The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Penguin Reference Books.)

by Donald Clarke (Author)

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  Paperback
  1991

  $3.25

  From Abba to ZZ Top by way of James Brown, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra, this comprehensive reference book on popular music encompasses the extraordinary range of modern music from country, cabaret, reggae, folk, gospel, rock 'n' roll, and swing. More than 3,000 entries illuminate the careers of top performers, sognwriters, and musicians and outline the histories of important record labels.

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  Paperback
  1998

  $3.25

  From Abba to ZZ Top via Oasis, James Brown, and Frank Sinatra, this wonderful resource to the world's nonclassical music has been updated and revised to include a wider range of New World and ethnic musicians from Latin America and Africa along with a range of new entries from the contemporary Brit-pop scene and all of your old favorites. Donald Clarke covers a truly spectacular array of artists, from the early blues (Big Bill Broonzy, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith) and ragtime Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake) to the golden age of Broadway musicals, the great swing bands of the 1930s, jazz from around the world, American country, English folk, rock 'n' roll, reggae, soul, funk, punk, and the rest. The extensive Index ensures that no songwriter, musician, record label, or musical style is overlooked.

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  Hardcover
  1989

  $3.25

  A definitive reference work on 20th century popular music--more than 3,000 entries spanning the entire field of non-classical music of this era. Briefs on performers, songwriters, producers, and record labels, fully cross-referenced with albums and suggested further reading.