music, popular (songs, etc.)

An anthology of 100 traditional and contemporary songs with words and music. Includes a discography, a bibliography, and an index.

Profusely illustrated text depicts the early sixties' movies, albums, and songs of The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Dick Dale, The Surfaris, Usher and Christian, The Rip Chords, and others.

Discusses the ways in which popular music reflects the lives of musicians and audiences in fourteen different communities and countries.

Offers brief descriptions of books, periodicals, and special library collections where the user can seek out information on the many kinds of popular music, past and present.

Gives details on first printings, original singers, and various arrangements of many popular melodies.

Describes how Latin American music and musicians influenced American rhythm and blues, rock, country music, popular music, jazz, dancing, films, and Broadway musicals.

Spotlights the careers and achievements of over 130 songwriters of the twentieth century.

Discusses the roots of African music and its styles, and the people associated with it. Also covers the African industry.