Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 3Rowman & Littlefield, 17 de mai. de 2017 - 830 páginas 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, rock, soul, and country to jazz, blues, classic vocals, hip-hop, folk, gospel, and ethnic/world music. Collectors will find detailed discographical data—recording dates, record numbers, Billboard chart data, and personnel—while music lovers will appreciate the detailed commentaries and deep research on the songs, their recording, and the artists. Readers who revel in pop cultural history will savor each chapter as it plunges deeply into key events—in music, society, and the world—from each era of the past 125 years. Following in the wake of the first two volumes of his original Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, this follow-up work covers not only more beloved classic performances in pop music history, but many lesser -known but exceptional recordings that—in the modern digital world of “long tail” listening, re-mastered recordings, and “lost but found” possibilities—Sullivan mines from modern recording history. The Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volumes 3 and 4 lets the readers discover, and, through their playlist services, from such as iTunes toand Spotify, build a truly deepcomprehensive catalog of classic performances that deserve to be a part of every passionate music lover’s life. Sullivan organizes songs in chronological order, starting in 1890 and continuing all the way throughto the present to include modern gems from June 2016. In each chapter, Sullivanhe immerses readers, era by era, in the popular music recordings of the time, noting key events that occurred at the time to painting a comprehensive picture in music history of each periodfor each song. Moreover, Sullivan includes for context bulleted lists noting key events that occurred during the song’s recording |
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... featured in the show (My Old Kentucky Home), spirituals (Swing Low, Sweet Chariot), and comic numbers (Poor Mourner, which would be most famously recorded a bit later as a duet by DeMoss and Sam Cousins). Only one of the cylinders has ...
... featured in the show (My Old Kentucky Home), spirituals (Swing Low, Sweet Chariot), and comic numbers (Poor Mourner, which would be most famously recorded a bit later as a duet by DeMoss and Sam Cousins). Only one of the cylinders has ...
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... featured “some of the remarkable stunts for which the singer is famous, and which no one could possibly describe!” According to Jelly Roll Morton, scatting was introduced in New Orleans before 1910 by a Mississippi-born comedian named ...
... featured “some of the remarkable stunts for which the singer is famous, and which no one could possibly describe!” According to Jelly Roll Morton, scatting was introduced in New Orleans before 1910 by a Mississippi-born comedian named ...
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... featured extraordinary range and topped off by a controlled falsetto that he used for comedy.”137 He was said to have composed many rags that he would give away for $5 apiece; R. J. Carew, a friend of Jackson's from New Orleans days ...
... featured extraordinary range and topped off by a controlled falsetto that he used for comedy.”137 He was said to have composed many rags that he would give away for $5 apiece; R. J. Carew, a friend of Jackson's from New Orleans days ...
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... featured soloist at St. George's Episopal Church in New York City for fifty-two years starting in 1894, he distrusted recordings and was long believed to have never made any. But he did make one recording as a favor to his friend George ...
... featured soloist at St. George's Episopal Church in New York City for fifty-two years starting in 1894, he distrusted recordings and was long believed to have never made any. But he did make one recording as a favor to his friend George ...
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... featured in a violin obbligato over the next chorus played by muted brass. “The record closes with a 'free-for-all' ad-lib chorus at full volume with trombone obbligato,” which was a trademark of Ferde Grofe's early arrangements ...
... featured in a violin obbligato over the next chorus played by muted brass. “The record closes with a 'free-for-all' ad-lib chorus at full volume with trombone obbligato,” which was a trademark of Ferde Grofe's early arrangements ...
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Playlist 5 19501959 | 223 |
Playlist 6 19601964 | 321 |
Playlist 7 19651969 | 379 |
Playlist 8 19701979 | 451 |
Playlist 9 19801989 | 545 |
Playlist 10 19901999 | 601 |
Playlist 11 20002009 | 645 |
Playlist 12 20102016 | 681 |
Bibliography | 721 |
Title Index | 735 |
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