The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Author: Colin Larkin
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 4183
Release: 2011-05-27
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0857125958

This text presents a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on popular music, from the early 20th century to the present day.

Shall We Sing a Song For You?

Shall We Sing a Song For You?
Author: Alex Shaw
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2011-06-06
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1843586479

When it comes to football chants, British fans surely must be top of the league. Throughout the country every weekend, football stadiums ring with the sound of hundred of thousands of supporters singing the praises of their favourite players, rubbishing the opposition, having a go at the ref and waxing lyrical about past legends. Chants can spring from deep-rooted rivalries or simply from the fact that a player has a funny name. Plundering the pop charts for tunes to set their ditties too, fans have come up with hundreds of hilarious, moving, clever and often downright scandalous songs...all brought together here! From close-to-the-knuckle terrace favourites to brilliantly witty off-the-cuff chants and the classics heard in nearly every stadium in the land, Shall We Sing a Song For You? is the perfect collection of the good, the bad and the downright offensive.

Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2006

Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2006
Author: Graham Betts
Publisher: Osborne Publishing
Total Pages: 1266
Release: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

This is a detailed guide to every single and artist that has ever appeared in the UK chart. It includes details on when the song was released, top position, weeks in chart, awards, track title, label and catalogue number.

The Oxford Companion to Popular Music

The Oxford Companion to Popular Music
Author: Peter Gammond
Publisher: Oxford, [England] ; Toronto : Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 794
Release: 1991
Genre: Music
ISBN:

One-volume guide to popular music that includes biographical entries.

Rock Stars Encyclopedia

Rock Stars Encyclopedia
Author: Dafydd Rees
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Total Pages: 1108
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780789446138

Presents year-by-year chronologies of influential artists from the past fifty years.

A Football Compendium

A Football Compendium
Author: Peter J. Seddon
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 842
Release: 1999
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

This bibliography is an entertaining and knowledgeable tribute to the beautiful game. The second edition features over 2000 new entries - including greatly increased coverage of football films and music - making over 7000 references to books and other items in total.

Collins Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004

Collins Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004
Author: Graham Betts
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 1042
Release: 2004
Genre: Music
ISBN:

The most detailed guide to every single and artist that has ever appeared in the UK Chart100 Top 10s Hit Singles -- A-Z by Artist Hit Singles -- A-Z of song titles Sample entry: ELASTICA British rock group formed in London in 1993 by Justine Frischmann (born in Twickenham, Middlesex on 16/9/1969, guitar and vocals), Donna Matthews (born in Newport, Gwent on 2/12/1971, guitar), Justin Welch (born in Nuneaton, West Midlands on 4/12/1972, drums) and Annie Holland (born in Brighton, East Sussex on 26/8/1965, bass). They added Dave Bush (keyboards) in 1995, the same year Holland left and was replaced by Abby Travis. Travis later left and was replaced by Sheila Chipperfield (born on 17/6/1976). Frischmann had previously been rhythm guitarist with Suede. The group announced they were to disband in 2001.