Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century

Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century
Author:
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2000-08
Genre: Music
ISBN:

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Presents Top 20 music charts for the period and data on each song. Numerical chart ratings are approximate, based on sources that largely contained only prose or qualitative information about the songs of the day. Section I is an index of charted songs, and Section II contains month-by-month song charts. Section III breaks monthly charts into semi-monthly intervals and shows the chart activity of songs from a more detailed viewpoint. Section IV contains complete details for every song mentioned, with information on title, rank for the year, publisher at the time of popularity, publication date, and the month, year, and rank when peak popularity was attained, plus writers of the song and artists connected with the song, and shows or movies in which the song was featured. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Supremely American

Supremely American
Author: Nicholas E. Tawa
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2005
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780810852952

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This is a study of the way in which popular words and music relate to American life. The question of what popular song was, and why it came into existence, as well as how each song fitted within the context of the larger 20th century society are considered and explained clearly and fruitfully. The author also offers insight into why musical styles were seen to change as they did during this time period.

Twentieth Century's Greatest Hits

Twentieth Century's Greatest Hits
Author: Paul Williams
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 0312873905

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Rates the best of the twentieth century's art and pop culture, while accompanying essays provide commentary on the way art and performance influences the public and modern world.

The Popular Song Reader

The Popular Song Reader
Author: William Emmett Studwell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1994
Genre: Popular music
ISBN: 9781560230298

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The Popular Song Reader contains over 200 short essays on a wide variety of twentieth-century American popular songs. The witty and knowledgeable essays touch upon several hundred traditional style pop songs as well as early rock compositions. The essays are filled with anecdotes, humor, irony, and even poetry that reflect the author's offbeat and somewhat irreverent manner, while also presenting a broad spectrum of American popular songs in their historical and cultural contexts. In addition to information about each song and its composer, the author also discusses how the song reflected society at the time and also how the song itself has influenced popular culture. Pop music fans will find this a highly entertaining and readable guide to the best American popular music of the twentieth century.

20th Century Pub

20th Century Pub
Author: Jessica Boak
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2017-08-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780957278721

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Songs of the 20th Century

Songs of the 20th Century
Author: Brian Ariel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781907953149

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"Songs of the 20th Century" is a reference book for anyone interested in American popular song in particular, and song-writing in the 20th century. It offers a comprehensive guide to the composers and lyricists behind best-loved standards, as well as information on more obscure pieces.

The Story Behind the Song

The Story Behind the Song
Author: Richard D. Barnet
Publisher: Greenwood
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2004-01-30
Genre: History
ISBN:

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A discussion of 15 influential songs from each decade provides the songs' histories, what inspired the writers to create them, and why they have resonated over time.

American Popular Music Business in the 20th Century

American Popular Music Business in the 20th Century
Author: Russell Sanjek
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 378
Release: 1991
Genre: Music
ISBN:

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This book is an abridgment of the third volume of American Popular Music and Its Business--The First Four Hundred Years by Russell Sanjek, my late father. It covers the years 1900 to 1984, a rich and provocative period in the history of American entertainment, one marked by persistent technological innovation, an expansion of markets, the refinement of techniques of commercial exploitation, and the ongoing democratization of American culture.