Music-Genres & Styles-Pop Vocal

Color in each page as Melanie Martinez's fictional character Cry Baby takes you on her journey into becoming more comfortable in her skin. Parental Advisory Explicit ContentAuthor: Melanie MartinezISBN-10: 1612436862ISBN-13: 9781612436869Publisher: Ulysses PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/29/2016Pages: 40Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.80h x 8.80w x 0.30d

Author: Jay MannISBN-13: 9798180968746Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/10/2026Pages: 278Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d

Before Genesis became one of progressive rock's most ambitious and influential bands, they made Trespass - a fragile, mysterious, and deeply atmospheric album that opened the door to everything that followed.Iconic Albums: Genesis - Trespass explores the record that transformed Genesis from a promising...

An unpredictable music composer who defied the conventions of his time, a trendsetter who introduced a fusion of Western rock and jazz with Indian classical music - R.D. Burman's life and career make him one of the most important and versatile artists to dominate...

Some Promised Land is the joint memoir by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, telling the inside story of one of Britain's most innovative, enduring and successful groups since the late 1970s. It is also a memoir of an extraordinary friendship. Jim and Charlie first...

Are you a passionate bassist seeking inspiration from one of the greats?A devoted Rush fan hungry for behind-the-scenes stories?Or perhaps you're on the hunt for the perfect gift for the rock enthusiast in your life? Look no further! Embark on an electrifying journey through...

No one knows less about love or more about a love song than MARGO. At eighteen, a talented and driven middle-class Miami girl climbed upon a music train that didn't slow down until her stage name was known to millions of fans worldwide. Wealth,...

What if your divorce wasn't just personal-it changed the law forever? Kramer vs. Kramer won an Oscar. Ward vs. Ward rewrote California law. In My Bridge Over Troubled Waters, music industry insider David Perry Ward recounts his extraordinary journey from Hollywood studio floors to...

February 1964: The Beatles step onto the tarmac at JFK International Airport and turn the country on its head. It's the advent of rock and roll's uninterrupted reign, youthful rebellion, and overt teenage sex. It's also the deathblow for the pop music of another...

""They Got Me Covered"" is a memoir written by the legendary comedian and actor Bob Hope. The book takes readers on a journey through Hope's life, from his childhood in England to his rise to fame in America. Hope shares his experiences as a...

My Years On The Stage is a memoir written by John Drew, a prominent American actor who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book was originally published in 1921 and offers readers a firsthand account of Drew's life and...

She was the loudest and most outrageous of the Spice Girls. Her dramatic exit from the group hit the headlines and caused scandal throughout the world. There followed a dramatic transformation: from buxon, curvaceous and brash to lean, beautiful and driven. This book reveals...

David Bowie - A People's History features more than 350 eyewitness accounts from fans who saw him live in concert, from colleagues who played music and worked with him and from friends. From his early shows in Bromley - through the 182-date Ziggy Stardust...

This collection provides readers with a diverse and contemporary overview of research in the field. Drawing upon scholarly writing from a range of disciplines and approaches, it provides case studies from a wide range of 'non Western' musical contexts. In so doing the volume...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). Whether for performing at occasions or for serene hours of playing the piano for sheer pleasure, no other sheet music compilation can match what this volume offers. It's a comprehensive, useful, and attractive collection that every pianist will be proud to display...

Featuring three new songs from David Archuleta making their exclusive debut on this audiobook!A raw and powerful coming-out story from the beloved American Idol finalist traces David Archuleta's journey from closeted Mormon teen to global pop star to openly queer man, revealing the hidden...

The complete story of 1980's UK Top 40 - 370 singles, 225 artists, 25 chart toppers. Step back into 1980, a year when pop music was shifting into a new decade of sounds and styles. This book takes you on a nostalgic journey through...

Explores the complete first half of Pet Shop Boys' career, analyzing every song, album, and project in depth.Pet Shop Boys--Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe--are the most successful duo in the history of the UK pop charts, worldwide superstars, and legends in dance music on...

Fundamentals of Songwriting is a comprehensive, hands-on guide to a songwriter's craft. It's an ideal resource for a self-taught songwriter ready to broaden their lyrical palette, a frustrated songwriter looking to reignite their creative spark, or a novice songwriter searching for a guide on...

Black British Music in America 1967-2000: Atlantic Crossover historically examines musical and cultural relationships through popular music recordings, exploring the transatlantic journeys via academic, critical, and commercial reception of the music. It addresses an overlooked area of Black popular music, investigating the fluctuating fortunes...

RELIVE QUEEN'S ICONIC MAGIC TOUR - AND FREDDIE MERCURY'S POIGNANT FINAL PERFORMANCE - 40 YEARS ON, WITH MORE THAN 200 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE TOUR'S OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER. INCLUDES MANY IMAGES WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE NOW. Marking 40 years since their iconic Magic tour...

Cool Cat Blues tells the story of singer / pianist Georgie Fame, his dramatic rise from modest beginnings in the industrial North of England to become one of the first musicians to deliver black American music to the British scene during the swinging '60s....

The Routledge Handbook of Popular Music and Politics of the Balkans is a comprehensive overview of major topics, established debates and new directions in the study of popular music and politics in this region.The vibrant growth of this subject area since the 1990s has...

This open access book explores why lyrics and voices resonate with listeners in various temporal, performance and technological contexts. Sounding the Voice highlights how humans develop voice recognition and listening competence through a lifelong relationship with the voice. The voice is considered to be...

Pop Scars Darkly comic -- The GuardianRaw, funny and completely fearless -- Heat Born in Manchester in 1977, Anthony Kavanagh's rise to fame was meteoric. Signing a record deal at just eighteen, he quickly became a household name--scoring Top 10 hits, appearing on countless...

What defines pop music? Why do we consider some styles as easier listening than others? Arranged in three parts: Aesthetics and Authenticity - Groove, Sampling and Industry - Subjectivity, Ethnicity and Politics, this collection of essays by a group of international scholars deals with...

Made in Brazil: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of twentieth-century Brazilian popular music. The volume consists of essays by scholars of Brazilian music, and covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts...

Author: James Griffiths and John HeatonISBN-10: 1739957423ISBN-13: 9781739957421Publisher: Orchard Abbott PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/17/2026Pages: 338Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d

Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest is the definitive history of the Eurovision Song Contest and its political and cultural significance. Drawing on pioneering archival research, Dean Vuletic traces the contest's evolution, covering its early origins and every annual edition from 1956 to...

The book in question analyses in detail the album The Game, the eighth album by Queen, released on 30 June 1980. In addition to a detailed description of the recording of the album and its great cultural impact on society, this essay also aims...

Why is gender inseparable from pop songs? What can gender representations in musical performances mean? Why are there strong links between gender, sexuality and popular music? The sound of the voice, the mix, the arrangement, the lyrics and images, all link our impressions of...

Step Back into the Future: The 2000s Reimagined Discover a captivating journey back in time with "Millennium Redux: The Unstoppable Return of 2000s Trends," a vibrant exploration of the era that reshaped our world. This enthralling book delves deep into the cultural resurgence of...

Situating Salsa offers the first comprehensive consideration of salsa music and its social impact, in its multiple transnational contexts.Author: Lise WaxerISBN-10: 0815340206ISBN-13: 9780815340201Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/03/2002Pages: 350Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.18h x 6.08w x 0.74d

Popular Music on Screen examines the relationship between popular music and the screen, from the origins of the Hollywood musical to contemporary developments in music television and video. Through detailed examination of films, television programs and popular music, together with analysis of the economic,...

Once considered as little more than the froth in the wake of the First World War, a witty boy-hedonist who, in the giddy Twenties, tweaked the noses of moribund establishmentarians, Poulenc has in fact proved unexpectedly durable--more so than any of his colleagues among...

The Stories Behind the Songs: ABBA takes you inside the creation of thirty of the most beloved songs ever recorded - from Dancing Queen and Mamma Mia to The Winner Takes It All and Fernando - revealing the real lives, emotions, and moments that...

The official volume dedicated to the Royal Family of Pop, The Jacksons: Legacy offers unparalleled access to the legend that is the Jacksons. Four specially commissioned chapters deftly weave twelve days of exclusive interviews with the brothers and contributions from key players throughout their...

A regular in the charts and in the gossip columns, Olly is regarded by many as a possible successor to icons like Robbie Williams and Will Young. But not content with his triumphs as a singer, he has also become a TV fixture. After...

This volume of essays by the distinguished musicologist Charles Hamm focuses on the context of popular music and its interrelationships with other styles and genres, including classical music, the meaning of popular music for audiences, and the institutional appropriation of this music for hegemonic...

In Your Area and In Our Hearts - this is the world of BLACKPINK! August 2016: stars are born. A decade later, BLACKPINK are still shooting to dazzling heights, redefining the music landscape globally with no end in sight. Come along and party as...

The Music and Influence of Cher is a deep dive examining all the things that make the mega-star who she is. From her humble beginnings and hardships as a child to becoming one half of a musical phenomenon before reaching her twenties, this book...

Matthew Jones provides the first full-length perspective on Western musical responses to the AIDS epidemic and explores how English-language popular music was used, composed, and performed in the context of the North American crisis. Author: Matthew JonesISBN-10: 1032773413ISBN-13: 9781032773414Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/16/2026Pages: 214Format: PaperbackWeight:...

A fascinating oral history of the fan base that has made Taylor Swift the biggest music act in history. The Beatles had Beatlemaniacs, the Grateful Dead had Deadheads, and Jimmy Buffett had Parrotheads, but none of these groups could hope to rival the ever-growing,...

Reiland Rabaka provides an alternative history of funk since the mid-1960s, which uncovers the epoch that funk women influenced and were influenced by while wrestling with issues revolving around race, gender, sexuality, and class simultaneously in the American music industry and in American society.Rabaka...

One of the world's most successful pop stars, this is the unprecedented story of Kylie Minogue.From her late-80s beginnings, capturing our hearts as Charlene in Neighbours and singing 'I Should Be So Lucky' in a bubble bath, to her gold-plated hits like 'Spinning Around'...

Lesley Gore, Lou Christie, The Ronettes, The Supremes, Donovan, Angela Bofill, Marianne Faithfull, and Michael Jackson are some of the celebrities featured in the book, It Started In Butler. Beginning in his early childhood and continuing throughout his teenage and adult life, the author...

This study of Dick Diver's acclaimed 2013 album, Calendar Days, discusses the work within its cultural and historical context. Critically acclaimed upon its 2013 release, Dick Diver's album Calendar Days was consistently praised for its "Australianness." Across the album's 11 tracks, the group poeticize...

Calling all Carpenters! This pocket-sized companion is a tribute to the viral pop star Sabrina Carpenter. With her catchy tunes, bedazzled lingerie looks and iconic bouncy blowout, this busy woman has amassed millions of fans around the world. It's no coincidence that her relatable...

Bruce Springsteen has sold more than 120 million records worldwide, earning numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award. He has been inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall...

With a foreword by Jam drummer Rick Buckler, The Jam - The Day I Was There tells the story of The Jam in the words of over 400 fans. With memories from the earliest shows at clubs and pubs around Woking and London, and...