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Hit songs, 1900-1955 : American popular music of the pre-rock era

Title
  1. Hit songs, 1900-1955 : American popular music of the pre-rock era / Don Tyler.
Published by
  1. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©2007.
Author
  1. Tyler, Don

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FormatBook/TextAccessUse in libraryCall numberML128.P63 T95 2007Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music - Reference

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Description
  1. vii, 546 pages; 26 cm
Summary
  1. "The top hits for each year are described, including song origin, artist(s), and chart information. The author includes any web/library holdings of sheet music covers, musical scores, and free listenable audio files. Biographical sketches follow, providing performing credits, relevant professional awards, and brief biographies for hundreds of the era's most popular performers, lyricists, and composers"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  1. Popular music -- United States -- Bio-bibliography
  2. Popular music -- United States -- Discography
  3. Popular music -- United States -- Chronology
  4. Musicians
  5. Popular music
  6. Musicians -- United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries
  7. United States
Genre/Form
  1. Discographies.
  2. Bio-bibliography.
  3. Dictionaries.
  4. Biographies.
  5. Chronologies.
Contents
  1. Preface -- 1. The good old days : 1900-1914 -- 2. The ragtime years : 1915-1919 -- 3. The jazz age : 1920 to 1929 -- 4. The depression years : 1930 to 1934 -- 5. The swing era : 1935 to 1944 -- 6. The sing era : 1945 to 1955 -- Biographies -- Bibliography -- Index.
Call number
  1. ML128.P63
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-498) and index.
Author
  1. Tyler, Don.
Title
  1. Hit songs, 1900-1955 : American popular music of the pre-rock era / Don Tyler.
Imprint
  1. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©2007.
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of content
  1. text
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-498) and index.
Local note
  1. Shelved in Music-Open Shelf Reference: Song Indexes
Connect to:
  1. Table of contents
Other form:
  1. Online version: Tyler, Don. Hit songs, 1900-1955. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©2007 (OCoLC)642405974
LCCN
  1. 2006100872
ISBN
  1. 9780786429462 (softcover ; alk. paper)
  2. 0786429461 (softcover ; alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. ML128.P63 T95 2007
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