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The 10 Most Revolutionary Songs

By Andrea Cameron

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9781554484935 | Franklin Watts, April 15, 2008, cover price $14.99

1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time And the Artists, Stories, And Secrets Behind Them

An editor for Rolling Stone (Australia) traces the backgrounds of top-selected songs from the past half century, in a volume that features artist biographies, rare photographs, and an analysis of how iPods and portable MP3 players have changed the way people listen to music. Original.

By Toby Creswell

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9781740663311 | Hardie Grant Books, April 28, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The fascinating stories behind more than a thousand of the author's favorite songs from the last 50 years are explored in this entertaining collection.

Paperback:

9781560259152, titled "1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time; and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them" | 1 edition (Da Capo Pr, August 31, 2006), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: An editor for Rolling Stone (Australia) traces the backgrounds of top-selected songs from the past half century, in a volume that features artist biographies, rare photographs, and an analysis of how iPods and portable MP3 players have changed the way people listen to music.

1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die: And 10,001 to Download

By Robert Dimery (editor) and Tony Visconti (foreword by)

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Hardcover:

9780789320896 | Universe Pub, November 2, 2010, cover price $36.95

Product Description: In 17, Drummond analyzes the past, present, and possible future of music and the ways in which we hear and relate to it. He references his own contributions to the canon of popular music, and he provides fascinating insider portraits of the industry and its protagonists...read more

By Bill Drummond

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9781905636266 | Beautiful Books, July 1, 2008, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: In 17, Drummond analyzes the past, present, and possible future of music and the ways in which we hear and relate to it.

The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations

By James E. Perone (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780313379062 | Praeger Pub Text, October 17, 2012, cover price $257.00

American Life and Music from Elvis to Lady Gaga

Product Description: Does art imitate life or does life imitate art? The readers of the four books in Pop Culture will learn that both statements are true.

By Mark Mussari

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9781608709229 | Benchmark Books, August 1, 2013, cover price $39.93 | About this edition: Does art imitate life or does life imitate art?

American Pop: Hit Makers, Superstars, and Dance Revolutionaries

By Arie Kaplan

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9780761345046 | Twenty First Century Books, November 1, 2012, cover price $30.65

Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&b and Pop

By Marc Meyers

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Hardcover:

9780802125590 | Grove Pr, November 1, 2016, cover price $26.00

Authorship Roles in Popular Music: Issues and Debates

Product Description: Authorship Roles in Popular Music applies the critical concept of auteur theory to popular music via different aspects of production and creativity. Through critical analysis of the music itself, this book contextualizes key concepts of authorship relating to gender, race, technology, originality, uniqueness, and genius and raises important questions about the cultural constructions of authenticity, value, class, nationality, and genre...read more

By Ron Moy

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Hardcover:

9781138780675 | Routledge, June 24, 2015, cover price $140.00 | About this edition: Authorship Roles in Popular Music applies the critical concept of auteur theory to popular music via different aspects of production and creativity.

Paperback:

9781138780682 | Routledge, June 26, 2015, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Authorship Roles in Popular Music applies the critical concept of auteur theory to popular music via different aspects of production and creativity.

Behind the Boards II: The Making of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Records Revealed

Product Description: The initial volume of Behind the Boards was the first definitive rock-record producers anthology of its kind, taking music fans and those interested in sound recording inside the studio to experience the creation of life-changing music! Behind the Boards II: The Making of Rock n Rolls Greatest Hits Revealed takes fans inside the creation of still more legendary rock gems, including Hotel California by the Eagles; Should I Stay or Should I Go? by the Clash; Rocketman by Elton John; Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie; Start Me Up by the Rolling Stones; The Thrill Is Gone by B...read more

By Jake Brown

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9781480350601 | Hal Leonard Corp, May 1, 2014, cover price $24.99 | About this edition: The initial volume of Behind the Boards was the first definitive rock-record producers anthology of its kind, taking music fans and those interested in sound recording inside the studio to experience the creation of life-changing music!

Behind the Boards: The Making of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Records Revealed

Product Description: The term "soundtrack of our lives" is one commonly tossed around by artists, fans, critics, and historians in discussing rock 'n' roll's timeless hits, spanning every subgenre, from pop to hard rock, heavy metal to new wave. In the pages of Behind the Boards: The Making of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Records Revealed , the first definitive rock record-producers' anthology of its kind, readers are taken inside the studio, into the creation of the generations of classic records that collectively make up that soundtrack of our lives...read more

By Jake Brown

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9781458419729 | Hal Leonard Corp, November 1, 2012, cover price $24.99 | About this edition: The term "soundtrack of our lives" is one commonly tossed around by artists, fans, critics, and historians in discussing rock 'n' roll's timeless hits, spanning every subgenre, from pop to hard rock, heavy metal to new wave.

Behind the Glass: Top Record Producers Tell How They Craft the Hits

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By Howard Massey

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9780879306144 | Backbeat Books, October 1, 2000, cover price $29.99

9780065016215, titled "Thinking Critically About Research on Sex and Gender" | Taylor & Francis, August 1, 1993, cover price $20.20 | also contains Thinking Critically About Research on Sex and Gender

Bodies of Sound: Studies Across Popular Music and Dance

By Susan C. Cook (editor) and Sherril Dodds (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781409445173 | Ashgate Pub Co, April 28, 2013, cover price $149.95

The Cambridge Companion to the Singer-Songwriter

By Justin a Williams (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781107063648 | Cambridge Univ Pr, March 23, 2016, cover price $89.99

Paperback:

9781107680913 | Cambridge Univ Pr, April 12, 2016, cover price $29.99

Channeling Elvis: How Television Saved the King of Rock 'n' Roll

Product Description: Elvis Presley was a virtual unknown when, in 1956, he strutted his stuff in front of a national television audience for the very first time. By yearâs end, following a dozen TV appearances, he was an international superstar. Over the next two decades, Elvis turned to TV whenever his career required a boost or a complete makeover...read more

By Allen J. Wiener

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9781500320072 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 25, 2014, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Elvis Presley was a virtual unknown when, in 1956, he strutted his stuff in front of a national television audience for the very first time.

Classic Tracks: The Real Stories Behind 68 Seminal Recordings

By Richard Buskin

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9780956446022 | Hal Leonard Corp, November 1, 2012, cover price $49.95

Climbing the Charts: What Radio Airplay Tells Us About the Diffusion of Innovation

Product Description: Despite the growth of digital media, traditional FM radio airplay still remains the essential way for musicians to achieve commercial success. Climbing the Charts examines how songs rise, or fail to rise, up the radio airplay charts...read more

By Gabriel Rossman

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Hardcover:

9780691148731 | Princeton Univ Pr, July 2, 2012, cover price $32.95 | About this edition: Despite the growth of digital media, traditional FM radio airplay still remains the essential way for musicians to achieve commercial success.

Paperback:

9780691166711 | Reprint edition (Princeton Univ Pr, June 23, 2015), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Despite the growth of digital media, traditional FM radio airplay still remains the essential way for musicians to achieve commercial success.

9780536017604, titled "Adventure Play" | Pearson Custom Pub, October 1, 1998, cover price $5.45 | also contains Adventure Play

Counting Down Bob Dylan: His 100 Finest Songs

Product Description: Counting Down is a unique series of titles designed to select the best songs or musical works from major performance artists and composers in an age of design-your-own playlists. Contributors offer readers the reasons why some works stand out from others...read more

By Jim Beviglia

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9780810888234 | 1 edition (Scarecrow Pr, July 11, 2013), cover price $39.00 | About this edition: Counting Down is a unique series of titles designed to select the best songs or musical works from major performance artists and composers in an age of design-your-own playlists.

Debussy Redux: The Impact of His Music on Popular Culture