16,372円 In a career that spanned 60 years, Paul Whiteman changed the landscape of American music, beginning with his million-selling recordings in the early 1920s of “Whispering,” “Japanese Sandman,” and “Three O’Clock in the Morning.” Whiteman would then introduce “symphonic jazz,” a powerful blend of t...

9,870円 Pete Seeger is one of the most recorded artists in American history, and his recording catalog tells us not just the story of his career but the story of our culture and its political and social history. A Pete Seeger Discography: Seventy Years of Recordings is a comprehensive listing of the 45s,...

10,713円 The Metropolitan Opera on Record: A Discography of the Commercial Recordings is a comprehensive listing of all the commercial sound recordings involving the Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, one of the world's leading musical organizations. Over 900 recording sessions are listed chr...

6,621円 As recommended by USA Today and excerpted on Rolling Stone.com! More than forty years after breaking up, The Beatles remain the biggest-selling and most influential group in the history of popular music. Fans endlessly replay their songs, craving more, while thousands of cover versions of their s...

10,955円 Serge Chaloff (1923-1957) is most widely remembered as the flamboyant baritone saxophone star with Woody Herman's 2nd Herd whose problems with drugs extended to erratic personal behavior. Nevertheless, there were many brilliant sessions featuring his work before and after his stint with Herman. T...

12,038円 In 1983, Ronald Reagan signed into law a federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, the holiday was first formally observed by the federal government. In response to the growing number of musical celebrations surrounding the holiday, Anthony McDonald published in 1996 the...

13,001円 The intent of any discography is comprehensiveness, aiming to include every recording within its chosen area, and to list all the important details of each. The discography, New York Philharmonic: The Authorized Recordings, 1917-2005 is no exception. Author James H. North has compiled more than 1...

1,506円 “American Music (From Elvis to Nirvana)”: Elvis Presley drove a truck, finding his way to Sun Recording Studios in 1954 and later into the national psyche. In America, music was a disposable commodity from the 1920’s on. One man’s trash is another man’s gold and that is what this book delves into...

752円 This Kinks eBook covers their earliest British Invasion years up to 1970 and their transgender classic “Lola.” Any kid who can pick up a guitar in a garage has undoubtedly played that opening guitar riff to “You Really Got Me,” one of the most seminal and most-copied 1960s rock guitar riffs ever ...

1,506円 “The Big British Bands”: The British may not have originated rock n’ roll, but they certainly exploited it much better than the American artists who started the ball rolling in 1956. In England, they had their own stars who did their own versions of folk, pop and rock n’ roll music and the kids w...

752円 “Thirty Six Albums That Matter”: (With Several Video Links at the End of Manuscript) You could argue what are the BEST 36 albums of all time until the cows come home. That is NOT what this book is about. This is about the culture of popular albums. Each one of these albums (or CDs) contributed so...

752円 The millennials are rightfully dominating the popular music scene these days. Artists like Taylor Swift, One Direction and Bruno Mars have all figured out a way to crossover into the mainstream in most current genres. These artists were all born after 1980, which makes them Generation Y or more p...