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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... ballad.” 432 The year 1955 marked a turning point, says Gioia, for Miles had made “a remarkable artistic leap . . . almost overnight, Davis had staked a position as one of the most original ballad players in the history of jazz.” In ...
... ballad.” 432 The year 1955 marked a turning point, says Gioia, for Miles had made “a remarkable artistic leap . . . almost overnight, Davis had staked a position as one of the most original ballad players in the history of jazz.” In ...
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... ballad,” citing its “intense, spiritual feeling, done with great imagination.” Ritchie York declared it “a masterful reflection of a world in total disarray.” Don Heckman summed it up in the New York Times: “Bridge is a stunningly ...
... ballad,” citing its “intense, spiritual feeling, done with great imagination.” Ritchie York declared it “a masterful reflection of a world in total disarray.” Don Heckman summed it up in the New York Times: “Bridge is a stunningly ...
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... ballad Waiting for a Girl Like You showed a different side—but no one was prepared for these solid, journeymen rockers to produce such a powerful, moving classic as I Want to Know What Love Is. A soul-searching rock ballad with lyrics ...
... ballad Waiting for a Girl Like You showed a different side—but no one was prepared for these solid, journeymen rockers to produce such a powerful, moving classic as I Want to Know What Love Is. A soul-searching rock ballad with lyrics ...
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... ballad Pastime Paradise (from his classic 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life) and fused it with a powerful set of lyrics perfectly matched to the themes of the film. Rapper L.V. (real name Larry Sanders) performed the song's chorus ...
... ballad Pastime Paradise (from his classic 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life) and fused it with a powerful set of lyrics perfectly matched to the themes of the film. Rapper L.V. (real name Larry Sanders) performed the song's chorus ...
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... ballad that established him as a recording star of the first order. Porter was living at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel when he wrote Night and Day. Reversing his usual practice, he came up the melody first and, a day later while lying on the ...
... ballad that established him as a recording star of the first order. Porter was living at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel when he wrote Night and Day. Reversing his usual practice, he came up the melody first and, a day later while lying on the ...
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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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