Music-Genres & Styles-Pop Vocal

Dangerous is Michael Jackson's coming of age album. Granted, that's a bold claim to make given that many think his best work lay behind him by the time this record was made. It offers Jackson on a threshold, at long last embracing adulthood-politically questioning,...

The Beat! was the first book to explore the musical, social, and cultural phenomenon of go-go music. In this edition, updated by a substantial chapter on the current scene, authors Kip Lornell and Charles C. Stephenson, Jr., place go-go within black popular music made...

(Banjo). Play 20 of John Denver's best with this collection of easy banjo solos, including: Annie's Song * Leaving on a Jet Plane * Rocky Mountain High * Sunshine on My Shoulders * Take Me Home, Country Roads * Thank God I'm a Country...

(Piano Solo Personality). Now Little Monsters can play Lady Gaga's biggest hits Here are intermediate-level, full solo arrangements of a dozen favorites: Alejandro * Bad Romance * Born This Way * The Edge of Glory * The Fame * Just Dance * Lovegame *...

For beginning musicians, Alfred's Easy series is the fast track to developing a repertoire of well-known and fun-to-play songs, while more experienced players will find an excellent resource of favorite songs. The Easy Hits Guitar TAB format provides melody in notation and TAB, chords,...

The reggae sound system has exerted a major influence on music and popular culture. Out on the streets of inner city Kingston, Jamaica, every night, sound systems stage dancehall sessions for the crowd to share the immediate, intensive and immersive visceral pleasures of sonic...

FEATURED IN: The New York Times Book Review (New and Noteworthy) - Essence - Newsweek - People - Bustle - PopSugar - Refinery 29 - HelloGiggles' - PureWow - Newsday - AMNewYork The Ultimate Beyonc Collectible Beyonc fans will eat it up. --People You...

Although many of Elvis' countless solid gold hits feature in the book, the author is also keen to explore the lesser-known album tracks - all of which he feels deserves their special place centre stage. The book aims to help the reader look at...

Taking the form of a journal chronicling all of the Bee Gees important events, including recording sessions, concerts, television appearances, radio shows and record releases, The Bee Gees Day-By-Day Story: 1945-1972 is the most in-depth look at the early years of this international phenomenon....

An investigation of music, sound, and public space in contemporary JapanIn this first book-length study of chindon-ya, Marié Abe investigates the intersection of sound, public space, and sociality in contemporary Japan. Chindon-ya, dating back to the 1840s, are ostentatiously costumed street musicians who publicize...

From the creator of Hamilton, and the director of Crazy Rich Asians we invite you to a cinematic event where the streets are made of music and little dreams become big . . . In The Heights. Our piano/vocal selections songbook features 13 songs...

(Book). Chad Smith's career has been well documented, and his five Modern Drummer cover features have provided a detailed commentary and an array of unique photos. All of this is collected in Chad Smith Legends . But there is a lot that Chad hasn't...

With style, wit, and expertise, Leonard Bernstein shares his love and appreciation for music in all its varied forms in The Infinite Variety of Music, illuminating the deep pleasure and sometimes subtle beauty it offers. He begins with an "imaginary conversation" with George Washington...

JAMES BOND FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT EVERYONE'S FAVORITE SUPERSPYAuthor: Tom DeMichaelISBN-10: 1557838569ISBN-13: 9781557838568Publisher: Applause BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2012Pages: 402Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d

The Beatles' North American tours turned the entertainment business on its ear and forever changed the landscape of the concert touring industry. In February 1964, after finally achieving a number-one hit in America, the Fab Four came to the country with high hopes, performing...

Explains what happened to music--for both artists and fans--when music went online. Playing to the Crowd explores and explains how the rise of digital communication platforms has transformed artist-fan relationships into something closer to friendship or family. Through in-depth interviews with musicians such as...

In 1960, a group of young men in California recorded an instrumental single, Moon Dawg, and started what would become known as surf music. Within a few years, those young men would have been important parts of records by the Beach Boys, Frank Zappa,...

Phonographies explores the numerous links and relays between twentieth-century black cultural production and sound technologies from the phonograph to the Walkman. Highlighting how black authors, filmmakers, and musicians have actively engaged with recorded sound in their work, Alexander G. Weheliye contends that the interplay...

(Guitar Method). Cross-referenced with Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 2 pages for easy student and teacher use but also works well with any guitar method's book two. This third edition features 20 songs: All I Have to Do Is Dream * Beat It *...

Selected works from Secret Garden's five best-selling albums. Titles are: Nocturne * Song from a Secret Garden * Serenade to Spring * Papillion * Heartstrings * Adagio * Ode to Simplicity * Hymn to Hope * Reflection * Sanctuary * In Our Tears *...

In this deep dive into the Jamaican music world filled with the voices of creators, producers, and consumers, Larisa Kingston Mann--DJ, media law expert, and ethnographer--identifies how a culture of collaboration lies at the heart of Jamaican creative practices and legal personhood. In street...

Everything you want to know about the fabulousness that is Eurovision! The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the world's longest running TV programs, and has become a much loved tradition across the world. From the spandex to the glitter, ABBA to Lordi, and...

Kate Bush began her career in 1978 at the age of 19 with the single 'Wuthering Heights', inspired by a film adaptation of the Emily Bront novel, the first No. 1 UK single to be written and sung by a female artist, and the...

In Sound Alignments, a transnational group of scholars explores the myriad forms of popular music that circulated across Asia during the Cold War. Challenging the conventional alignments and periodizations of Western cultural histories of the Cold War, they trace the routes of popular music,...

"Relax Baby Be Cool is a trip into unraveling the mind and genius of one of the greatest artists of all time. Although Gainsbourg's music has been discovered by new generations, his life has rarely been illuminated and contextualized with such style and insight."...

(Singer's Jazz Anthology). The Singer's Jazz Anthology is an exciting new series providing aspiring jazz vocalists and pianists with staples of the jazz repertoire. The singer's portion, matching the original sheet music, is paired with fresh, unique accompaniments arranged in an authentic jazz style...

(Easy Guitar). Elton's best from over three decades Features easy arrangements in notes & tab for 34 hits: Bennie and the Jets * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Candle in the Wind * Crocodile Rock * Daniel * Goodbye Yellow Brick Road...

(Easy Guitar). Over 20 of Denver's best-known hits spanning his 25-year career Includes: Annie's Song * Leaving on a Jet Plane * Rocky Mountain High * Thank God I'm a Country Boy * Sunshine On My Shoulders * and more.Author: John DenverISBN-10: 0895249138ISBN-13: 9780895249135Publisher:...

The author traces the history of Wings and delves into the inner dynamics of the group, its commercial and artistic success, and its demise.Author: Garry McGeeISBN-10: 0878333045ISBN-13: 9780878333042Publisher: Taylor Trade PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/11/2003Pages: 284Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.94h x 6.14w x 0.56dReview Citation(s): Library Journal...

(Music Sales America). 50 favorites arranged for piano/vocal and guitar. Includes: The Boy in the Bubble * Bridge Over Troubled Water * Cecilia * Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes * Hearts and Bones * Loves Me Like a Rock * The Sound...

Laura Nyro was a beloved and pioneering singer-songwriter of the 1960s and 1970s, whose songs were covered with great success by the Fifth Dimension; Blood, Sweat & Tears; Three Dog Night; and Barbra Streisand. This first biography uncovers previously never revealed details, including a...

Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect. Cultural liberation and musical innovation. Pyrotechnics, bottle service, bass drops, and molly. Electronic dance music has been a vital force for more than three decades now, and has undergone transformation upon transformation as it has taken over the world....

Today, no matter where you are in the world, you can turn on a radio and hear the echoes and influences of Chicago house music. Do You Remember House? tells a comprehensive story of the emergence, and contemporary memorialization of house in Chicago, tracing...

More than any rock artist since The Beatles, Radiohead's music inhabits the sweet spot between two extremes: on the one hand, music that is wholly conventional and conforms to all expectations of established rock styles, and, on the other hand, music so radically experimental...

On Saturday, June 28, 1986, George Michael picked up his tasselled leather jacket, walked out of London's Wembley Stadium and cheerfully tore up five years of glittering pop history. He'd just disposed of Wham!, the band he'd formed with school friend Andrew Ridgeley when...

Prince's position in popular culture has undergone only limited academic scrutiny. This book provides an academic examination of Prince, encompassing the many layers of his cultural and creative impact. It assesses Prince's life and legacy holistically, exploring his multiple identities and the ways in...

Pop Journalist Mark Elliott has written the ultimate guide to one of the greatest independent success stories in music history, with extensive source material and a foreword written by Mike Stock. The Ministry of Pop is a lavish, full-colour book which tells the amazing...

Mod has its roots in in London with a group of young men in the late Fifties who were known as modernists because they listened to modern jazz. Mod culture included fashion, music, motor scooters, and amphetamine-fuelled all-night dancing. During the early to mid...

Beyoncé Knowles first rose to fame as lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the most successful girl groups of all time. Since striking out on her own as a solo artist in 2003, with her multi-platinum debut album Dangerously in Love, Knowles' career...

By 1968, the Summer of Love was over--and society's turmoil was reflected by The Beatles in the studio. The result, known as "The White Album," featured an eccentric, eclectic mixture of styles, techniques, and unconventional songs. This in-depth exploration of the classic work has...

Finally available in North America, this is the definitive and dramatic account of one of the '70s biggest hitmakers. Researched in great detail, Bread: A Sweet Surrender includes exclusive interviews with founding member Robb Royer, along with friends, family, and former musical associates of...

Blues, being the wellspring of all American music for over a century, is always worth studying. Robert does it right. --Keith RichardsAn emotional map of musical Memphis. If you don't know these characters, let Robert Gordon introduce you. --Elvis CostelloRobert Gordon's book is proof...

For a Kentucky rifleman who spent his tour trudging through Vietnam's Central Highlands, it was Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." For a "tunnel rat" who blew smoke into the Viet Cong's underground tunnels, it was Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze." For a...

Words like "inspiring," "expansive," and "moving" are regularly used to describe Sigur R's ( ), and yet the only words heard on the record itself are a handful of meaningless nonsense syllables. The album has no title--or rather, its title is no title: just...

From baby boomers to millennials, attending a big music festival has basically become a cultural rite of passage in America. In Half a Million Strong, music writer and scholar Gina Arnold explores the history of large music festivals in America and examines their impact...

It's hard to think of a solo female recording artist who has been as revered or as reviled over the course of her career as Tori Amos. Amy Gentry argues that these violent aesthetic responses to Amos's performance, both positive and negative, are organized...

10 for 10 Sheet Music: Classical Piano Favorites, Book 2 contains 10 best-loved classical masterpieces, all for just $10.00. Titles: Canon in D (Pachelbel) * The Entertainer (Joplin) * Funeral March of a Marionette (Gounod) * F r Elise (Beethoven) * Gymnop die No....

Best Damn Hip Hop Writing: The Book of Yoh encapsulates one of the defining voices in hip hop music criticism today. Each essay in this collection is written by Yoh (Travis Phillips), a writer whose work has been featured in various leading hip hop...

Before Bob Marley brought reggae to the world, before Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh, before thousands of musicians played a Jamaican rhythm, there were the men and women who created ska music, a blend of jazz, American rhythm and blues, and the indigenous music...

Brighten the holidays with music This practical volume contains piano/vocal sheet music for 36 of the world's most famous Christmas songs. Chord fingering grids are provided for optional guitar accompaniment. Titles: Angels We Have Heard on High * Auld Lang Syne * Believe *...