Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 1Scarecrow Press, 4 de out. de 2013 - 1030 páginas From John Philip Sousa to Green Day, from Scott Joplin to Kanye West, from Stephen Foster to Coldplay, The Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volumes 1 and 2 covers the vast scope of its subject with virtually unprecedented breadth and depth. Approximately 1,000 key song recordings from 1889 to the present are explored in full, unveiling the stories behind the songs, the recordings, the performers, and the songwriters. Beginning the journey in the era of Victorian parlor balladry, brass bands, and ragtime with the advent of the record industry, readers witness the birth of the blues and the dawn of jazz in the 1910s and the emergence of country music on record and the shift from acoustic to electrical recording in the 1920s. The odyssey continues through the Swing Era of the 1930s; rhythm & blues, bluegrass, and bebop in the 1940s; the rock & roll revolution of the 1950s; modern soul, the British invasion, and the folk-rock movement of the 1960s; and finally into the modern era through the musical streams of disco, punk, grunge, hip-hop, and contemporary dance-pop. Sullivan, however, also takes critical detours by extending the coverage to genres neglected in pop music histories, from ethnic and world music, the gospel recording of both black and white artists, and lesser-known traditional folk tunes that reach back hundreds of years. This book is ideal for anyone who truly loves popular music in all of its glorious variety, and anyone wishing to learn more about the roots of virtually all the music we hear today. Popular music fans, as well as scholars of recording history and technology and students of the intersections between music and cultural history will all find this book to be informative and interesting. |
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... became a hit, he would occasionally use variations on the phrase to describe what he was doing years earlier: singing the blues and yodeling between verses. (Tent showman Billy Terrell stated in the Spring 1954 issue of the Rodgers fan ...
... became a hit, he would occasionally use variations on the phrase to describe what he was doing years earlier: singing the blues and yodeling between verses. (Tent showman Billy Terrell stated in the Spring 1954 issue of the Rodgers fan ...
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... became a rich, colorful chapter from America's past filled with dramatic truth, gentle pathos and authentic national character.”125 Larry Stempel: “There simply was no cultural frame of reference at the time adequate to describe” the ...
... became a rich, colorful chapter from America's past filled with dramatic truth, gentle pathos and authentic national character.”125 Larry Stempel: “There simply was no cultural frame of reference at the time adequate to describe” the ...
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... became the finale of her Café Society performances: her face lit by a single pinspot, the waiters forbidden to serve and a rule of silence enforced during the song, and the light spot snapped off when she left the stage. Given its ...
... became the finale of her Café Society performances: her face lit by a single pinspot, the waiters forbidden to serve and a rule of silence enforced during the song, and the light spot snapped off when she left the stage. Given its ...
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... became a hobo's anthem. George Milburn wrote in his 1930 book The Hobo's Hornbook: “The Wabash Cannonball is for the hobo what the spectral 'Flying Dutchman' is for the sailor. It is a mythical train that runs everywhere . . .” Indeed ...
... became a hobo's anthem. George Milburn wrote in his 1930 book The Hobo's Hornbook: “The Wabash Cannonball is for the hobo what the spectral 'Flying Dutchman' is for the sailor. It is a mythical train that runs everywhere . . .” Indeed ...
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... became the first popular singer to overdub her voice on the song Confess; the engineer had to tie two recorders together by rewiring the control board, and when Page sang along with a replay of the original disk, the sound machine ...
... became the first popular singer to overdub her voice on the song Confess; the engineer had to tie two recorders together by rewiring the control board, and when Page sang along with a replay of the original disk, the sound machine ...
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Playlist 3 Sitting on Top of the World 18902011 | 261 |
Playlist 4 Good Rockin Tonight 19042005 | 347 |
Playlist 5 Jazznocracy 18972010 | 429 |
Playlist 6 Hot Time in the Old Town 18932008 | 509 |
Playlist 7 Fascinating Rhythm 18912008 | 581 |
Playlist 8 Let the Good Times Roll 18952011 | 653 |
Playlist 9 Wasnt That a Time? 18952006 | 729 |
Playlist 10 Memories of You 18892012 | 805 |
Bibliography | 883 |
Title Index | 913 |
Subject Name Index | 957 |
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