The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Fifties Music


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The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Fifties Music


The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Fifties Music
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Author : Colin Larkin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Fifties Music written by Colin Larkin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Popular music categories.


All the facts and informed opinion that you need on the artists who made the history of this decade are contained in this single volume, distilled from The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, universally acclaimed as the world's leading source of reference on rock and pop history.



The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Jazz


The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Jazz
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Author : Colin Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Virgin Publishing
Release Date : 1999

The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Jazz written by Colin Larkin and has been published by Virgin Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Music categories.


Essential companion to this distinctive music style.



The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Country Music


The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Country Music
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Author : Colin Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
Release Date : 1998

The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Country Music written by Colin Larkin and has been published by Virgin Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Music categories.


This is a complete handbook of information and opinion about the history of country music. Based on the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, the book contains over 1000 entries covering musicians, bands, songwriters, producers and record labels which have made a significant impact on the development of country music. It brings together people such as Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks and Jimmie Rogers and the influence of Patsy Cline and Hank Williams and more recent figures such as Mary-Chapin Carpenter and LeAnn Rimes. Each entry offers information such as dates, career facts, discography and album ratings.



The Virgin Encyclopedia Of 70s Music


The Virgin Encyclopedia Of 70s Music
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Author : Colin Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Virgin Books
Release Date : 2002

The Virgin Encyclopedia Of 70s Music written by Colin Larkin and has been published by Virgin Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Music categories.


All the facts and informed opinion that you need on the artists who made the history of this decade are contained in this single volume, distilled from The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, universally acclaimed as the world's leading source of reference on rock and pop history.



The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Sixties Music


The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Sixties Music
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Author : Colin Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
Release Date : 2002

The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Sixties Music written by Colin Larkin and has been published by Virgin Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Music categories.


Published for the first time in hard cover this invaluable handbook contains 1000 entries taken from theEncyclopedia of Popular Music, offering an insight into the 60s -- the most analyzed yet least understood decade in the history of popular music. It includes every artist who had a significant impact on the development of rock and pop music in those ten years, from the Beatles-led invasion of America to the States' own pop aristocracy of Phil Spector and the Beach Boys, from the rise of Motown to the arrival of psychedelia and the Summer of Love. A perfect mix of fact and informed opinion contained in one single volume. Covers the essential elements -- dates, career facts, discography, album ratings plus a sense of context for each artist.



The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Dance Music


The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Dance Music
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Author : Colin Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
Release Date : 1998

The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Dance Music written by Colin Larkin and has been published by Virgin Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Music categories.


The bands, producers, labels and remixers of the diverse dance music culture are listed here in this reference book. Dates, career facts, discographies and star ratings are given, along with considered opinion on the prime movers and shakers in the business.



The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Nineties Music


The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Nineties Music
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Author : Colin Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
Release Date : 2000

The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Nineties Music written by Colin Larkin and has been published by Virgin Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Music categories.


The Nineties has been a thrilling and varied decade for pop, with a renaissance of both rock and roll and pop music. Along with new acts like the Spice Girls, Oasis, Beck, Bjork and Nirvana, there has been an explosion of dance music and the emergence of powerful new genres like drum'n'bass and thrash metal. All the entries have been created from the massive data-base of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, first published in 1992, which is the acknowledged champion of contemporary music reference books.



The Virgin Encyclopedia Of 80s Music


The Virgin Encyclopedia Of 80s Music
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Author : Colin Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Virgin Books
Release Date : 2003

The Virgin Encyclopedia Of 80s Music written by Colin Larkin and has been published by Virgin Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Music categories.


Remember the 80's? The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80's Music is a complete handbook of information and opinion about the history of the most fragmented and frequently maligned decade in the history of popular music. Here are 1000 entries on the bands, musicians, songwriters, producers and record labels - everyone who had a significant impact on the development of rock and pop music in those ten years, from the New Romantics who brought colour and image to fill the gap left by punk and the new wave, to the stadium acts who provided a launch pad for Live Aid, to the myriad variations of house and techno spawned in the latter half of the Eighties. As well as all the giants of the period the encyclopedia has the range and depth to include artists who flourished briefly and yet were quintessential to the decade. A perfect mix of fact and informed opinion contained in one single volume, distilled from the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, universally acclaimed as the world's leading source of reference on rock and pop history. Informed, infatuating and invaluable.



The Virgin Encyclopedia Of R B And Soul


The Virgin Encyclopedia Of R B And Soul
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Author : Colin Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
Release Date : 1998

The Virgin Encyclopedia Of R B And Soul written by Colin Larkin and has been published by Virgin Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Music categories.


This is a complete handbook of information and opinion about the history of R&B and soul music. Based on the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, the book contains over 1000 entries covering musicians, bands, songwriters, producers and record labels which have made a significant impact on the development of R&B and soul music. It brings together people such as Otis Reading and Aretha Franklin with the great Philly groups of the 1970s, the mainstream soul of Will Downing and Anita Baker and the modern generation of artists such as Mary J. Blige, Babyface and Toni Braxton. As well as headline acts, the book also covers performers who flourished briefly. Each entry offers information such as dates, career facts, discography and album ratings.



The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Jazz


The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Jazz
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Author : Colin Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Virgin Books
Release Date : 2004

The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Jazz written by Colin Larkin and has been published by Virgin Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Jazz categories.


From boogie-woogie to bebop and beyond, the sounds and rhythms of Jazz is mercurial- always creative, seldom static, frequently cultish and often contentious. The latest edition of The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz is the essential companion to making an acquaintance with Jazz. It will inform you and it will not talk down to you. There are over 3,500 entries detailing every artist who has had an impact on the development of jazz since it headed out from New Orleans and spread to New York, London, Paris, Montreux, Munich and way beyond. Here are all the legends whose genius is evoked in a single name - Ella, Duke, Satchimo, Bird, Miles, Trane, the Hawk, Monk and Diz - together with all the younger talent - Brad mehidau, jacky terrasson, Nicholas Payton and the youngest phenomenon of them all, Norah Jones. They line up with modern-day giants of the genre such as John Schofield, Dave Holland, Joe Lovano and Keith Jarrett. All entries have a detailed album chronology, together with a five-star rating system.The text is non-pompous, non-judgemental yet friendly and constructive. All the text has been taken from the gigantic database of The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, first published in 1992. the EPM and its spin-off series swiftly and firmly established itself as the undisputed champion of all contemporary-music reference books.