The Power of Notes: All About Music and the People Who Make It

By Stilovsky and Schrodinger

Notes are fundamental to the making of music, but its not just the notes that fascinate us. We love to learn about the musicians who use them to make great music and entertain us.

Felix Schrodinger and Pyotr Stilovsky have compiled in this, the third volume of the series, a compendium of information that will appeal to all who love music and especially to those who seek out knowledge for its own sake.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Sep 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9781546297703

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By the same authors:

Hoggrills End published December 2017

The Power of Numbers published January 2018

The Power of Names published May 2018

The Power of Notes published September 2018

The Power of Words expected January 2019

More ‘Power’ books to follow

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Published by AuthorHouse 09/12/2018

ISBN: 978-1-5462-9769-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5462-9770-3 (e)

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Contents

Foreword

Albums – UK Best Sellers

Banned by the Beeb

Beatles Albums

Best Selling Singles in the UK

Borrowed Tunes

The Brit Awards

Celebrity and Novelty Songs

Chamber Music Typical Ensembles

Christmas Number Ones

Classical Composers

Confusing Titles

Dances

Disco

Done Too Soon

Duets

Elvis Presley’s Film Characters

Eurovision Song Contest Winners

Eurovision British Entries

Family

British Music Festivals

Films about Composers

Film Themes and Music

Football Anthems

Foreign Language Songs

Genres

WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

Given and Surnames names only

Grammys

Groups

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Hymns, Ancient and Modern

Instruments played by Famous Musicians

The James Bond Themes

National Anthems

Nicknames and Titles

Opera Companies and Theatres

Major Orchestras of the World

Original names

Origins of Group Names

Popera

Quavers and Things

Rappers

Real People in Song

Showstoppers

Supports

Terms used in Music

TV and Radio Theme Tunes

War Songs

The X Factor

Foreword

Our first book was all about numbers and the second about people and their names; we now present the third in the series. This book contains lists of information about music and the people who make it. They will be most useful to those of a quizzical nature but should be of general interest to all.

Readers should be aware that lists like these are never complete and it’s possible that more than the odd error may have crept in so if you propose to use any of the information contained herein, please remember that it is your own responsibility to verify it before such use.

We have generally stuck with the simplified English alphabet and apologise to those who like their accents, graves and cedillas. Remember – this is not Wikipedia!

Some spelling errors are inevitable in a first edition - if you notice any or omissions we would be most grateful if you would notify them to us at our website which can be found at: https://felixschrodinger.wordpress.com/2015/02/04/using-these-pages/

Pyotr and Felix

Dedicated to Clifford T Ward (1944-2001) and his music.

Albums – UK Best Sellers

Best Sellers by Decade

Top 20 Best Selling Albums

Much depends on how sales are measured and even who measures them.

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Banned by the Beeb

These are some of the records banned by the BBC and, as there is no official list it has to be somewhat subjective – either way they don’t admit that they’re banned. Many other records have been banned in other countries and for a short time e.g. during the Gulf War.

There are reputedly no banned records after this – but many are simply not played.

Beatles Albums

There are many more compilation albums since the original albums.

Hey Jude, Paperback writer and Lady Madonna appear on the US released 1970 LP ‘Hey Jude’ along with Can’t buy me love et al.

Best Selling Singles in the UK

Some years have more than one title listed as the chart makers (mainly New Musical Express and Melody Maker) did not have robust systems in place and disagreed between themselves as to which was the best-seller.

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Some Northern Soul Clubs

Borrowed Tunes

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