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Vendor: Marion Short
Covers of Gold: Collectible Sheet Music--Sports, Fashion, Illustration, & Dance
Covers of Gold is the third ground-breaking book about collectible sheet music by Marion Short. Exciting new categories covered in this book include baseball music, the evolution of fashion, the Big Band era, and the elusive sheet music cover illustrators. These subjects and more...- $29.95
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Vendor: Max D?charn?
Teddy Boys: Post-War Britain and the First Youth Revolution
With their draped suits, suede creepers and immaculately greased hair, the Teddy Boys defined a new era for a generation of teenagers raised on a diet of drab clothes, Blitz playgrounds and tinned dinners. From the Edwardian origins of their fashion to the tabloid...- $16.00
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Vendor: Ross Laird
Moanin' Low: A Discography of Female Popular Vocal Recordings, 1920-1933
The first comprehensive guide to pre-1934 female popular vocal recordings sung in English--from around the world and including all styles--this discographical study includes solos, duets, trios, and quartets composed by the great songwriters of the early 1900s (from Irving Berlin to Victor Young). The...- $83.00
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Vendor: Peter Van Der Merwe
Origins of the Popular Style: The Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Popular Music
This is an analysis of popular music from a musical, as opposed to a sociological, biographical or political point of view. The author surveys Western popular music in all its forms - blues, ragtime, music hall, waltzes, marches, parlour ballads and folk music -...- $100.00
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Vendor: Mary Beth Ray
Essays on Music, Adolescence, and Identity: The Adolescentia Project
Essays on Music, Adolescence, and Identity: The Adolescentia Project explores music consumption, self-discovery, media culture, and memory through autoethnographic essays on albums we loved during adolescence covering three decades (1980-2010) as the music industry and socio-cultural identity landscapes in the United States significantly changed....- $129.99
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Vendor: Marisol Negr?n
Made in NuYoRico: Fania Records, Latin Music, and Salsa's Nuyorican Meanings
In Made in NuYoRico, Marisol Negr?n tells the cultural history of salsa, tracing the music's Nuyorican meanings over a fifty-year period that begins with the establishment of Fania Records in 1964 and how it capitalized on salsa's Nuyorican imaginary to cultivate a global audience....- $29.95
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Vendor: Patrick M. Patterson
Music and Words: Producing Popular Songs in Modern Japan, 1887-1952
This book analyzes composer Nakayama Shimpei's popular songs in the context of Japan's developing record industry and popular music market between 1887 and 1952.Author: Patrick M. PattersonISBN-10: 1498550355ISBN-13: 9781498550352Publisher: Rlpg/GalleysLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2018Pages: 230Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d- $117.00
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Vendor: Alexander Stewart
Making the Scene: Contemporary New York City Big Band Jazz
The received wisdom of popular jazz history is that the era of the big band was the 1930s and '40s, when swing was at its height. But as practicing jazz musicians know, even though big bands lost the spotlight once the bebop era began,...- $34.95
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Vendor: Frederick Nolan
Lorenz Hart: A Poet on Broadway
Lorenz Hart singlehandedly changed the craft of lyric writing. When Larry Hart first met Dick Rodgers in 1919, the commercial song lyric consisted of tired cliches and cloying Victorian sentimentality. Hart changed all that, always avoiding the obvious, aiming for the unexpected phrase that...- $48.99
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Vendor: Martin Munro
The Music of the Future: Sound and Vision in the Caribbean
Author: Martin MunroISBN-10: 0197759793ISBN-13: 9780197759790Publisher: Oxford University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/02/2024Pages: 216Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 9.34h x 6.43w x 0.76d- $90.00
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Vendor: Jordan Alexander Stein
Fantasies of Nina Simone
Since her death in 2003, Nina Simone has been the subject of an astonishing number of rereleased, remastered, and remixed albums and compilations as well as biographies, films, viral memes, samples, and soundtracks. In Fantasies of Nina Simone, Jordan Alexander Stein uses an archive...- $107.95
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Vendor: Diana Krall
Diana Krall -- Wallflower: Piano/Vocal/Guitar
On Wallflower, jazz singer Diana Krall lends her trademark contralto to songs first made famous by artists such as The Mamas & the Papas, the Carpenters, the Eagles, Jim Croce, Elton John, Randy Newman, and a freshly penned tune by Paul McCartney. This book...- $21.99
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Vendor: Kathleen Perricone
Harry Styles Is Life: A Superfan's Guide to All Things We Love about Harry Styles
Join the Harry Styles fandom culture with this gorgeously illustrated, all-encompassing fan book on everything there is to know and love about the modern icon that is Harry Styles. From his first appearance on The X Factor and touring with One Direction to breaking...- $19.99
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Vendor: Connie Hoying
The Untold Story of Scott Hoying, Pentatonix Star: My Son's Journey to Find Harmony in Music and Life
This book depicts the life and career of Scott Hoying, Grammy Award-winning cofounder of Pentatonix, as seen by his mother Connie. More than just a book about her son's life, Connie tells a heartfelt story of perseverance, dedication to music, LGBTQ+ acceptance, and supportive...- $26.95
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Vendor: Bruce Johnson
Dark Side of the Tune: Popular Music and Violence
This book focuses on the 'dark side' of popular music by examining the ways in which popular music has been deployed in association with violence. Cloonan and Johnson address the physiological and cognitive foundations of sounding/hearing and provide a historical survey of examples of...- $58.99
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Vendor: Maureen McCarthy Draper
Nature of Music: Beauty, Sound and Healing
An important book that answers how music affects your mood and how music affects your brain Music has a profound influence on our lives; affecting how we think, how we act, how we feel-even who we are. By learning more about the intimate relationship...- $24.00
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Vendor: Asher Wolf
The Jeff Lynne Story: A Life in Music - Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys & Beyond
Dive into the Electric Dreams: The Jeff Lynne Story Remember the first time a song transported you to another world? Jeff Lynne, the mastermind behind Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), has spent his life crafting those very moments. "The Jeff Lynne Story" isn't just a...- $16.99
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Vendor: Annie Zaleski
The Essential... Lady Gaga
As one of the world's best-selling musicians, Lady Gaga has set the musical bar high. Since her debut album, The Fame (2008), she has sold more than 124 million records and scooped numerous awards, including twelve Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, and eighteen MTV...- $18.00
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Vendor: Rodney Sharkey
Bowie, Beckett, and Being: The Art of Alienation
Addressing their shared passion for literature, art, and music, this book documents how Samuel Beckett and David Bowie produce extraordinarily empathetic creative outputs that reflect the experience and the effect of alienation. Through an exploration of their artistic practices, the study also illustrates how...- $120.00
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Vendor: Lawrence Schulman
FREE (hardback): Words on Music by A Hi-Def Critic in an MP3 World
Lawrence Schulman's second book for BearManor Media includes all of his non-Garland writings, save three, between 2000 and 2024, on a whole host of other artists and authors, including Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Mildred Bailey, Patsy Cline, Bernard Herrmann, among others. With a Foreword...- $49.00
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Vendor: Marc L. Moskowitz
Cries of Joy, Songs of Sorrow: Chinese Pop Music and Its Cultural Connotations
Since the mid-1990s, Taiwan's unique brand of Mandopop (Mandarin Chinese-language pop music) has dictated the musical tastes of the mainland and the rest of Chinese-speaking Asia. Cries of Joy, Songs of Sorrow explores Mandopop's surprisingly complex cultural implications in Taiwan and the PRC, where...- $24.00
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Vendor: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
Eternal Flame: The Authorized Biography of the Bangles
The authorized biography of the quintessential '80s pop band The Bangles, who scored massive hits with "Manic Monday," Walk Like an Egyptian," "Hazy Shade of Winter," and more From their first meeting in 1981, the Bangles were ambitious, focused, and intentional; their hard-work and...- $30.00
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Vendor: Gordon Ross Thompson
Sixties British Pop, Outside in: Volume I: Downtown, 1956-1965
Downtown, 1956-1965--the first volume of Sixties British Pop, Outside In--describes the rise of London's music and recording cultures through the stories of those who empowered Britain's youth to be young. As the generations born in the postwar world entered adolescence and demanded a say...- $35.00
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Sixties British Pop, Outside in: Volume II: Itchycoo Park, 1964-1970
Itchycoo Park, 1964-1970--the second volume of Sixties British Pop, Outside In--explores how London songwriters, musicians, and production crews navigated the era's cultural upheavals by reimagining the pop-music envelope. As the generation born during the postwar years approached adulthood, they gravitated to music that resonated...- $35.00
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Vendor: Kathleen Perricone
Beyonc? Is Life: A Superfan's Guide to All Things We Love about Beyonc?
Confirm your Beyhive superfan status with this gorgeously illustrated, all-encompassing guide to all things Beyonc?. All hail the queen! From her first solo at St. John's United Methodist Church to becoming a part of Destiny's Child, shaping the R&B scene, and becoming a pop...- $19.99
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Vendor: Welbeck
Shake It Up: Delicious Cocktails Inspired by the Music of Taylor Swift
Take a trip into the Taylor-verse with this collection of delicious cocktail recipes inspired by the songs of Taylor Swift. Featuring 65 cocktail recipes alongside top tips and stunning Taylor-inspired illustrations, this is a celebration of pop music's finest songbook and the perfect collection...- $18.95
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Vendor: Nicholas Kenyon
Elgar: An Anniversary Portrait
"Too frequently a multi-author work on a composer obscures rather than illuminates its subject. This volume casts a genuinely prismatic light upon it."R.J. Stove, The New Criterion "An Anniversary Portrait succeeds in offering a sufficient yet panoramic view of Elgar's life and music. The...- $21.95
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Vendor: Whitney Balliett
American Singers: Twenty-Seven Portraits in Song
When Whitney Balliett's American Musicians appeared in the Fall of 1986, the acclaim it received was universal. Leonard Feather, writing in the Los Angeles Times, said "no other writer now living can write with comparable grace and equal enthusiasm about everyone from Jack Teagarden...- $35.00
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Vendor: David Toop
Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom: Before 1970
In this first installment of acclaimed music writer David Toop's interdisciplinary and sweeping overview of free improvisation, Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom: Before 1970 introduces the philosophy and practice of improvisation (both musical and otherwise) within the historical context...- $130.00
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Vendor: Jennifer N. Perz
Eras of Coloring: On Tour
Author: Jennifer N. PerzISBN-13: 9798869202376Publisher: Coloring BookLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/28/2024Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.18d- $14.99
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Vendor: Francesca Pavesi
Taylor Swift: A Book for Swifties
A global phenomenon that appeals across generations, recounted in an informative book, enhanced by carefully selected photographs and a large-format poster. Much more than a music superstar, Taylor Swift is a true cultural phenomenon, evolving from a young country promise to a global pop...- $12.99
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Vendor: DK
Lady Gaga A to Z: A Celebration of a Pop Culture Icon
Learn from Lady Gaga's career experiences and discover how you too can be an ally, unafraid to be your truest self and let your creativity flourish. Lady Gaga is a modern day Renaissance person, an icon who masters everything she does. Who else could...- $12.99
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Vendor: Seth Rogovoy
Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison
How did the most reluctant member of the Fab Four put his mark on all of their music? This book helps listeners hear how George Harrison shaped the sound of The Beatles and how he carried that sound forward into his solo career Within...- $25.00
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Vendor: Alfred Music
The Best of Doo Wop and Beyond: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Fifty of the best doo wop songs ever. Titles include: Blue Moon * Charlie Brown * Earth Angel * The Great Pretender * The Lion Sleeps Tonight * Out of Sight Out of Mind * Shout * Since I Don't Have You * Teenager...- $16.95
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Vendor: Joanna Jojo Levesque
Over the Influence: A Memoir
A breathtakingly candid memoir by Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, the chart-topping, multi-platinum recording artist behind hits like "Leave (Get Out)," "Too Little, Too Late", and the Grammy Award-winning "Say So" Signed to a major recording deal at just 12 years old, JoJo catapulted to the...- $30.00
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Vendor: Karah-Leigh Hancock
Boy Bands Ultimate Trivia Book: Test Your Superfan Status and Relive the Most Iconic Boy Band Moments
Put your boy band expertise to the test with nearly 500 trivia questions, accompanied by entertaining illustrations capturing your favorite musical moments. A true love letter to boy bands, the Boy Bands Ultimate Trivia Book is the perfect way to show off your knowledge...- $16.99
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Vendor: Future Publishing Plc
Taylor Swift Colouring & Activity Book
Taylor Swift Colouring & Activity Book - The 100% Unofficial Must Have!: Over 35 Amazing Illustrations to CustomiseUnleash your inner artist and test your Swiftie knowledge with this brand new colouring and activity book! Featuring illustrations ready for you to customise with colour, plus...- $15.99
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Vendor: Jr. Moores
Off the Ground: Paul McCartney in the 1990s
A sympathetic but clear-eyed exploration of Paul McCartney's work in the 1990s, arguably his most important since the rise of the Beatles. Paul McCartney's 1990s was an era like no other, perhaps even the most significant decade of his entire career after the 1960s....- $27.50
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Vendor: Michael Corcoran
Austin Music Is a Scene Not a Sound
Michael Corcoran culminates 40 years of writing about Austin music with a history of the scene, going back to the German singing societies of the late 1800s and ending with the ascent of South by Southwest, whose registration line would become the Ellis Island...- $45.95
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Vendor: Dylan Jones
Faster Than a Cannonball: 1995 and All That
Decades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was the year of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published High Fidelity, when James Brown's Loaded detonated the publishing industry, and when pubs...- $19.99
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Vendor: Bob Mielke
Adventures in Avant-Pop
An insightful study of seven great pop musicians who expanded the boundaries of musical creativity in their own different ways during the peaks of their careers in the second half of the 20th Century. The musicians discussed in this work are Yoko Ono, Frank...- $40.00
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Vendor: Maureen Aspinwall
No Bad Days: when you have wheels, friends and music
A light-hearted memoir from a music-loving lady of advanced years coping with the effects of MS and following the band BASTILLE. It shows the importance of the internet during the Covid lockdowns, from like-minded fans connecting with each other to remaining up-to-date with BASTILLE...- $10.99
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Vendor: D. Nathan Venture
Behind the K-pop Mania: Unveiling the Global Sensation
Explore the Heartbeat of a Global PhenomenonEnter a world that pulsates with rhythm, color, and unstoppable energy. "Behind the K-Pop Mania: Unveiling the Global Sensation" is your all-access pass into the heart of a culture that has conquered the globe. This book peels back...- $14.95
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Vendor: Clary Saddler
Kylie Minogue: Album by Album: Stick or Twist
Kylie Minogue is an Australian pop icon who has sold over 80 million records worldwide. The pint-sized pop princess showed us she had the 'wow' factor when she first graced our screens as Charlene Mitchell in neighbors in 1986. She 'did it again' (and...- $34.95
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Vendor: Andrea Warner
We Oughta Know: How Céline, Shania, Alanis, and Sarah Ruled the '90s and Changed Music
A lively collection of essays that re-examines the extraordinary legacies of the four Canadian women who dominated '90s music and changed the industry forever Fully revised and updated, with a foreword by Vivek Shraya In this of-the-moment essay collection, celebrated music journalist Andrea Warner...- $18.95
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Vendor: Selena Fragassi
Nsync 30th Anniversary Celebration: We Want You Back!
Celebrate the history and memories of NSYNC with the ultimate tribute book--filled with amazing tour photography, band-member profiles, fan memories, and more. With over 70 million records sold, NSYNC is one of the best-selling boy bands of all time--and arguably the most famous. Following...- $24.99
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Vendor: Sarah Oliver
Zayn Malik - Mind of His: The Unauthorised Biography
Author: Sarah OliverISBN-10: 1786062828ISBN-13: 9781786062826Publisher: John BlakeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/03/2016Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.58d- $13.99
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Vendor: Patty Ahn
Bangtan Remixed: A Critical Bts Reader
Bangtan Remixed delves into the cultural impact of celebrated K-Pop boy band BTS, exploring their history, aesthetics, fan culture, and capitalist moment. The collection's contributors--who include artists, scholars, journalists, activists, and fans--approach BTS through inventive and wide-ranging transnational perspectives. From tracing BTS's hip hop...- $31.95
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Vendor: Kirsty Fairclough
Pop Stars on Film: Popular Culture in a Global Market
Pop stars have provided audiences with performative moments that have become ingrained in popular consciousness. They are a lens through which deeper understandings about race, gender, politics, history and the artistic process can be understood. When combined with the most affective of mediums -...- $39.95
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Vendor: Simon Barclay
The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Published annually since 2008 "The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest" contains every statistic imaginable. This new edition for 2023 has 330 pages of historical records and analysis of voting, divided into four parts: Section 1: Qualification for Eurovision for the...- $35.00
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