Encyclopedia of Popular Music - Larkin, Colin
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Drawn from the biggest database of its kind, ‘The Encyclopedia of Popular Music’ is the most accurate and comprehensive reference work on popular music in the world. All the significant popular music artists of this century are covered in the 18,500 entries which each include a biography, discography, record label details and a compilation album listing. There are also essays on popular music genres, record companies, festivals and cities. The extensive Bibliography is the most comprehensive music-based bibliography available, and, by cross-referencing to the main entries, the Song Index…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Drawn from the biggest database of its kind, ‘The Encyclopedia of Popular Music’ is the most accurate and comprehensive reference work on popular music in the world. All the significant popular music artists of this century are covered in the 18,500 entries which each include a biography, discography, record label details and a compilation album listing. There are also essays on popular music genres, record companies, festivals and cities. The extensive Bibliography is the most comprehensive music-based bibliography available, and, by cross-referencing to the main entries, the Song Index allows full identification of and background to any of the 50,000 songs listed. Presented in 8 volumes ‘The Encyclopedia of Popular Music’ is unrivalled in its scope and treatment of the subject.

Table of contents:
Introduction
18,500 Entries, Alphabetically Arranged. (Biography, Discography, Record Label, Compilation Albums, Videography, Filmography, Further Reading)
Bibliography, 6,000 Entries
Index
Song Index
Autorenporträt
COLIN LARKIN is an acclaimed popular music commenter and the editor of many books on rock and other forms of pop music. This is the third time he has edited’ The Encyclopedia of Popular Music’ after first conceiving the project in 1990.