The Album
The Album

Author: James E. Perone

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2012-10-17

Total Pages: 1838

ISBN-13:

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This four-volume work provides provocative critical analyses of 160 of the best popular music albums of the past 50 years, from the well-known and mainstream to the quirky and offbeat. The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations contains critical analysis essays on 160 significant pop music albums from 1960 to 2010. The selected albums represent the pop, rock, soul, R&B, hip hop, country, and alternative genres, including artists such as 2Pac, Carole King, James Brown, The Beatles, and Willie Nelson. Each volume contains brief sidebars with biographical information about key performers and producers, as well as descriptions of particular music industry topics pertaining to the development of the album over this 50-year period. Due to its examination of a broad time frame and wide range of musical styles, and its depth of analysis that goes beyond that in other books about essential albums of the past and present, this collection will appeal strongly to music fans of all tastes and interests.

The All Music Book of Hit Albums
The All Music Book of Hit Albums

Author: Dave McAleer

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780879303938

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A comprehensive, chronological listing of the Top Ten albums in the U.S. and the U.K., from 1960 through the present day, includes monthly charts, accompanied by photographs, information on the albums, and artist trivia. Original. IP.

Greenback Dollar
Greenback Dollar

Author: William J. Bush

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0810881926

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How big an act was the Kingston Trio? Big enough that the their first 19 albums not only reached Billboard's Top 100, but 14 of them entered the top 10, with five albums alone hitting the no. 1 spot At the height of their popularity, the Kingston Trio was arguably the most popular vocal group in the world, having single-handedly ushered in the folk music boom of the late '50s and early '60s. Their meteoric rise quite literally paved the way for Bob Dylan; Joan Baez; Peter, Paul & Mary; and the many acts that followed in their wake. With the release of their version of "Tom Dooley" in fall 1958, the Kingston Trio changed American popular music forever, inspiring legions of young listeners to pick up guitars and banjoes and join together in hootenannies and sing-alongs. In Greenback Dollar: The Incredible Rise of The Kingston Trio, the first in-depth biography of America's first recording super-group, William J. Bush retraces the band members' personal and professional lives, from their rapid rise to stardom to their early retirement in 1967. Through interviews with Trio members, their families, and associates, Bush paints a detailed portrait of the Trio's formative early years and sudden popular success, their innovations in recording technology, pioneering of the college concert and intensive tour schedule, their impact on and response to the '60s protest movement, the first break-up of the Trio with Dave Guard's departure, and its re-formation with John Stewart. Lovers of folk music and students and scholars of the history of popular music and the music business, the counterculture movement, and the American folk tradition will find in Greenback Dollar a remarkably detailed view of the musical and cultural legacy that resulted in the Kingston Trio receiving a 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.

Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself: Essays on Debut Albums
Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself: Essays on Debut Albums

Author: Professor George Plasketes

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2013-07-28

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1472402804

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Debut albums are among the cultural artefacts that capture the popular imagination especially well. As a first impression, the debut album may take on a mythical status, whether the artist or group achieves enduring success or in rare cases when an initial record turns out to be an apogee for an artist. Whatever the subsequent career trajectory, the debut album is a meaningful text that can be scrutinized for its revelatory signs and the expectations that follow. Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself: Essays on Debut Albums tells the stories of 23 debut albums over a nearly fifty year span, ranging from Buddy Holly and the Crickets in 1957 to The Go! Team in 2004. In addition to biographical background and a wealth of historical information about the genesis of the album, each essay looks back at the album and places it within multiple contexts, particularly the artist’s career development. In this way, the book will be of as much interest to sociologists and historians as to culture critics and musicologists.

50 Favs of the '60S '70S '80S
50 Favs of the '60S '70S '80S

Author: Fred John Del Bianco Jr.

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012-05-01

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1468561103

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The author, a latter-stage baby boomer, presents a look back at fifty of the essential subjects from each of the exciting and uncanny decades of change... the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s! Fifty Favs offers a detailed, while straightforward summary of the leading people, music, sports, movies, and events of that fabulous thirty-year span that many of us fondly remember. Available in electronic book or paperback. To order, please visit the publishers bookstore at www.authorhouse.com. Available also through Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and other online retailers. Please visit the authors website at www.50Favs.com

Rock & Roll in Kennedy's America
Rock & Roll in Kennedy's America

Author: Richard Aquila

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2022-11-29

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 1421444992

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A rousing, poignant look at the cultural history of rock & roll during the early 1960s. In the early 1960s, the nation was on track to fulfill its destiny in what was being called "the American Century." Baby boomers and rock & roll shared the country's optimism and energy. For "one brief, shining moment" in the early 1960s, both President John F. Kennedy and young people across the country were riding high. The dream of a New Frontier would soon give way, however, to a new reality involving assassinations, the Vietnam War, Cold War crises, the civil rights movement, a new feminist movement, and various culture wars. From the former host of NPR's Rock & Roll America, Richard Aquila's Rock & Roll in Kennedy's America offers an in-depth look at early 1960s rock & roll, as well as an unconventional history of Kennedy's America through the lens of popular music. Based on extensive research and exclusive interviews with Dion, Bo Diddley, Brenda Lee, Martha Reeves, Pete Seeger, Bob Gaudio, Dick Clark, and other legendary figures, the book rejects the myth that Buddy Holly's death in 1959 was "the day the music died." It proves that rock & roll during the early 1960s was vibrant and in tune with the history and events of this colorful era. These interviews and Aquila's research reveal unique insights and new details about politics, gender, race, ethnicity, youth culture, and everyday life. Rock & Roll in Kennedy's America recalls an important chapter in rock & roll and American history.

All Music Guide
All Music Guide

Author: Vladimir Bogdanov

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 1508

ISBN-13: 9780879306274

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Arranged in sixteen musical categories, provides entries for twenty thousand releases from four thousand artists, and includes a history of each musical genre.

The Bob Dylan Albums
The Bob Dylan Albums

Author: Anthony Varesi

Publisher: Guernica Editions

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9781550711394

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In the process Varesi unearths new meaning in both Dylan's most famous works and in songs that have received less attention."--BOOK JACKET.

Billboard
Billboard

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1963-04-06

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13:

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In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.