Item Detail
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Larkin, Colin
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The Virgin encyclopedia of fifties music
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Book
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Rev. and updated 3rd ed.
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London
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2002
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Virgin
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542 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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1852279370
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Popular music--1951-1960--Encyclopedias.
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Popular Music; Fifties
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ML 102 .P66 F53 2002
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Larkin, Colin, ed. The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music. 3rd ed. London: Virgin Books, 2002.
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Gives a brief overview of people, places, works, and terms associated with music from the 1950s. Potentially useful to the music listener or collector seeking to expand a music collection.
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Important artists and movements from 1950s popular music. Most entries are focused on American and British music.
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Entries are ordered alphabetically. Artist entries include birth information, brief historical background, names and dates of albums released, and sometimes books for further reading. Other entries provide brief definitions. General index included.
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Christina Zmolek
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BYU Mus Ref
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3664