', and which folk singer first recorded it? Who launched their career with a tear and a cover of a little known Prince song? Where was Joe Cocker sitting when he came up with...
by Steve Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
Volumes 3 and 4 of the The Encyclopedia of More Great Popular Song Recordings provides the stories behind approximately 1,700 more of the greatest song recordings in the history of the music industry, from 1890 to today. In this masterful survey, all genres of popular music are covered, from pop,...
Paul Whiteman
Pioneer in American Music, 1930-1967
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
In a career that spanned 60 years, Paul Whiteman changed the landscape of American music, beginning with his million-selling recordings in the early 1920s of “Whispering,” “Japanese Sandman,” and “Three O’Clock in the Morning.” Whiteman would then introduce “symphonic jazz,” a powerful...
by Brian Westland
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
This two-volume book serves a guide to the best popular music ever recorded and the artists who created and recorded it. The book covers a number of genres that comprise popular music including pop, rock, blues, jazz, country, reggae, hip hop, ragtime, folk, and others. The premier performers of these...
The Beach Boys on CD Volume 1: 1961-69
The Beach Boys on CD, #1
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2018
Between 1961 and 1969 the Beach Boys made nineteen albums, including some of the best music ever recorded - and some not so good. In this book, Andrew Hickey looks at this music track by track, analysing every song that Brian, Carl, Dennis, Mike, Al, Bruce and David recorded and released during that...
The Beatles Lyrics
The Stories Behind the Music, Including the Handwritten Drafts of More Than 100 Classic Beatles Songs
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
The definitive book of Beatles songs, shown as first written by their own hands and put into authoritative context, for the 50th anniversary of the Beatles coming to America.
For the Beatles, writing songs was a process that could happen anytime -- songs we all know by heart often began as...