Music-Genres & Styles-Pop Vocal

Amber Communications Group, Inc.'s imprint Colossus Books has published Before the Legend: The Rise of New Kids on the Block and...a Guy Named Maurice Starr - The Early Years, a remarkable true story as told by author and former record producer Tony Rose, the...

GREATEST MUSIC NEVER SOLD: SECRETS OF LEGENDARY LOST ALBUMSAuthor: Dan LeroyISBN-10: 0879309059ISBN-13: 9780879309053Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2007Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 9.16h x 6.16w x 0.67d

45 RPM THE HISTORY AND THE VILLIANS OF A POP MUSIC REVOLUTIONAuthor: Jim DawsonISBN-10: 0879307579ISBN-13: 9780879307578Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2003Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.22h x 7.36w x 0.45d

The collective grassroots stories in this book manifest black gospel music as one of the most prevalent forms of contemporary American song.Author: Alan YoungISBN-10: 087805944XISBN-13: 9780878059447Publisher: University Press of MississippiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2013Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 8.95h x 5.99w x 0.87dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 04/15/1997...

Composers often write pieces in highly contrasting moods in very close proximity. But no composer took this process further than Beethoven. His famous Fifth Symphony, with an opening any child knows, became the standard for the Romantic, tragedy to triumph, "victory symphony." The sunny...

Cumbia is a musical form that originated in northern Colombia and then spread throughout Latin America and wherever Latin Americans travel and settle. It has become one of the most popular musical genre in the Americas. Its popularity is largely due to its stylistic...

Sing Us a Song, Piano Woman: Female Fans and the Music of Tori Amos explores the many-layered relationships female fans build with feminist musicians in general and with Tori Amos, in particular. Using original interview research with more than forty fans of Tori Amos,...

A range of genres, rooted in local impulses, reaching global audiences; a main prop of commercial culture and an art form open to aspirants and fans from every background: About the vast and diverse topic of pop, scholars and critics, journalists and musicians have...

(Book). From Tadd Dameron through Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, Cannonball Adderly and Benny Golson, to his own 17-piece "Supersound" big band, Charli Persip has been one of the most in-demand drummers in all of jazz, as well as in the pop genre. A textbook...

(Berklee Labs). Even if you're a complete beginner, this easy-to-understand instructional guide will get you improvising in no time Learn to improvise in jazz, Latin, fusion, blues and rock styles in all keys with step-by-step instruction, practice tips and play-along tracks. You'll also develop...

Originating in the 1930s, the steelband (a.k.a. steelpan) movement began in the Caribbean, was transplanted to and grew in North America, and has transcended the boundaries of class, race, and gender. Based on a compilation of narratives from Caribbean and American members of the...

K-Pop: Popular Music, Cultural Amnesia, and Economic Innovation in South Korea seeks at once to describe and explain the emergence of export-oriented South Korean popular music and to make sense of larger South Korean economic and cultural transformations. John Lie provides not only a...

Beautiful Monsters explores the ways in which "classical" music made its way into late twentieth-century American mainstream culture-in pop songs, movie scores, and print media. Beginning in the 1960s, Michael Long's entertaining and illuminating book surveys a complex cultural field and draws connections between...

It has long been assumed that people who prefer Led Zeppelin to Mozart live aesthetically impoverished lives. But why? In Listening to Popular Music, award-winning popular music scholar Theodore Gracyk argues that aesthetic value is just as important in popular listening as it is...

The legends of popular music tell their stories--in their own words--from the Big Band era's Artie Shaw to today's stars Paul Simon and Phil Collins. 200 photos. Advertising in Rolling Stone.Author: Smith Joe/Fink MitchellISBN-10: 0446390909ISBN-13: 9780446390903Publisher: Grand Central PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1989Pages: 508Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.67lbsSize:...

It's the real stories, not the publicists' confections, that concern Colin Escott. We hear Perry Como's story in his own words: it wasn't all smooth. We learn about the astonishing twists and turns in Roy Orbison's life, and the stories behind the songs we...

Many books have been written about Tin Pan Alley--the colloquial name assigned to popular music before the advent of rock 'n' roll--yet little is available about the individual songs defining this enormously significant style of American music. This encyclopedia of over 1,200 songs written...

Although Beyoncé Knowles is not yet 30, the sensual superstar has already succeeded on many levels: as a dancer, singer, composer, model, music producer, video director and actress. Like rap star/entrepreneur Jay-Z, with whom Beyoncé recently married, she has evolved into a businesswoman, who...

The heart of Smith's well-researched, meticulously assembled discography is the detailed chronology of every Cash recording date through April 1984. Information given includes session date, location, musicians, producer, songs recorded (including takes), songwriter and release history. Scholarly notes aid the user in tracing retitled...

A new collection of essays and articles about music and its culture covers diverse modern styles--rock, pop, rap, jazz, blues, country, and more--and features works by Rick Moody, Camden Joy, Courtney Love, Richard Meltzer, Whitney Balliett, and other notables.Author: Nick HornbyISBN-10: 0306810662ISBN-13: 9780306810664Publisher: Da...

Gary Giddins, winner of the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award, has a following that includes not only jazz enthusiasts but also pop music fans of every stripe. Writing here in a lyrical and celebratory style all his own, Giddins dazzlingly shows us among...

History, jokebook, buying guide, book of lists, and treatise all rolled into one, The Accidental Evolution of Rock'n'Roll is most of all a joyride through the wildest music ever made. Whether discussing Def Leppard or Nirvana, Vanilla Ice or Public Enemy, Donna Summer or...

Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song is a critical study of MPB (m俍ica popular brasileira), a term that refers to varieties of urban popular music of the 1960s and 1970s, incorporating samba, Bossa Nova, and new materials.Author: Charles A. PerroneISBN-10: 0292765509ISBN-13: 9780292765504Publisher: University of Texas...

Since his professional debut in 1962, Stevie Wonder has recorded sixty-four singles that have made the Billboard top 100, including ten that reached number one. Wonder was one of the first Motown artists to have complete control over the writing, arranging, and recording of...

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, popular music was considered nothing but vulgar entertainment. Today, jazz and rock music are seen as forms of art, and their practitioners are regularly accorded a status on par with the cultural and political elite. To...

The myth of Orpheus articulates what social theorists have known since Plato: music matters. It is uniquely able to move us, to guide the imagination, to evoke memories, and to create spaces within which meaning is made. Popular music occupies a place of particular...

Nothing has more profoundly influenced the development of music making over the last two decades than the growth of the historical performance movement. Perceived by some as a threat, an indication of our loss of faith in our powers of musical creation, and by...

Chris Smith's 101 Albums That Changed Popular Music tells the fascinating stories behind the most groundbreaking, influential, and often controversial albums ever recorded, ranging from The Anthology of American Folk Music (1952) to Elephant (2003) by The White Stripes. Organized chronologically to capture the...

"I don't make culture, I sell it" Dick Clark once remarked. Indeed, the man who reigned as host of American Bandstand for nearly four decades may not have invented rock 'n' roll, but he sold it to the American public better than anyone before...

From the turn of the century to the 1960s, the songwriters of Tin Pan Alley dominated American music. Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart--even today these giants remain household names, their musicals regularly revived, their methods and styles analyzed...

From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down," this passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of black music in the last fifty years, and in doing so outlines the perilous position of black culture within...

Test your musical knowledge with this fun compilation, filled with 100 beautifully designed infographics, that pays homage to the songs we can't get out of our heads--inspired by lyrics from artists such as Madonna, Fleetwood Mac, Paul Simon, TLC, Bob Dylan, Weezer, and more.Challenge...

As one of the world's best-selling musicians, Lady Gaga has set the musical bar high. Since her debut album, The Fame (2008), she has sold more than 124 million records and scooped numerous awards, including twelve Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, and eighteen MTV...

Teach Yourself to Sing!Discover everything you need to start your singing journey with this two-part singing lessons book.Whether you're just starting out or a seasoned singer that wants to learn new techniques for different genres, this guide will help.Learn about all the singing skills...

It is not an exaggeration that Matsutoya Yumi-better known by her stage name Yuming-is one of the most influential figures in Japanese popular music history. A singer-songwriter recognized globally for her songs used in Miyazaki Hayao's beloved animations, Yuming has captured the hearts of...

Music, as the form of art whose name derives from ancient myths, is often thought of as pure symbolic expression and associated with transcendence. Music is also a universal phenomenon and thus a profound marker of humanity. These features make music a sphere of...

Britney Spears barely survived 2007. She divorced her husband, lost custody of her kids, went to rehab, shaved her head and assaulted a paparazzo. In the midst of her public breakdown, she managed to record an album, Blackout. Critics thought it spelled the end...

Particularly since the 1950s, cars and popular music have been constantly associated. As complementary goods and intertwined technologies, their relationship has become part of a widely shared experience-one that connects individuals and society, private worlds and public spheres. Popular Music and Automobiles aims to...

An amazing trip back to the mid-1960s The KRLA Chronological Archives series presents the original KRLA newsletters and Beat publications that ran from 1964-1968. They represented pop music culture including exclusive interviews and photos. Starting with Beatles articles and coverage of things related to...

An amazing trip back to the mid-1960s The KRLA Chronological Archives series presents the original KRLA newsletters and Beat publications that ran from 1964-1968. They represented pop music culture including exclusive interviews and photos. Starting with Beatles articles and coverage of things related to...

An amazing trip back to the mid-1960s The KRLA Chronological Archives series presents the original KRLA newsletters and Beat publications that ran from 1964-1968. They represented pop music culture including exclusive interviews and photos. Starting with Beatles articles and coverage of things related to...

An amazing trip back to the mid-1960s The KRLA Chronological Archives series presents the original KRLA newsletters and Beat publications that ran from 1964-1968. They represented pop music culture including exclusive interviews and photos. Starting with Beatles articles and coverage of things related to...

An amazing trip back to the mid-1960s The KRLA Chronological Archives series presents the original KRLA newsletters and Beat publications that ran from 1964-1968. They represented pop music culture including exclusive interviews and photos. Starting with Beatles articles and coverage of things related to...

An amazing trip back to the mid-1960s The KRLA Chronological Archives series presents the original KRLA newsletters and Beat publications that ran from 1964-1968. They represented pop music culture including exclusive interviews and photos. Starting with Beatles articles and coverage of things related to...

An amazing trip back to the mid-1960s The KRLA Chronological Archives series presents the original KRLA newsletters and Beat publications that ran from 1964-1968. They represented pop music culture including exclusive interviews and photos. Starting with Beatles articles and coverage of things related to...

An amazing trip back to the mid-1960s The KRLA Chronological Archives series presents the original KRLA newsletters and Beat publications that ran from 1964-1968. They represented pop music culture including exclusive interviews and photos. Starting with Beatles articles and coverage of things related to...

From starting out in the Runaways to stadium shows with the Blackhearts, Joan Jett is the original Riot Grrrl Where in the Runaways Lita Ford brought the 'Rock and Metal', Joan brought the 'Punk, both in her attitude, her playing and the songs that...

The field of popular music production is overwhelmingly male dominated. Here, Paula Wolfe discusses gendered notions of creativity and examines the significant under-representation of women in studio production. Wolfe brings an invaluable perspective as both a working artist-producer and as a scholar, thereby offering...

In 2007, an unlikely troupe of 1500 Filipino prisoners became Internet celebrities after their YouTube video of Michael Jackson's ground-breaking hit 'Thriller' went viral. Taking this spectacular dance as a point of departure, Dangerous Mediations explores the disquieting development of prisoners performing punishment to...

Back in 1979, pop was getting dull again. Everyone said it was time for a new dance. No-one expected it to come from Coventry. The Two-Tone revolution, led by the Specials, took the pop world by surprise with their infectious mix of Ska rhythms...