history and criticism

Presents the history of rock 'n' roll music in ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008. Explores the background of each song, and its impact on the music world.

A study of Broadway musicals produced in the twentieth century, including "Show Boat," "Porgy and Bess," "My Fair Lady," and "West Side Story.".

A history of the all-girl big bands of the World War II era, including African-American and white groups; presenting firsthand accounts of over one hundred women who performed during the era, and examining the reasons why so little is known or remembered about the female musicians.

Discusses 1940's Broadway musicals, including "Oklahoma," "Carousel," "Pal Joey," "On the Town," "Annie Get Your Gun," "Finian's Rainbow," "Brigadoon," "Kiss Me, Kate," and "South Pacific.".

These are the guitars so famous that their names are often household words: B. B. King?s Lucille, Eric Clapton?s Blackie, Stevie Ray Vaughan?s First Wife, Billy F Gibbons? Pearly Gates, Neil Young?s Old Black, and many more. Here?s the first-ever illustrated history of the actual guitars of the stars that made the music.