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Pop Memories 1890-1954: The History of American Popular Music
by Joel Whitburn
Available from Amazon
$37.77
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Features
Hardcover: 660 pages
Publisher: Record Research Inc. April 1, 1991
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0898200830
ISBN-13: 978-0898200836
Product Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
Book Description
The first documented history of the music America listened to from the Gay Nineties to the Rockin' Fifties, taken from a variety of popular music charts. Artist Section lists each artist's charted recordings in chronological order, with each recording's highest charted position, date first charted, total weeks charted, original label and number, total weeks in the #1 or #2 position, and much more. Includes a wealth of facts and notes about many recordings and artists of pop's early years. Complete Title Section cross-references all titles alphabetically with significant chart data. 6 inch. x 9 inch..
Reader Reviews
The information contained in this book is beyond compare. The complete pre-rock and roll era, from 1890 through 1954, is here at your fingertips. The Crew Cuts? Here they are. How about Helen Kane (the 'boop boop a doop' girl)? She's here, too. Nora Bayes? Yup! There she is. And thousands more. This book convinced me to search out the music contained herein-not an easy task-but I obtained much of it, and now I'm hooked. Thank God for the web to help me locate this historical music, and thank God for Joel Whitburn for all of the extremely hard work that he had to put into the making of this book. Artists names, release dates, chart numbers (some fabricated but the good intention is there), label and numbers, and artist info. One word of warning in the purchase of this book-you may find yourself searching out and listening to the hits of 1910, 1927, 1941........
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