Music-Genres & Styles-Pop Vocal

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...

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...

For decades, the state-run music industry in Hungary has artificially isolated musical worlds. The 2010 album I'll Be Your Plaything is a concept album comprising at times drastically re-imagined cover versions of Hungary's most popular hits from the socialist era. As such it is...

For decades, the state-run music industry in Hungary has artificially isolated musical worlds. The 2010 album I'll Be Your Plaything is a concept album comprising at times drastically re-imagined cover versions of Hungary's most popular hits from the socialist era. As such it is...

The popularization of radio, television, and the Internet radically transformed musical practice in the Asia Pacific. These technologies bequeathed media broadcasters with a profound authority over the ways we engage with musical culture. Broadcasters use this power to promote distinct cultural traditions, popularize new...

Popular music in Japan has been under the overwhelming influence of American, Latin American and European popular music remarkably since 1945, when Japan was defeated in World War II. Beginning with gunka and enkaat the turn of the century, tracing the birth of hit...

We are what we listen to. That's the premise of this study of 100 songs that have shaped and defined the American experience, from the Colonial period to the present. Well-known music author James Perone looks at 100 songs that helped tell America's story....

For a century and more, the idea of democracy has fuelled musicians'　imaginations. Seeking to go beyond music's proven capacity to contribute to specific political causes, musicians have explored how aspects of their practice embody democratic principles. This may involve adopting particular approaches to compositional...

Scouse Pop is a journey into the personalities and music of the successful pioneering Liverpool pop bands of the late seventies and eighties. It examines their motivations, their uniqueness and the routes to success which made them into enduring musical innovators. It looks at...

Musical Gentrification is an exploration of the role of popular music in processes of socio-cultural inclusion and exclusion in a variety of contexts. Twelve chapters by international scholars reveal how cultural objects of relatively lower status, in this case popular musics, are made objects...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). This matching folio to the best-of double album compilation of this Canadian super trio features the 29 tracks arranged for piano and voice with guitar chord frames and full lyrics. Songs include: Anthem * Closer to the Heart * A Farewell...

Disruptive Divas focuses on four female musicians: Tori Amos, Courtney Love, Me'Shell Ndeg駮cello and P. J. Harvey who have marked contemporary popular culture in unexpected ways have impelled and disturbed the boundaries of "acceptable" female musicianship.Author: Lori Burns, Melisse LaFranceISBN-10: 0815335539ISBN-13: 9780815335535Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Back in the 1970's I was still at school. A child of the sixties, growing up in the crazy seventies, a floppy fringe and very naff 'ill fitting' clothing. For a few years previously the UK - where I live - was awash with...

KISS are the ultimate 'stack-heeled superheroes' made flesh. A cartoon of a band, but with the tunes and attitude to back their image up. If Marvel comics did a comic strip series on a mean and dirty rock 'n' roll band, KISS would be...

Elvis Presley remains the single most important figure in twentieth century popular music. To many commentators, however, he has simply embodied the benefits and problems of uncritically embracing capitalism. By 2005 the 'Memphis Flash' sold over a billion records worldwide, yet his cultural significance...

Growing up in the 1970's I was subjected, through choice to all sorts of rock and metal music - especially at school and beyond. I used to have a huge 'ghetto-blaster' back in the day and my 'mates' and me would hang around listening...

Joni Mitchell: New Critical Readingsrecognizes the importance and innovativeness of the musician and artist Joni Mitchell and the need for a collection that theorizes her work as musician, composer, cultural commentator and antagonist. It showcases pieces by established and early career academics from the...

Surviving the K-pop community can be a little daunting at first To prepare you for the battle ahead, A Rookies Guide to Surviving the K-Pop Community, explores many different aspects of K-Pop such as: - What is K-pop? - Things you need to know...

The human singing voice holds immense power - to convey mood, emotion, and identity in songs, provide music's undeniable "wow" moments, and communicate a pop song's meaning perhaps more than any other musical parameter. And unlike the other aspects of musical content - like...

When I was growing up I initially came across Bon Jovi by pure accident. I had heard the name but managed to see them for the first time at the Cornwall Coliseum, which used to be in St. Austell in Cornwall, UK, when they...

This book explores the fundamentals of popular music performance for students in contemporary music institutions. Drawing on the insights of performance practice research, it discusses the unwritten rules of performances in popular music, what it takes to create a memorable performance, and live popular...

Since the 1960s, the hybrid popular music called luk thung has embodied the aspirations, frustrations, and sorrows of Thailand's working class. Global scholarship, however, has been slow in examining this seminal genre. In this pioneering book, ethnomusicologist James Mitchell explores the many facets of...

In 2013 I made another once in a lifetime trip halfway across the world to Los Angeles.I flew each way with the excellent Air New Zealand and stayed in Beverly Hills's the Crowne Plaza - this was in March, but the weather of course...

There was a time when no one would have left Dick Haymes (1918-1980) out of the top class of such contemporaries as Frank Sinatra and Perry Como. But now the Argentine-born baritone is known only to those ardent fans and music historians who still...

Cinderella from Philadelphia were put in with the 'Hair Metal / Glam Metal' scene, but they were so much more. All talented musicians and a vocalist that had a voice that stood out from all the other 'wannabe' bands, Cinderella were always destined for...

In the early years of the twenty-first century, the US music industry created a new market for tweens, selling music that was cooler than Barney, but that still felt safe for children. In Tween Pop Tyler Bickford traces the dramatic rise of the "tween"...

Like rap in the United States, bachata began as a music of the poor and dispossessed. Originating in the shantytowns of the Dominican Republic, it reflects the social and economic dislocation of the poorest Dominicans.Author: Deborah PaciniISBN-10: 1566393000ISBN-13: 9781566393003Publisher: Temple University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/06/1995Pages:...

Love them or hate them, One Hit Wonders stick in our brains... like melted cheese on a porcupine But every one holds its own unique story, and some have as much drama as a Hollywood adventure movie. Did you know that Dave Edmunds' hit...

The singer-songwriter, someone who writes and performs their own music, is an ever-present and increasingly complex figure in popular music worlds. The Singer-Songwriter Handbook provides a useful resource for student songwriters, active musicians, fans and scholars alike. This handbook is divided into four main...

'I'm going to camp out on the land ... try and get my soul free'. So sang Joni Mitchell in 1970 on 'Woodstock'. But Woodstock is only the tip of the iceberg. Popular music festivals are one of the strikingly successful and enduring features...