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M1630.18 Popular music collections: printed music
ML3534; ML3545; ML3561 General histories
ML420 Biographies, artist
ML421 Biographies, groups
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Retrieve these resources from the Music Library Stacks:
Rock movers & shakers
by
Rees, D.
Call Number: ML156.4.P6 W53
Top rhythm & blues records, 1949-1971.
by
Whitburn, J.
Call Number: ML156.4.P6 W53
Good Rockin’ Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll
by
Escott, C.
Call Number: ML424.S85 E83 1991
Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music
by
Howard, J.
Call Number: ML3187.5 .H68 1999
The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock
by
Frith, S.
Call Number: ML3470 .C36 2001
Goin’ Back to Memphis: A Century of Blues, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and Glorious Soul
by
Dickerson, J.
Call Number: ML3470 .D52 2000
Taking Popular Music Seriously: Selected Essays
by
Frith, S.
Call Number: ML3470 .F7465 2007
Frock Rock: Women Performing Popular Music
by
Bayton, M.
Call Number: ML3492 .B39 1998
Jazz Rock: A History
by
Nicholson, S.
Call Number: ML3506 .N52 1998
Doowop: The Chicago Scene
by
Pruter, R.
Call Number: ML3527 .P78 1996
Hip Hop Culture
by
Price, E. G.
Call Number: ML3531 .P75 2006
Understanding Rock ‘n’ Roll: Popular Music in Britain 1955-1964.
by
Bradley, D.
Call Number: ML3534 .B688 1992
Rock Culture in Liverpool: Popular Music in the Making
by
Cohen, S.
Call Number: ML3534 .C63 1991
Punk
by
Colegrave, S.
Call Number: ML3534 .C638 2001
Expression in Pop-rock Music: Critical and Analytical Essays
by
Everett, W.
Call Number: ML3534 .E985 2008
In Garageland: Rock, Youth, and Modernity
by
Fornas, J.
Call Number: ML3534 .F67513 1995
I Wanna Be Me: Rock Music and the Politics of Identity
by
Gracyk, T.
Call Number: ML3534 .G69 2001
Noise/Music: A History
by
Hegarty, P.
Call Number: ML3534 .H43 2007
Sixties Rock: Garage, Psychedelic, and Other Satisfactions
by
Hicks, B.
Call Number: ML3534 .H53 1999
Living through Pop
by
Blake, A.
Call Number: ML3534 .L594 1999
Flashbacks: Eyewitness Accounts of the Rock Revolution
by
Lydon, M.
Call Number: ML3534 .L88 2003
Ranters & Crowd Pleasers: Punk in Pop Music
by
Marcus, G.
Call Number: ML3534 .M362 1993
Listening to the Future: The Time of Progressive Rock
by
Martin, B.
Call Number: ML3534 .M412 1998
Rock, the Primary Text: Developing a Musicology of Rock
by
Moore, A.
Call Number: ML3534 .M66 1993
Rock Music in Performance
by
Pattie, D.
Call Number: ML3534 .P3697 2007
Progressive Rock Reconsidered
by
Holm-Hudson, K.
Call Number: ML3534 .P76 2002
Death Metal Music: The Passion and Politics of a Subculture
by
Purcell, N.
Call Number: ML3534 .P91 2003
Reading Rock and Roll: Authenticity, Appropriation, Aesthetics
by
Dettmar, K.
Call Number: ML3534 .R3844 1999
Rock Over the Edge: Transformations in Popular Music Culture
by
Beebe, R.
Call Number: ML3534 .R6336 2002
Rocking the State: Rock Music and Politics in Eastern Europe and Russia
by
Ramet, S.
Call Number: ML3534 .R6384 1994
A Time to Rock: A Social History of Rock and Roll.
by
Szatmary, D.
Call Number: ML3534 .S96 1996
Running with the Devil : power, gender, and madness in heavy metal music
by
Walser, R.
Call Number: ML3534 .W29 1993
Girl Groups, Girl Culture: Popular Music and Identity in the 1960s
by
Warwick, J.
Call Number: ML3534 .W35 2007
The Space between the Notes: Rock and the Counter-Culture.
by
Whiteley, S.
Call Number: ML3534 .W555 1992
Subject Headings
Use Subject Headings to help you locate items in the online catalog:
CHRISTIAN ROCK MUSIC
DOO-WOP (MUSIC)
FOLK-ROCK MUSIC
GRUNGE MUSIC
HEAVY METAL (MUSIC)
NEW WAVE MUSIC
PSYCHEDELIC ROCK MUSIC
PUNK ROCK MUSIC
RAP (MUSIC)
REGGAE MUSIC
ROCK MUSIC
ROCK MUSIC, 1951-1960; ROCK MUSIC, 1961-1970, etc. by decade
ROCK GROUPS
ROCK MUSICIANS
ROCKABILLY MUSIC
Reference Books
Retrieve these resources from the Music Library Reference Section:
Musical America: International Directory of the Performing Arts
Call Number: Ref. ML13.M83
(Provides a comprehensive list of music schools, summer music camps, music festivals, competitions, performance venues, and scholarship and financial aid information.)
Bibliographies
Where’s That Tune?: An Index To Songs in Fakebooks
by
Goodfellow, W.
Call Number: Ref ML128.P63 G66 1990
A Century of American Popular Music: 2000 Best-loved and Remembered Songs (1899-1999)
by
Jasen, D.
Call Number: Ref ML128.P63 J37 2002
Popular Music since 1955: A Critical Guide to the Literature
by
Taylor, P.
Call Number: Ref ML128.P63 T39 1985
Rap Music in the 1980s: A Reference Guide.
by
McCoy, J.
Call Number: Ref ML128.R28 M3 1992
Rock Music Scholarship: An Interdisciplinary Bibliography
by
Gatten, J.
Call Number: Ref ML128.R6 G37 1995
The Popular Music Teaching Handbook: An Educator’s Guide to Music-Related Print Resources
by
Cooper, B. Lee.
Call Number: Ref ML3470 .C66 2004
Popular music studies : a select international bibliography
by
Shepherd, J.
Call Number: Ref. ML128.P63 P67 1997
Popular music : a reference guide
by
Iwaschkin, R.
Call Number: Ref. ML128.P63 I95 1986
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
by
Larkin, C.
Call Number: Ref ML102.P66 G84 2006 v.1-10
The A to X of Alternative Music
by
Taylor, S.
Call Number: Ref ML102.P66 T38 2004
Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip-Hop Culture
by
Bynoe, Y.
Call Number: Ref ML102.R27 B96 2006
Singer-Songwriters: Pop Music’s Performer-Composers from A to Zevon
by
DiMartino, D.
Call Number: Ref. ML105 .D6 1994
Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound
by
Hoffmann, F., ed.
Call Number: Ref ML102.S67 E5 2005
Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture
by
Cogan, B.
Call Number: Ref ML102.R6 C64 2006
International Who’s Who in Popular Music
Call Number: Ref ML106.G7 W42
The Book of Metal: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Metal Music Ever Created
by
Ingham, C.
Call Number: Ref. ML102.R6 I54 2002
The Unofficial Encyclopedia of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
by
Talevski, N.
Call Number: Ref ML102.R6 T3 1998
Encyclopedia of indie rock
by
Smith, K. L.
Call Number: Ref. ML102.R6 S63 2008
Encyclopedia of heavy metal music
by
Phillips, W. and Cogan, B.
Call Number: Ref. ML128.P63 G65 1995
Encyclopedia of punk music and culture
by
Cogan, B.
Call Number: Ref. ML102.R6 C64 2006
Icons of hip hop : an encyclopedia of the movement, music, and culture
by
Hess, M.
Call Number: Ref. ML102.R27 .I26 2007
Encyclopedia of rap and hip-hop culture
by
Bynoe, Y.
Call Number: Ref. ML102.R27 B96 2006
Number one in heaven : the heroes who died for rock 'n' roll
by
Simmonds, J.
Call Number: Ref. ML102 .R6 N85 2006
All music guide to hip-hop : the definitive guide to rap & hip-hop
by
Bogdanov, V.
Call Number: Ref. ML156.4.R27 A45 2003
Discographies
The Rockin’ ’50s: The People Who Made the Music
by
Helander, B.
Call Number: Ref ML156.4.R6 H45 1998
The rockin' '60s : the people who made the music
by
Helander, Brock
Call Number: ML156.4.R6 H46 1999
The Great Rock Discography
by
Strong, M.
Call Number: Ref ML156.4.R6 S8 2004
Hit singles : top 20 charts from 1954 to the present day
by
McAleer, A.
Call Number: Ref. ML156.4 .P6 M42 2007
Rock song index : the 7500 most important songs of the rock and roll era, 1944-2000
by
Pollock, B.
Call Number: Ref. ML128.R6 P65 2005
Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002.
by
Whitburn, J.
Call Number: Ref. ML156.4.P6 W496 2003
SongCite : an index to popular songs
by
Goodfellow, W.
Call Number: Ref. ML128.P63 G65 1995
SongCite : an index to popular songs. Supplement I
by
Goodfellow, W.
Histories and Chronologies
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History
Call Number: Ref ML3534.G754 2006 v.1-6
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