Stiff Upper Lip / by Lawrence Durrell ; Nicolas Bentley drew the pictures

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991003668939707536
• Autore: Durrell, Lawrence
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : Faber and Faber, 1966
• Altri autori (Persone): Bentley, Nicolas
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Breaking records : 100 years of hits / / William Ruhlmann

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960363003321
• Autore: Ruhlmann William
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Routledge, 2004
• ISBN: 1-135-94718-X; 1-138-87023-4; 1-135-94719-8; 1-280-10253-5; 0203644034; 9780203644034
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Classificazione: 24.65
• Disciplina: 781.64/0973/0904; 781.6409730904
• Soggetti: Sound recording industry - United States - History; Popular music - United States - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-215) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The 1900s : the birth of the recording industry -- The 1910s : stage, sheet music, and disc : a new synergy -- The 1920s : the jazz age -- ; The 1930s : brother, can you spare a dime? -- The 1940s : war at home, war abroad -- The 1950s : all shook up -- The 1960s : the rock invasion -- The 1970s : the balkanization of popular music -- The 1980s : the rise of the music video star -- The 1990s : the digital revolution begins.
• Sommario/riassunto: A Century on Record gives a narrative history of American popular music and the pop music industry. Organised by decade, each chapter gives an overview of the major developments for all types of popular music making.