Music-Genres & Styles-Pop Vocal

1960s recording star Gene Pitney decides to broaden his career beyond singing and takes on the career management of two young, innocent and naive pop stars. He helps them navigate the music business by battling to keep them out of the greedy hands of...

Wales: A Hundred Records is an anthology of the highlights of the careers of the most important recording artists that Wales has ever produced, spanning many decades and music genres, and with recordings in both English and Welsh. Huw Stephens analyses the importance and...

Author: Doug Bradley, Craig WernerISBN-10: 1665266317ISBN-13: 9781665266314Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/06/2017Format: CD

Grammy winner for Can You Feel the Love Tonight from Disney's 1994 blockbuster movie The Lion King, Elton John is a musician who has transcended generations. Since his U.S. debut 26 years ago, E.J. has had a top-40 hit every year. This first reference...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). This songbook features tunes from the hit FOX TV show about an enthusiastic teacher who, against many obstacles, tries to bring a high school glee club into the spotlight. Aimed at the underdog in all of us, the show features pop songs...

From former MTV VJ Dave Holmes, the hilarious memoir of a perpetual outsider fumbling towards self-acceptance, with the music of the '80s, '90s, and today as his soundtrack Dave Holmes has spent his life on the periphery, nose pressed hopefully against the glass, wanting...

Complete with pages of color screen shots from the film, this collectible book of 10 superb solo piano transcriptions from Alexandre Desplat's dramatic score will thrill pianists and their audiences alike. Titles: * Obliviate * Snape to Malfoy Manor * Polyjuice Potion * At...

How songs achieve commercial success on the radio Despite the growth of digital media, traditional FM radio airplay still remains the essential way for musicians to achieve commercial success. Climbing the Charts examines how songs rise, or fail to rise, up the radio airplay...

How do we "know" music? We perform it, compose it, sing it in the shower; cook, sleep and dance to it. Eventually we think and write about it. This book represents the culmination of such shared processes. Portraying a wide range of genres (rock,...

Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else is a critical biography of Ray Davies, with a focus on his music and his times. The book studies Davies' work from the Kinks' first singles through his 2006 solo album, from his rock musicals in the early...

During the Cold War, state-sponsored musical performances were central to the diplomatic agendas of the United States and the Soviet Union. But states on the periphery of the conflict also used state-funded performances to articulate their positions in the polarized global network. In Albania...

On 25th July, breaking news revealed that Michael Jackson, King of Pop, was dead. Fans and the media watched in shock as the story unfolded: doctors had lost the battle to save him after he had collapsed from a heart attack. In a cruel...

1963 - tail fins were in, sock hops were hot, and a fairytale white knight was president., That summer, sixteen year-old singer Lesley Gore released her debut single, It's My Party propelling her to Number One on the charts., For the next several years,...

Dress up Taylor in her most iconic fits with this illustrated press-out paper doll book. Featuring 12 show-stopping looks -- from the "Love Story" music video to the Eras Tour bodysuits -- Dress Up Taylor takes you through the very best of Tay-Tay's fashion...

From Robert Frost's road not taken on her debut album to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's albatross on The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift's lyrics are filled with literary connections. Make sure you're catching them all with this expert guide to the novels, poems, and plays...

A new wall calendar inspired by Taylor Swift songs, with stunning poster-like images each month featuring favorite song titles and beautiful art. Celebrate all things Taylor Swift! Inspired by fan-favorite song titles from each of Taylor's albums, here is a year of stunning art...

An essential companion to Michael Jackson's music, films, and books, this work offers 21 original, academic essays on all things Jackson-from film, music, and dance to fashion, culture, and literature.Michael Jackson is regarded as one of the most important musicians of our time. Going...

The concept album is one of popular music's most celebrated-and misunderstood-achievements. This book examines the untold history of the rock concept album, from The Beatles to Beyoncé. The roots of the concept album are nearly as old as the long-playing record itself, as recording...

The stage musical constitutes a major industry not only in the US and the UK, but in many regions of the world. Over the last four decades many countries have developed their own musical theatre industries, not only by importing hit shows from Broadway...

Just as soon as it had got rolling, rock music had a problem: it wanted to be art. A mere four years separate the Beatles as mere kiddy culture from the artful geniuses of Sergeant Pepper's, meaning the very same bandwho represents the mass-consumed,...

Author of two books on Issac Albeniz, including Issac Albeniz: A Guide to Research (1998), Walter Aaron Clark has compiled thirteen essays that discuss the various aspects of Latin American music. The essays cover the social and political impact the music generated as well...

"Voices isn't just illuminating and thought-provoking and clever; it is exciting." --Roddy Doyle, author of The Commitments A personal exploration of what singing means and how it works, Voices is a book about our deepest, most telling relationships with music. Nick Coleman examines the...

HIT SINGLES TOP 20 CHARTS FROM 1954 TO THE PRESENT DAY (US AND UK) 5TH EDITIONAuthor: Dave McAleerISBN-10: 0879308087ISBN-13: 9780879308087Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2004Pages: 508Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.47lbsSize: 9.48h x 7.96w x 1.16dReview Citation(s): Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2006 pg. 243American Reference Bks...

Since she exploded onto the music scene with 2008's smash-hit single 'I Kissed a Girl', Katy Perry has achieved phenomenal worldwide success. This glossy photo-biography pays tribute to Katy's unique status on the pop landscape.Author: Mick O'SheaISBN-10: 0859654818ISBN-13: 9780859654814Publisher: Plexus PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/10/2012Pages: 80Format:...

"Everybody has to start somewhere. Businessmen start on the ground floor and try to work their way up the corporate ladder. Baseball players bide their time in the minor leagues wishing for an opportunity to move up and play in the majors. Musical compositions...

The intense and continuing popularity of the long-running television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) has long been matched by the range and depth of the academic critical response. This volume, the first devoted to the show's imaginative and widely varied use of music,...

A concise musical biography traces the Beastie Boys' story from the New York punk scene through a blockbuster career that spans more than 20 years. Ever since they hit the big time with their 1986 rock/rap debut Licensed to Ill, the first rap album...

COLLABRO--Michael Auger, Richard Hadfield, Jamie Lambert, Matt Pagan, and Thomas J Redgrave--had been singing together for just one month when they decided to enter Britain's Got Talent. Chosen by the judges to progress to the live semi-finals, they performed another Les Mis駻ables hit and...

From Dexter Johnson's garage studio to James Joiner's "A Fallen Star," Tune Records to FAME and Muscle Shoals Sound studios, Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones, from the beginning to present day-Muscle Shoals: The Hit Capital's Heyday & Beyond is an updated, expanded version...

No songs conjure up the dazzle and glamour of the swinging 70s better than ABBA's. From sentimental ballads to dance-floor hits, these timeless chart-toppers-including the title tune from the musical Mamma Mia , The Winner Takes It All and Super-Trouper are guaranteed to get...

Here is the first complete listing of all the recorded works of Hubert Prior Vallee, one of America's most versatile and accomplished entertainers. Kiner chronicles Vallee's work from its infancy in 1921 through his most popular era in the late 1920s and early 1930s...

On the coast of Washington and British Columbia sit the misty forests and towering mountains of Cascadia. With archipelagos surrounding its shores and tidal surges of the Salish Sea trundling through the interior, this bioregion has long attracted loggers, fishing fleets, and land developers,...

George is the story of two extraordinary lives - the private man and the public legend.Georgios Panayiotou was just eighteen when he decided to adopt the stage name of George Michael. Sometimes his two worlds would collide with shattering consequences.Bestselling biographer Sean Smith has...

Grounded in more than a decade of field research, this book uses empirical examples, quantitative data, and qualitative interviews with young music consumers as well as music industry professionals to understand how the platforms behind music production, distribution and listening work in our digital...

An intimate look at the life and music of modern pop's most legendary figure, Taylor Swift, from leading music journalist Rob Sheffield.A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. There's no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a teenage girl who...

Petite but powerful - just like P!nk!The ultimate greatest hits package of all-things P!nk, this little guide is just like the artist herself - petite but powerful!From inspiring facts to stunning stats, candid quips to classic (and controversial!) quotes, historic dates to tasty bitesize...

These Easy Piano arrangements of chart-topping tunes of the 1980s are sheer fun to play. Fingerings, lyrics, and chord symbols are included. Titles: After All (Peter Cetera & Cher) * Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) (Phil Collins) * Always (Atlantic...

Over the last decade, music and sound have been increasingly recognized as an important--if often neglected--aspect of film production and film studies. Off the Planet comprises a lively, stimulating, and diverse collection of essays on aspects of music, sound, and Science Fiction cinema. Following...

Music production encompasses music composition, audio mixing, audio mastering, sound recording, etc. A music producer or a record producer manages and oversees the production and recording of a performance or a band's music. He is responsible for gathering ideas for the project, collaborating with...

This book examines regional and rural popular music scenes in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 will focus on the spatial aspects of regional popular music scenes and how place and locality inform the perceptions...

From Watermelon Sugar to Adore You, Matilda to As It Was, Harry Styles Legends Alphabet is a swooning, pop-filled voyage through the greatest hits of Britain's brightest star. Put on your flashiest suit jacket (or dress!) and get ready to fall head-over-heels for Harry...

This book critically analyses Eminem's studio album releases from his first commercial album release The Slim Shady LP in 1999, to 2020's Music To Be Murdered By, through the lens of storytelling, truth and rhetoric, narrative structure, rhyme scheme and type, perspective, and celebrity...

""Music Is My Life"" is a memoir written by Adella Prentiss Hughes, a prominent figure in the music industry during the early 20th century. The book chronicles her life from childhood to adulthood, detailing her passion for music and her journey to become a...

In All I Want Is Loving You: Popular Female Singers of the 1950s, author Steve Bergsman focuses on the white, female artists of the 1950s, a time that predated the chart-topping girl groups of the early 1960s. These popular performers, many of whom graduated...

In What a Difference a Day Makes: Women Who Conquered 1950s Music, Steve Bergsman highlights the Black female artists of the 1950s, a time that predated the chart-topping girl groups of the early 1960s. Many of the singers of this era became wildly famous...

Made in Germany: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of contemporary German popular music. Each essay, written by a leading scholar of German music, covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of pop music...

In a world tour that touches down in Havana, Port-au-Prince, Kingston, Budapest, Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo, George Lipsitz explores the fusion of immigrant and mainstream cultures to be found in world music including rap, jazz, reggae, zouk, bhangra, juju, swamp...

Of all pop music's icons, the Beatles have attracted more attention and generated more discussion than any other performers. The group's transformation from a semi-professional skiffle group in Liverpool to one of the twentieth century's key historical and cultural events has been told and...

This book traces the trajectories of modern globalization since the late nineteenth century, and considers hegemonic cultural beliefs and practices during the various phases of the history of capitalism. It offers a way to study world popular music from the perspective of critical social...

The spread of UK music festivals has exploded since 2000. In this major contribution to cultural studies, the lid is lifted on the contemporary festival scene. Gone are the days of a handful of formulaic, large events dominating the market place. Across the country,...