| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 546 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface -- 1. The good old days : 1900-1914 -- 2. The ragtime years : 1915-1919 -- 3. The jazz age : 1920 to 1929 -- 4. The depression years : 1930 to 1934 -- 5. The swing era : 1935 to 1944 -- 6. The sing era : 1945 to 1955 -- Biographies -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"The top hits for each year are described, including song origin, artist(s), and chart information. The author includes any web/library holdings of sheet music covers, musical scores, and free listenable audio files. Biographical sketches follow, providing performing credits, relevant professional awards, and brief biographies for hundreds of the era's most popular performers, lyricists, and composers"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-498) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Popular music -- United States -- Bio-bibliography
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Popular music -- United States -- Discography
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Popular music -- United States -- Chronology
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Musicians -- United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries
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REFERENCE -- Bibliographies & Indexes.
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Musicians
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Popular music
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Hit
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United States
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USA
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Biographies
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Bio-bibliography
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Dictionaries
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Chronologies
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Discographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006100872 |
| ISBN |
9781476612836 |
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1476612838 |
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