favorite holiday melodies and the stories of their origin
Menendez, Albert J
1999
Relates the history behind forty popular Yuletide songs written by Americans, including popular, folk, rock, sacred, and country; and discusses the reasons for their enduring popularity.
Having left boarding school to live in a London hotel with her famous mother, thirteen-year-old Hollywood Bliss Winterman attempts to lead a normal life despite her parent's attempts to turn her into a celebrity.
Contains over two hundred song lyrics that have been misheard, ranging from folk songs to rock'n'roll, providing the name and artist of each song, with a listing of what people thought they heard, followed by the correct words.
Presents details about key artists who created music categorized in various specific genres during the 1980s, covering pop, heavy metal, rock, country, jazz, classical, and more.
Recently dumped by his wealthy girlfriend, record store owner Rob Fleming finds himself in financial trouble and sets out on a pilgrimage to ask his former girlfriends where their relationships went wrong and to learn where his life went off track.
Lou Farren, sick of his boring computer job, goes on the road with his friend Cree's pop band and struggles with his unrequited love for Cree and his search for significance in his life.
a first-hand history of popular music from the world's greatest record producers and engineers
Buskin, Richard
1999
A collection of more than sixty interviews in which some of the world's best music producers and engineers help chronicle the history of popular music.
the history of the American popular song told through the lives, careers, achievements, and personalities of its foremost composers and lyricists-from William Billings of the Revolutionary War to the "folk-rock" of Bob Dylan
