The Oxford Companion to Popular Music (Oxford Quick Reference)
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (584 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0192800043 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 752 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Allright for its time, but? The Oxford Companion to Popular Music: great as far as it goes, but so many, many omissions ---of musicians active in the sixties and seventies. Where is the Sir Douglas Quintet (or Doug Sahm, at least)? Where is the inestimable Dr. John? Or Cat Stevens (a/k/a Yusuf Islam)? Boz Scaggs is also missing. All of the above were active stars from the 1960s. Mr. Gammond and/or The Oxford Press should bring this important v. A BOOK YOU CAN NOT LIVE WITHOUT When i first bought this book ten years ago, i was already an old rock fan but i didn't know much about JEROME KERN and IRVING BERLIN even if their names were familiar;this book made me aware of them.Plots,songs and original cast of all the classic musicals from SHOWBOAT to the present time are included here.What was the name of that musical in which MARY MARTIN first made MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY a popular song;yo
(Complaint: Leith Stevens and Shakin' Stevens made the cut, but somehow Cat has been omitted.) . A superb reference, a browser's delight, and one of the very few places you can read about Grand Funk Railroad, Stephane Grappelli, and the Grand Ole Opry on a single page. But this wrist-wrenching book covers the other bases, too, with copious material on jazz, blues, reggae, country, folk, and even light opera. Okay, it's the Oxford Companion, which explains why so much space is devoted to English music-hall perennials such as Al Bowlly or Ray Noble
And throughout, Gammond includes generous cross-referencing as well as helpful bibliographies for the larger entries. This authoritative and comprehensive volume offers a matchless tour of the popular music world, providing a balance between substantial information and a concise assessment of the subject.. The Oxford Companion to Popular Music encompasses in one alphabetic sequence all that is notable within this vast subject, everything from jazz, reggae, blues, and calypso, to Broadway musicals, rock and roll, and country western. The great Broadway writers, performers, and musicals (including plot outlines) are all here: Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern; "South Pacific," "West Side Story," "Show Boat," "Porgy and Bess"; Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Fanny Brice, Robert Preston. There are hundreds of biographical entries on such diverse figures as John Philip Sousa and Ma Rainey, Fred Astaire and Joan Baez, Josef Lanner (the Father of the Viennese Waltz) and Mistinguett, Otis Redding and Prince. Not the least important feature is the many in