Melvin Shestack - The Country Music Encyclopaedia

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Lots of friendly personal biographies and photos of stars and important figures in the world of country music. There are also discographies for all the artists included, as well as a listing of country radio stations and the words and music of a sampling of country favorites.

Molte biografie personali e foto di star e figure importanti nel mondo della musica country. Ci sono anche discografie di tutti gli artisti inclusi, così come una lista di stazioni radio country e le parole e la musica di una selezione dei migliori successi country.

Dettagli del libro
· Titolo: The Country Music Encyclopaedia
· Autore: Melvin Shestack
· Editore: Omnibus Press
· Data di Pubblicazione: 1979
· Lingua: Inglese
· ISBN: 0860013081
· Pagine: 380, illustraz.
· Formato: copertina morbida, brossura
· Prezzo di copertina:
· Stato: libro usato, eccellente stato

The first ever fully comprehensive encyclopaedia on Country Music. Featuring more than 200 detailed entries in alphabetical order on all of the major performers, and illustrated throughout with black & white pictures. The Country Music Encyclopaedia is the most innovative, ambitious and thorough book yet written about this type of music.

The encyclopaedia encompasses the whole world of Country Music tracing its earliest development in the Twenties through to the massive popularity it has today (= in the Seventies). Critical evaluations are given on the many different styles of Country Music, including bluegrass, saga, ballad, honky-tonk and blues. And a detailed discography lists the major hits of every performer.

An entertaining as well as informative history, The Country Music Encyclopaedia ist he first if ist kind, unrivalled by any other book on this subject.