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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789471903321

Autore

Sullivan Steve

Titolo

Encyclopedia of great popular song recordings / / Steve Sullivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Scarecrow Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-78684-189-4

0-8108-8296-5

Edizione

[[Enhanced Credo edition]]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1027 p.)

Disciplina

016.781640266

Soggetti

Popular music

Popular music - History and criticism

Sound recordings - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Volume 1 : Abbreviations -- Criteria for Song Selection -- Introduction -- Playlist 1: Crazy Blues, 1906 / 2004 -- Playlist 2: Down Home Rag, 1897 / 2005 -- Playlist 3: Sitting on Top of the World, 1890 / 2011 -- Playlist 4: Good Rockin' Tonight, 1904 / 2005 -- Playlist 5: Jazznocracy, 1897 / 2010 -- Playlist 6: Hot Time in the Old Town, 1893 / 2008 -- Playlist 7: Fascinating Rhythm, 1891 / 2008 -- Playlist 8: Let the Good Times Roll, 1895 / 2011 -- Playlist 9: Wasn't That a Time? 1895 / 2006 -- Playlist 10: Memories of You, 1889 / 2012 -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

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 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.