A Guide to Essential Popular Music-Volume One

By Brian Westland

This book is the first volume of a two-volume guide to the best popular music ever recorded and the artists who created and recorded it. The book covers a number of genres that comprise popular music including pop, rock, blues, jazz, country, reggae, hip hop, ragtime, folk, and others. The premier performers of these various genres are included here along with their best and definitive musical recordings.

The book covers a period of time spanning more than 100 years beginning with the earliest recordings of ragtime and pop music and continuing up to the present day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brian Westland
• Release date: Jun 23, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301450541

Brian Westland

I am an avid record collector/music fanatic who has acquired thousands of recordings of popular music encompassing the genres of rock, jazz, blues, bluegrass, folk, etc.I have been collecting recordings of popular music for more than 40 years, and I am especially fond of classic (old) jazz, blues and country music recordings. I am also an avid and experienced birder/nature photographer who currently resides in one of the world's best birding locations, China.

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