Arranged in sixteen musical categories, provides entries for twenty thousand releases from four thousand artists, and includes a history of each musical genre.

A guide to locating information on popular music and the people who create it, this volume is designed as a desk reference—to locate answers to specific quest

Indexes songs by subject, covering popular hits, country music, soul, jazz, big band, Broadway musicals, and motion picture soundtracks.

Reviews and rates the best recordings of 8,900 blues artists in all styles.

This fun-to-read, easy-to-use reference has been completely updated, expanded, and revised with reviews of over 12,000 great albums by over 2,000 artists and gr