A Guide to Popular Music Reference Books

A guide to locating information on popular music and the people who create it this volume is designed as a desk referenceto locate answers to specific questions and to direct library users to key resources. More than 400 comprehensive titles are carefully annotated describing content scope and special features. The focus is on the musical styles that have developed measurable commercial success through recordings and live performance. Along with academic titles many important titles from the popular press are included as well as selected electronic resources. A necessary reference tool for any library scholar student and popular music buff.The work covers bibliographies indexes discographies dictionaries and encyclopedias biographical resources directories almanacs yearbooks and guidebooks on styles that include jazz swing Tin Pan Alley country gospel blues rhythm and blues soul rockabilly rock heavy metal musical theater and film music. Its extensive appendices feature discographies and bibliographies of individual artists and ensembles. A detailed index combining authors titles and subjects makes cross-referencing easy. The entries are modeled after the immensely useful The Guide to Reference Books.