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America's  Music

topical pages: Bluegrass Page Country / Hillbilly / Folk Page Rock 'n' Roll Page Western Swing Music Page Jazz Music Page Saxophone Dept. Dixieland Jazz Dept.

on this page: Ragtime Big Bands & Swing Classical / Composers The Blues / R&B Pop Music American Songbook Dates in Musical History Artists & Groups pioneers later artists

General &  Genre  Topics
African American Sheet Music 1850-1920
Musica de la Frontera: Arhoolie Archives at U.C.L.A.
Museum of Making Music, in Carlsbad, California
"The American Rag" - traditional jazz & ragtime newspaper
FestivalFinder: Music Festivals in North America
U.S. National Recording Registry [est. 2000] Master List
Download Song Lyrics
Super Lyrics
multi-genre music festivals circuit subsite at fuse.TV

	"The Oxford Companion To Music" [orig 1938, rev 1970 & 2002] Edited by Alison Latham Oxford Univ Press 9½x7½ hardcover [5/2002] 1450 pages! for $56.09 "The New Oxford Companion To Music" condensed? [1983] Edited by Denis Arnold Oxford Univ Press 7½x5 hardcover [11/83] 1000 pages in 2 volumes - out of print/used Oxford Univ Press 7½x5 hardcover [11/83] 1000 pages in 2 volumes - out of print/used
	"The Oxford Companion To Popular Music" [1991] Edited by Peter Gammond Oxford Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/93] out of print/used Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/91] out of print/60+ used
	"The Oxford Companion To Musical Instruments" [1992] Edited by Anthony Baines Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [11/92] for $100.00 {sic}
	"The Black 100: A Ranking of The Most Influential African-Americans, Past and Present" [orig 1993, rev 1998] by Colombus Salley Beyond the obvious – Martin Luther King, Jr. #1 & Frederick Douglass #2 – Afro-American artists & entertainers who made this list include Paul Robeson #24, Langston Hughes #34, Alex Haley #48, James Baldwin #49, Richard Wright #50, Zora Neale Hurston #52, Bill Cosby #62, Duke Ellington #67, Louis Armstrong #68, Toni Morrison #73, Lorraine Hansberry #77, Oscar Micheaux #81, Maya Angelou #85, Dick Gregory #88, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis #91, Harry Belafonte #92 & Marian Anderson #94 Citadel Press 9x6 pb [rev 1/98] for $18.21 Citadel Press hardcover [2/93] out of print/used
	"The Cambridge History of American Music" [1999] Edited by David Nicholls Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/2004] for $36.22 Cambridge Univ Press hardcover [1/99] for $120.00
	"Guitar: An American Life" [2005] by Tim Brookes Kindle Edition from Grove Press [2007 edition] for $9.39 Grove Press 9x6½ pb [7/2006] for $11.10 Atlantic Monthly Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/2005] for $16.32 Blackstone UNABR MP3 audio CD [5/2005] priced for $29.95 Blackstone UNABR audio cassette [5/2005] for $79.95
	"Appetite For Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of The Record Industry In The Digital Age" [2009] by Steve Knopper Kindle Edition from S&S/Free Press [1/2009] for $12.99 Soft Skull Press 9x6 pb [12/2009] for $12.37 Free Press 9x6¼ hardcover [1/2009] for $20.12
	"How Music Works" [2012] by David Byrne among Amazon Best Books of The Month, September 2012 Kindle Edition from McSweeney's [9/2012] for $9.99 McSweeney's 9x7 hardcover [9/2012] for $19.04

"Rhythm Oil" by Stanley Booth
"Sweet Soul Music" by Peter Guralnik
"This Wheel's On Fire" autobio by Levon Helm
two Presley books by Peter Guralnik

browse 'music history & criticism' books at Amazon

Brennan B2 disk player box at Amazon [2016] by Brennan USA 1.9" {4.8cm} high by 6" {17cm} wide by 6.7" {15.3cm} deep; hard disk player that can store an entire CD collection, allowing user to rip CDs with one click and to find any track in a matter of seconds; Sonos compatible, includes web interface, Internet Radio, optional Bluetooth; uses FLAC compression - 500GB model can store 1250 CDs, 2TB model can store 5000 CDs; takes commands on front of box or remote control laptop or PDA devices black face 500GB player box from The Brennan [2/2016] for $499 metallic face 500GB player box from The Brennan [2/2016] for $499 black face 2TB player box from The Brennan [2/2016] SOLD OUT! / used

tech reviews for disk jockey & music composition software & hardware
June 2020 article on DJ gear & accessories
June 2020 article on 8 best/recommended DJ software products
July 2020 article on digital audio workstations: Ableton {PC+Mac) vs. Logic Pro (Mac only)

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Gospel  Music

"The Gospel Sound: Good News & Bad Times" [1971] by Anthony Heilbut Limelight pb [25th Anniv Edition] for $13.60 S&S hardcover [11/71] out of print/used

"Rejoice and Shout" documentary film [2011]

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Hawai'ian  &  Slack  Key  Music
CDs & Vinyl / Hawai'ian Music Dept. {returns 3,800+ items} at Amazon

Keola Beamer

Robert Cazimero

Cecilio & Kapono

Don Ho

Kawika Kahiapo, Slack Key Guitar Master

George Kahumoku, Jr.
http://www.amazon.com/George-Kahumoku/e/B000APZYHE/

Dennis Kamakahi
http://www.amazon.com/Dennis-Kamakahi/e/B000AQ1L7K/

Harry Owens & His Orchestra

Cyril Pahinui
http://www.amazon.com/Cyril-Pahinui/e/B000APXTBW/

Gabby Pahinui & Family
http://www.amazon.com/Gabby-Pahinui/e/B000ARC5B0/

George Kahumoku Jr's "Slack Key Show" Wednesdays at 7:30 at the Napili Kai Beach Resort on Maui
"Slack Key Show" channel on YouTube • official website

"Somewhere Over The Rainbow" song [5:26] by guitarist Kawika Kahiapo at YouTube

Project Kuleana [est. 2011] - Music for the well-being of our lâhui
Oiwi TV homepage • official website

"Kaulana Na Pua" song [10:31] :: filmed by Project Kuleana, sung by many artists
"Ka Na'i Aupuni (The Life of This Land)" song [8:03] :: filmed by Project Kuleana, sung by many artists

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Jukeboxes

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Barbershop  Harmony
Sweet Adelines Intl. [est. 1945]
Barbershop Harmony Society

Cajun  &  Zydeco  Music
Essential Cajun & Zydeco Music category at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Zydecos-Greatest-Hits/dp/B000003OB9/

Native  American  Music
browse Native American Music category at Amazon
Native American Music Awards

Piano  Rolls

The  Big  Bands  &  Swing

Art Deco and his Society Orchestra {based in Los Angeles, CA}
Mark Copeland with The Pat Longo Orchestra
Royal Crown Revue swing band [est. 1989]
Essential Swing Music category at Amazon

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'Big Bad Voodoo Daddy' Swing Band: browse music

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Count Basie & Orchestra
Essentials • concerts on VHS • autobiography [1/86]

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Cab Calloway & Orchestra: Jazz Legends CD [3/2003]

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Frankie Carle: browse music

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Crazy Rhythm Hot Society Orchestra (based in Southern California)

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Tommy Dorsey Orchestra: browse music

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Duke Ellington & Orchestra: Essentials • official website
browse music • concerts on VHS • concerts on DVD

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Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra: browse music

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Benny Goodman & Orchestra:
Essentials • Jazz Legends CD [4/2003] • free online radio programs

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Gordon Goodwin's 'Big Phat Band' [est. 2000]
browse music • official website

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Fletcher Henderson [1897-1952]: browse music • new book [1/2005]

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Woody Herman & 'The Thundering Herd': browse music

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Stan Kenton Band: browse music

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Kay Kyser & His Orchestra: browse music

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Jimmie Lunceford Big Band: browse music

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Glenn Miller & Orchestra: Essentials

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Larry Wheeler Big Band

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Big Bands Database
free online big band radio programs
San Diego [CA] Swings
Southern California Swing Info

	"The Big Bands" [1967] by George T. Simon S&S 9.6x6¼ pb [11/81] out of print/used Schirmer Books hardcover [7/2000] out of print/used
	"The Wonderful Era of the Great Dance Bands" [1972] by Leo Walker DaCapo Press 11x8½ pb [4/90] for $22.5 Doubleday hardcover [6/72] out of print/used
	"The Big Band Almanac" [1989] by Leo Walker DaCapo Press 10x7 pb [5/89] for $16.10
	"Jazz Legends: The Big Bands, Volume 1 - The Soundies" [2007] Storyville Films color/b&w DVD [7/2007] for $14.49 not listed on IMDb "Jazz Legends: The Big Bands, Volume 2 - The Soundies" [2007] Storyville Films color/b&w DVD [10/2007] for $14.49 not listed on IMDb more on Soundies [1940-46] on Magic Lantern's Distribution & Exhibition Page

Ragtime  
Colin D. MacDonald's Ragtime website
Rocky Mountain Ragtime Festival & Institute
Orange County [CA] RagFest [Oct 2004 = #5]
West Coast Ragtime Society
West Coast Ragtime Festival [Nov 2004 = #18] in Sacramento, CA
Sutter Creek [CA] Ragtime Festival [Aug 2004 = #6]
Doc Wilson's Ragtime MIDI Files
Rick Benjamin's Paragon Ragtime Orchestra [est. 1986]

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pianist Eubie Blake [1883-1983]
browse music • credits on Broadway

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Scott Joplin [1868-1917]: browse music • fansite
"Scott Joplin" TV movie [1977] /tt0076674/

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'Jelly Roll' Morton
browse music • Jazz Legends CD [5/2003]

The  Blues  and  R & B

2003 was "The Year of the Blues"
Temple of Blues [chat room/forum]
Harvelle's in Santa Monica CA [est. 1931]
David Nathan's Soul Music [dot] com
Club Rhythm & Blues in Albuquerque, NM
WilLee's Blues Club in Santa Fe, NM

listing of New Mexico Blues Festivals
Doheny Blues Festival [May 2010 = #13] at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, CA

Essential Blues Music category at Amazon
Essential R&B Music category at Amazon

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Bobby 'Blue' Bland: browse music

'flawless' album "Two Steps From The Blues"

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Buddy Guy: browse music

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Albert King: browse music

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Son Seals [1942-2004]: browse music

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Joss Stone
browse music • record label's webpage • official website

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Muddy Waters: browse music

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Junior Wells: browse music

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Sonny Boy Williamson {real name Rice Miller}
browse music

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Howlin' Wolf {real name Chester Arthur Burnett}
browse music • Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1991

"Howlin' Wolf Story" on DVD [11/2003] for $16.99

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"Lightning In A Bottle: A One-Night History of the Blues" [Vulcan/Sony Oct 2004] Directed by Antoine Fuqua at the historic 'Salute to the Blues' concert at Radio City Music Hall in February 2003 video not yet available; full credits from IMDb Sony Classics official movie webpage Sony soundtrack CD [9/2004] 2 discs for $19.98

"Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey" [aired Sept-Oct 2003] Produced for PBS by Martin Scorsese Sony color DVD [10/2003] 7 disks for $97.99 Sony color VHS box set [10/2003] 7 tapes for $119.98 Hip-O Records audio CD set [9/2003] 5 disks for $55.98 full credits from IMDb JK's unofficial fansite series page official PBS series website companion book by Peter Guralnick, Robert Santelli, Helen George Warren & Christopher John Farley Amistad Press hardcover [9/2003] for $19.57

The seven-part film series includes:
opener "Feel Like Going Home" directed by Martin Scorsese
Sony soundtrack CD [9/2003] for $13.49
"The Soul of A Man" directed by Wim Wenders
Sony soundtrack CD [9/2003] for $13.49
"The Road to Memphis" directed by Richard Pearce
Sony soundtrack CD [9/2003] for $13.49
"Warming by the Devil's Fire" directed by Charles Burnett
Sony soundtrack CD [9/2003] for $13.49
"Godfathers and Sons" directed by Marc Levin
Sony soundtrack CD [9/2003] for $13.49
"Red, White & Blues" directed by Mike Figgis
Sony soundtrack CD [9/2003] for $13.49
"Piano Blues" directed by Clint Eastwood
Sony soundtrack CD [9/2003] for $13.49

Artist Compilations from Scorsese's "The Blues"
Allman Brothers: Mercury/Universal audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Eric Clapton: Polydor audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Jimi Hendrix: MCA audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Son House: Sony audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Robert Johnson: Sony audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
B.B. King: MCA audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
J.B. Lenoir: Chess audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Taj Mahal: Sony audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Keb' Mo': Sony audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Bessie Smith: Sony audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Sony audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Muddy Waters: Chess audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99

Pop  Music

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entertainer Glen Campbell [1936-2017]
bridged several genres, from country to rock ('The Beach Boys') to pop to television host and acting.

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Melanie {Safka}
browse music • official website • Wikipedia

"Beautiful People: The Greatest Hits of Melanie" [1999] Buddha Records audio CD-R [3/2011] 19 tracks for $8.45 songs include "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)", "Ring The Living Bell", "Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma", "Brand New Key", "Ruby Tuesday", "Nickel Song", "Beautiful People", and twelve more

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Katy Perry
browse music • official website • Wikipedia

official video [12:25] of Katy Perry's 2015 Super Bowl Halftime Show on YouTube

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violinist-dancer Lindsey Stirling
browse music at Amazon • official website • Wikipedia
autobiography "The Only Pirate at the Party" published by Gallery Books [6/2015]

"Something Wild" by Lindsey Stirling with Andrew McMahon {also in Disney's "Pete's Dragon"}
watch music video [8/2016 upload; 3:59] online at YouTube
"All of Me" by John Legend & Lindsey Stirling
watch music video [10/2013 upload; 5:12] online at YouTube
"Radioactive" by Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix
watch music video [3/2013 upload; 4:24] online at YouTube
"Game of Thrones" by Lindsey Stirling & Peter Hollens
watch music video [9/2012 upload; 3:15] online at YouTube
"We Found Love" by Lindsey Stirling with Ven Tribe (in Kenya, Africa)
watch music video [5/2012 upload; 4:26] online at YouTube
"Lord of The Rings Medley" by Lindsey Stirling
watch music video [2/2012 upload; 3:56] online at YouTube

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Shakira

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Britney Spears

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Taylor Swift

Taylor Alison Swift [b. 12/1989]
aka 'Tay Tay'; family nickname 'Taffy'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2357847/
http://www.taylorswift.com/

boyfriend pro football player Travis Kelce
released new Christmas jingle single 11-2023

2023 10-26: Taylor Swift is now a billionaire: her total net worth is now at $1.1 billion, thanks to a record-breaking Eras tour that helped boost
the U.S. economy over the summer. (per Bloomberg)

"Taylor Swift & James Taylor Sing 'Fire and Rain'"
[New York City Madison Square Garden 11/2011]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chV3yF_nNss 5:46 fan bootleg video

73 Questions With Taylor Swift | Vogue 4/2016
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMxJ3-KcNzo 9.41

"Taylor Swift: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert" [10/2019]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvVnP8G6ITs

Taylor Swift Channel [est. 2019?] on YouTube - 223 videos, 55M subscribers
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqECaJ8Gagnn7YCbPEzWH6g

"Miss Americana" TV biopic [Netflix Jan 2020]
biopic about Taylor Swift; 'one of the buzziest films at Sundance'
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt11388580/

fanmade Taylor swift movie from Aspen’s World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HePUordveAc 10/2023 26.24

"Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" concert film [Cinemark & A.M.C. Oct 2023]   
Taylor Swift's concert film led the weekend box office, bringing in an estimated $95 million to $97 million in its theatrical debut and instantly became the biggest concert film ever;
the film also broke the record for the widest-released concert film in history, appearing on more than 3,850 domestic screens in its opening weekend. “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” Is Intimate, Colossal, and Slightly Disappointing Swift is a melodramatist in the best sense, distilling what’s extraordinary in ordinary life, but the movie falls short of her fascinating aesthetic. By Richard Brody 10-17 https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-is-intimate-colossal-and-slightly-disappointing 10-22 Swift's concert film posted $31 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, after a record-breaking opening weekend of $92.8 million, making it the first concert movie to top $100 million. Immerse yourself in this once-in-a-lifetime concert film experience with a breathtaking, cinematic view of the history-making tour. Taylor Swift Eras attire and friendship bracelets are strongly encouraged!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KudedLV0tP0 tour trailer 1:30

Taylor Swift broke a record by becoming the first person to have seven songs nominated in the song of the year category.
11-2023 Taylor Swift's whirlwind year continues with her 13th No. 1 album
The pop star's "1989 (Taylor’s Version)," the 2014 hit album she re-recorded and released last month, hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the first week of its release.

2023 Nov 6: Taylor Swift reporter hired at Gannett/USA Today network after viral job listing; consider journalist Bryan West the 'lucky one'

NOT related to fictional 'Tom Swift, Inventor' [40 books 1910-40]

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crooner Andy Williams [1927-2012]

American  Songbook
This section derived from the discovery of several CD collections and TV specials with the title 'American Songbook';
each set might be unrelated to each other, but they are all concerning the same topic, so here you go —

'Great American Songbook' entry at Wikipedia
Great American Songbook Foundation [est. 2007]: official website • Wikipedia

"American Songbook: The Singers, Songwriters, and The Songs" [2005] by Ken Bloom, Foreword by Michael Feinstein "100 years of American popular music - the stories of the creators and performers - 600 photos"; more than 200 listings, each featuring the artist’s personal and professional history, great songs, and important contributions, plus photos (many rare), record covers, anecdotes, and quotes; featured individuals include Harold Arlen, Louis Arm-strong, Tony Bennett, Hoagy Carmichael, Barbara Cook, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Duke Ellington, Dorothy Fields, Ella Fitzgerald, Stephen Foster, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, and a host of others Black Dog & Leventhal 12¾x10¾ hardcover [10/2005] out of print/40+ used

"The Great American Songbook: The Stories Behind The Standards" [2010] by Charles Denison, Photography by Duncan Schiedt Robert Reed Publrs 9x6½ pb [2010] out of print/used

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	"The Original Great American Songbook (Original Recording Remastered)" [2003] 18 tracks performed by Louis Armstrong (2), Fred Astaire, Nat King Cole, Billy Eckstine, Johnny Hartman, Billie Holiday (3), Shirley Horn, Johnny Mathis, Carmen McRae, Anita O'Day, Jeri Southern, Sarah Vaughan (2) & Dinah Washington (2) U.T.V. audio CD [10/2003] for $8.39
	"The Great American Songbook: 60 Unforgettable Songs Featuring Original Recordings From Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Nat King Cole, Julie London, Dean Martin" [2005] import audio CD [8/2015] for $8.99 Disky import audio CD set [3/2005] 3 disks - out of prodn/used 60 tracks on three CDs

"The Great American Songbook" [PBS-TV March 2003] 3-part TV mini-series featuring archive footage of Robert Alda, June Allyson, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, The Andrews Sisters, Harold Arlen, Fred Astaire, Irving Berlin, Fanny Brice, Anne Brown, Virginia Bruce, James Cagney, Eddie Cantor, Ben Carter, Maurice Cheva-lier, George M. Cohan, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Dandridge, Johnnie Davis, Doris Day, Nelson Eddy, Alice Faye, Dorothy Fields, Judy Garland, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Benny Goodman, Oscar Hammerstein II, E.Y. 'Skip' Harburg, Lorenz Hart, Bob Hope, Lena Horne, Betty Hutton, Al Jolson, Howard Keel, Ruby Keeler, Gene Kelly, Jerome Kern, Frances Langford, Joan Leslie, Oscar Levant, Ida Lupino, Jeanette MacDonald, Gordon MacRae, Ray McDonald, Johnny Mercer, Ethel Merman, Dennis Morgan, Jules Munshin, Fayard Nicholas, Dick Powell, Eleanor Powell, William Powell, Elvis Presley, Paul Robeson, Richard Rodgers, Ginger Rogers, Sigmund Romberg, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra, Bessie Smith, Kate Smith, Ann Sothern, Robert Taylor, Sophie Tucker, Fats Waller, Ethel Waters & Paul Whiteman • co-produced & hosted by Michael Feinstein, co-produced & directed by Andrew J. Kuehn full credits at IMDb • Warner Home Video color/b&w DVD [4/2003] for $15.92 the second disk on the Special Edition sets contains two hours of bonus footage (not broadcast) Hudson West Special Edition color/b&w Blu-ray [2011?] 2 disks - available via third-party vendor for $44.95 Warner Home Video Special Edition color/b&w DVD [2011?] 2 disks for $29.95

"American Songbook: 100 Hits" [2010] 101 Distribution audio CD set [6/2010] 5 disks for $16.21 artists include Louis Armstrong (4), Fred Astaire (2), Chet Baker (3), Shirley Bassey, Tony Bennett (2), June Christy (4), Rosemary Clooney (3), Nat King Cole (6), Bing Crosby, Vic Damone, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis Jr. (5), Doris Day (4), Blossom Dearie (2), Billy Eckstine (3), Ella Fitzgerald (9), Judy Garland, Billie Holiday (5), Lena Horne, Frankie Laine, Peggy Lee (5), Julie London, Dean Martin (3), Johnny Mathis (2), Carmen McRae, Anita O'Day (2), Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra (9), Keely Smith (2), Jo Stafford, Mel Tormé (2), Sarah Vaughan (5), Dinah Washington (2), and Margaret Whiting (4), with two duets: Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra ("Well, Did You Evah!") and Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald ("A Fine Romance")

Important  Dates
in  American  Music  History

With the rise of free file-sharing services like Napster and the failure of paid download services like iTunes, music sales plunged from $25.2 billion in 2000 to $14.2 billion in 2014.
But since 2015, revenue has been climbing again, reaching $17.3 billion in 2017. Music streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, and Pandora generated more revenue
than sales of physical formats like CDs and LPs for the first time last year. Streaming subscriptions produced $6.6 billion in 2017, up from $4.7 billion in 2016,
while physical sales produced $5.2 billion, down from $5.5 billion.   —  per the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (April 2018)

1826 July 4th: Birthday of Stephen Collins Foster [1826-64] in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania. 1854 Nov 6th: Birthday of 'March King' John Philip Sousa [1854-1932] in Washington, DC. 1878 Feb 19th: Thomas Alva Edison [1847-1931] received a patent for his phonograph. 1898 Sept 26th: Birthday of composer George Gershwin [1898-1937] in Brooklyn, New York. 1899 April 29th: Birthday of bandleader Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington [1899-1974] in Washington, DC. 1901 Aug 4th: Birthday of musician Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong [1901-71] in New Orleans, Louisiana. 1911 Sept 13th: Birthday of William Smith 'Bill' Monroe [1911-96], primary developer of bluegrass music, at Rosine, Kentucky. 1914 Feb 13th: A.S.C.A.P. - The American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers - was founded. 1917 April 25th: Birthday of legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald in Newport News, Virginia; she died in 1996 at age 79. 1919 Oct 17th: Founding of the Radio Corporation of America. 1920 Aug 29th: Birthday of jazzman Charlie 'Bird' Parker [1920-55] in Kansas City, Kansas. 1923 Sept 17th: Birthday of singer / songwriter Hank Williams [1923-53] in Mount Olive, Alabama. 1925 Nov 28th: Inaugural broadcast of the Grand Ole Opry radio program {originally called the WSM Barn Dance}, from Studio A at radio station WSM in Nashville, Tennessee. 1926 Oct 18th: Birthday of Chuck Berry in St. Louis, Missouri. 1926 Nov 15th: Debut of the National Broadcasting Company, with a network of 24 radio stations. 1927 Aug 1st: Birth of country music, when Ralph Peer of Bristol, Tennessee signed Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family to recording contracts for Victor Records. 1933 April 30th: Birthday of performer Willie Nelson in Abbott, Texas. 1935 Jan 8th: Birthday of Elvis Aaron Presley [1935-77] in Tupelo, Mississippi. 1936 Sept 7th: Birthday of rock legend Buddy Holly [1936-1959], born Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, Texas. 1941 May 24th: Birthday of musician Bob Dylan {nee Robert Zimmerman} in Hibbing, Minnesota. 1942 June 18th: Birthday of musician Paul McCartney in Liverpool, England. 1942 Nov 27th: Birthday of rock star Jimi Hendrix [1942-70] in Seattle, Washington. 1944 Dec 15th: A single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller [1904-44] disappeared over the English Channel while enroute to Paris, France. 1946 July 15th: Birthday of singer Linda Ronstadt in Tucson, Arizona. 1948 April 3rd: Inaugural broadcast of the Louisiana Hayride radio program from station KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana. 1948 June 18th: Columbia Records publicly unveiled its new long-playing ['LP'] phonograph record in New York City. 1949 Sept 23rd: Birthday of Bruce Springsteen in Long Branch, New Jersey. Summer of 1951: "Rocket 88", considered the first rock'n'roll record, held the #1 position on the rhythm & blues charts for 5 weeks. 1953 Jan 1st: Country music legend Hank Williams [1923-53] died in the back seat of his Cadillac near Oak Hill, West Virginia while enroute to a performance in Canton, Ohio. 1954 July 5th: Elvis Presley recorded "That's All Right" at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. 1955 March 5th: Elvis Presley's first appearance on television, on "Louisiana Hayride" on KSLA-TV Shreveport. 1955 March 25th: Release of movie "Blackboard Jungle", featuring the Bill Haley & the Comets recording of "Rock Around The Clock".   1956 March 21st: Release of "Rock Around The Clock", the first full-length rock & roll movie. 1957 Dec 1st: Buddy Holly and The Crickets performed "That'll Be The Day" and "Peggy Sue" on The Ed Sullivan Show on the C.B.S. television network. 1958 March 24th: Elvis Presley was inducted into the U.S. Army in Memphis, Tennessee. 1959 Jan 12th: Barry Gordy, Jr. of Detroit, Michigan founded Tamla Records, later renamed Motown Records. 1959 Feb 3rd: Rock musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper {J.P. Richardson} died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. 1959 Sept 13th: Elvis Presley met his future wife Priscilla Beaulieu while stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army. (They married in 1967 and divorced in 1973.) 1960 Aug 17th: The former Silver Beetles rock band began their first gig under their new name 'The Beatles' at the Indra Club in Hanover, West Germany. 1962 Jan 1st: British rock group The Beatles (with Pete Best) auditioned at Decca Records, who chose instead to sign Brian Poole and The Tremeloes. 1962 July 12th: The Rolling Stones rock band played their first gig at The Marquee in London, England. 1962 Aug 16th: The Beatles band fired their original drummer Pete Best and replaced him with Ringo Starr. 1962 Oct 5th: Release of The Beatles' first hit recording "Love Me Do" on the Parlophone label in U.K. 1963 Jan 11th: Release in England by Parlophone Records of the single "Please Please Me" by The Beatles. 1963 March 5th: Country music performers Patsy Cline, 'Cowboy' Copas, and 'Hawkshaw' Hawkins died in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee. 1963 March 22nd: The debut album of The Beatles, "Please Please Me", was released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone. 1964 Feb 11th: First concert in America by 'The Beatles' band, at the Coliseum in Washington, DC. 1965 July 12th: Capitol Records released 'The Beach Boys''s single "California Girls". 1965 Aug 14th: Sonny & Cher hit "I Got You Babe" made #1 on the pop music charts. 1966 May 6/7: The Rolling Stones single "Paint It Black" was released in the U.S. by London Records. 1966 June 20th: First release by Capitol Records of the "Yesterday and Today" album by the Beatles. The original cover featured the Fab Four dressed in butcher smocks and posing with chunks of meat and parts of dismembered dolls – the resulting outcry forced Capitol to recall the albums and replace the covers with one having a more conventional group portrait. (The 'butcher cover' is now a collector's item.) 1967 May 1st: Singer Elvis Presley married long-time live-in girlfriend Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. 1967 Aug 16th: Louis Armstrong recorded "What A Wonderful World" by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss, which was an immediate hit in the U.K. 1967 Dec 10th: Singer Otis Redding and six others died when their airplane crashed into Lake Monona near Madison, Wisconsin. 1968 May 24th: Decca Records released the single "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by the Rolling Stones in the United Kingdom. 1969 March 20th: John Lennon married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar. 1969 Aug 15-17th: Woodstock Music & Art Fair outside Bethel, New York. 1970 Sept 18th: Rock music legend Jimi Hendrix [1942-70] died in London, England at age 27. 1970 Oct 4th: Rock singer Janis Joplin [1943-70] was found dead in her Hollywood hotel room at age 27. 1971 July 15: First public performance by The Eagles band, as the backup band for singer Linda Ronstadt for a week at the original Disneyland in California. 1972 Aug 18th: Elvis Presley filed for divorce from his wife Priscilla; the divorce was final in October 1973. 1973 March 1st: Pink Floyd band's album "The Dark Side of The Moon" was released by Capitol Records in the USA; the British release by Harvest Records was on March 16th. 1976 April 23rd: The debut album of the punk rock band The Ramones was released by Sire Records. 1977 Aug 16th: Elvis Presley died at age 42, at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. 1977 Oct 20th: Three members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynrd were killed along with three others in the crash of a chartered plane near McComb, Mississippi. 1981: Christopher Cross became the first person to win all top four Grammy Awards for album, song, record, and best new artist in the same year. 1981 Aug 1-2: Launch of 24-hour Music Television, now M.T.V. Networks. 1982 Nov 30: Release of the Michael Jackson album "Thriller" by Epic Records; within a year, it sold 66 million copies and became the world's best-selling music album. 1995 July 9th: Jerry Garcia [1942-95] performed for the last time with the Grateful Dead Band, at a concert at Soldier's Field in Chicago. 1995 Aug 9th: Lead singer of the Grateful Dead rock band Jerry Garcia [1942-95] died of a heart attack at age 53 in San Francisco, California. 1995 Sept 1st: Ribbon-cutting ceremony held for the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame & Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. 1996 Sept 7th: Rap artist Tupac Shakur was gunned down in a drive-by shooting on the Las Vegas Strip; he died six days later. 2000 Nov 9th: Enactment of the National Recording Preservation Act, which established the U.S. National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. 2003 Feb 20th: A fire sparked by pyrotechnics broke out during a performance by the rock group Great White at The Station nightclub in Warwick, Rhode Island; 100 people died and 200 were injured. 2012 Dec 12th: International Day of The Roadie, based on the standard microphone test "Check. One two... one two... one two". 2018 August: The Recording Industry Association of America announced that "The Eagles' Greatest Hits, 1971-1975" album is now the best-selling album of all time, having sold 38 million copies; prior longtime record-holder "Michael Jackson's Thriller" now holds second place with 33 million copies sold, while The Eagles' 1977 album "Hotel California" is in third place. 2020 January: Billie Eilish became only the second artist ever to win all four major Grammy Award categories in the same year (after Christopher Cross in 1981); the 18-year-old was named Best New Artist and also won Record of The Year and Song of The Year for "Bad Guy" and Album of The Year for "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?"; she was nominated in seven categories, and won six awards.

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Howard 'Louie Bluie' Armstrong [1909-2003]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Armstrong
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003N2CVQS

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Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong [1901-71]
"Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music
(I did not say jazz) what Einstein is to physics." — documentary filmmaker Ken Burns

Essentials | concerts on VHS | IMDb info

Jazz Legends CD [4/2003]
biography [7/97]
New Orleans [LA] Satchmo Summerfest [July-Aug 2003 = #3]
NYC House & Archive

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George M. Cohan [1878-1942]

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Stephen Foster [1826-64]
browse music | fansite | PBS bio | PBS bio on VHS

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W.C. Handy [1873-1958]

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Robert Johnson [1911-38]
browse music | Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1986 | documentaries on VHS | career box set

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Leadbelly [real name Huddie Ledbetter] [1888-1949]
Essentials | Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1988

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Charley Patton [1891?-1934]
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"Sing Your Song" biopic [H.B.O. Fall 2011] directed by Susanne Rostock

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Floyd Cramer  [1933-97]
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Jim Croce  [1943-73]
browse music | widow's restaurant in San Diego, CA | official website

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Bob Dylan
browse music | Essential CD | limited edition boxed set [9/2003] 15 discs | IMDb info
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Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016

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The Eagles Band
browse music | limited edition boxed set [3/2005] 9 discs
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singer Eddie Fisher [1928-2010]
had 19 pre-rock Top Ten hits in 1950-54, with four at #1

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George Gershwin [1898-1937]  
browse music | Essential CD | Wikipedia
http://www.amazon.com/Gershwin-Plays-Piano-Rolls/dp/B000005J1I/
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The Grateful Dead Band
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Vince Guaraldi [1928-76]
browse music • official website

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lyricist Edgar Yipsel 'Yip' Harburg  [1896-1981]
won shared Oscar in 1940 for "Over The Rainbow", two other nominations, 1944 & 1946
browse music • movie credits [over 450 since 1929] • Broadway credits [1929-2014] • Wikipedia

"Who Put The Rainbow In The Wizard of Oz?: Yip Harburg, Lyricist" [12/1993] by Harold Meyerson & Ernie Harburg
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Put-Rainbow-Wizard-Oz/dp/0472104829/

"The Yip Harburg Songbook" [1994] by Yip Harburg
https://www.amazon.com/Yip-Harburg-Songbook-Y/dp/0898985552/
https://www.amazon.com/Yip-Harburg-Songbook/dp/1423482824/ 10/2009

"Rhymes For The Irreverent" [1/2006] by Yip Harburg
https://www.amazon.com/Rhymes-Irreverent-Yip-Harburg/dp/1877733156/

"Over The Rainbow: The Life and Rhymes of Yip Harburg" [8/2015] by Stuart L. Stotts
https://www.amazon.com/Over-Rainbow-Life-Rhymes-Harburg/dp/0976537230/

"The Great Lyricists: E.Y. 'Yip' Harburg" music CD [4/2016]
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Lyricists-Y-Yip-Harburg/dp/B01EDZ6T7K/

"A Tribute To Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put The Rainbow In The Wizard of Oz"
special TV broadcast 12/2018 on "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman: transcript • video [59:06]

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pianist Horst Jankowski [1936-98]: music | PK's fansite

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author-singer Janis Ian [b. 1951]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Ian
"Society's Child" memoir, which won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album

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Janet Klein & her Parlor Boys Band (music of the 1910s, '20s & '30s}
browse music | official website

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guitarist Leo Kottke
browse music | Essential CD | songbook: paperback or CD-ROM

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Los Lobos Band: browse music

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norteña musicians Los Tigres Del Norte Band: browse music
14 Mexican movies made from their songs

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Mitch Miller [d. 2010]

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drummer Sandy Nelson: browse music

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Willie Nelson
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official Willie Nelson website

"On the {^Clean} Road Again: Biodiesel & The Future of The Family Farm" [2007] by Willie Nelson Fulcrum/Speaker's Corner 7x4½ pb [8/2007] for $9.95 see also: National Family Farm Coalition [est. 1986] website Alternative Energy Page at Working Minds / Solutions

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recording team The New York Brass

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Harry Nilsson [1941-94]
Harry Nilsson's official site

"The Point" animated TV movie [ABC-TV Feb 1971] In a kingdom where everyone and everything is pointed, young Oblio's round head stands out, yet he is quite popular; an evil count has Oblio banished from the kingdom to other lands, where the boy and his dog Arrow discover other viewpoints. The TV show and music were written by Harry Nilsson; the original TV narration was by Dustin Hoffman, but due to contractual restrictions, was later rerecorded by Alan Barz-man, Alan Thicke & Ringo Starr. Co-produced & directed by Fred Wolf; co-produced, co-written & music by Harry Nilsson; co-written by Carole Beers & Norm Lenzer; DVD narration by Ringo Starr; other voices by Mike Lookinland, Paul Frees, Lennie Weinrib, Bill Martin, Buddy Foster & Joan Gerber R.C.A. color DVD [3/2004] for $9.97 full credits at IMDb • Harry Nilsson's official movie site D.C.C. Compact Classics album by Harry Nilsson on audio CD [3/98] out of prodn/used

"Who Is Harry Nilsson (and Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him)?"
documentary film [Lorber Films Sept 2010]
Directed by John Scheinfeld; interviewees include Terry Gilliam, Dustin Hoffman, Eric Idle, Randy
Newman, Yoko Ono, Van Dyke Parks, the Smothers Brothers, Jon Voight & Brian Wilson
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb

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record producer Sam Phillips [1923-2003]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Phillips

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singer-songwriter Sam Phillips: browse music

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singer Linda Ronstadt: browse music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt

"Simple Dreams" autobiography [2013] revealed her Parkinson’s disease

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Carlos Santana
browse music | Essential CD | concerts on VHS | concerts on DVD
official website | Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1998

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guitarist Joe Satriani: browse music

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Phoebe {Ann Laub} Snow [1950-2011] - career 1972-2011
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debut album "Phoebe Snow" [1974]
"Second Childhood" [1976]
"It Looks Like Snow" [1976]
"Never Letting Go" [1977]
"Against The Grain" [1978]
"Rock Away" [1981]
"Something Real" [1989] in
"Natural Wonder" [2003]
"I Can't Complain" [1998]
"Very Best of Phoebe Snow" [2002]
"Natural Wonder" [2003]
"Phoebe Snow: Live" [2008]

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'The Boss' Bruce Springsteen
browse music | Essentials CD (3 discs) | concerts on DVD | concerts on VHS
official website | Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1999
listed among Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People (May 2008)

"The Promise: The Making of Darkness On The Edge of Town" docufilm [H.B.O. Oct 2010]

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Steely Dan Band
browse music | official website | Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 2001   

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Swingle Singers a cappella ensemble
Their repertoire encompasses classical, jazz, Latin, pop, and rock; they have released
over 50 recordings, and have won five Grammy Awards

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Thee Midnighters Band of East Los Angeles

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Townes Van Zandt [1944-97]: new docu film [July 2005]

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Neil Young
Spirit of America's Neil Young Page
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Band
browse music | Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1997

"C.S.N.Y.: Déjà Vu" concert documentary [indep July 2008] A record of the C.S.N.Y. band's "Freedom of Speech 2006" tour that included songs from Neil Young's "Living With War" CD. Co-written & directed by Neil Young (as Bernard Shakey) video/DVD/Blu-ray not available Warner Bros. live soundtrack CD [7/2008] 16 tracks for $14.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site

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Classical  /  Composers

Essential Classical Music category at Amazon

"Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise & Fall" [2005] by Joseph Horowitz W.W. Norton 9¾x6½ hardcover [3/2005] for $26.37

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"Blu-ray Audio Signature Classical Collection" [2013] Blu-ray Audio Updated Edition music-only Blu-ray disk set [6/2014] 40 disks for $217.28 Forty (or 42) disks of classical/orchestral works that have capability of 7.1 DTS-HD 3-D sound (depends on your hardware, default is 5.1/6.1 DTS sound); compiled by Alexander Jero; performers not listed on Amazon entry; works include: Bach: Orchestral Suites #1 & #2 & #3, Tripelkoncert; Barber: Sympho-nies #1 & #2; Beethoven: Symphonies #1 & #2 & #3 'Eroica' & #4 & #5 'Fate' & #6 & #7 & #8 & #9 'Ode To Freedom', Violin Concertos; Brahms: Tragic Overture, Symphonies #1 & #4, Academic Festival Overture; Anton Bruckner: Symphonies #7 & #8; Chopin: Nocturns and Preludes; Dvorak: Symphonies #8 & #9 'From The New World'; Holst: The Planets; Mahler: Symphonies #2 'Resurrection' & #9; Mendelssohn: Symphonies #4 'Italian' & #5 'Reformation', Violin Concertos; Mozart: Requiem, Symphonies #35 & #38 'Prague' & #40 & #41 'Jupiter'; Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition, Night On Bald Mountain, Stokovsky Transcriptions; Rachmaninoff: Symphonies #2 & #3, Piano Concertos #2 & #3; Ravel: Bolero; Respighi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, The Birds; Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade, Russian Easter Festival Overture, Sadko, The Snow Maiden, The Tale of Tsar Saltan; Shostakovich: Symphonies #2 & #5 & #7 'Leningrad' & #9 & #12; Sibelius: Symphonies #5 & #7; Johann Strauss: The New Years Concert in Vienna; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, The Card Party; Tchaikovsky Overtures from Romeo and Juliet and 1812, Piano Concertos #1 & #3, Suites from Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker, Symphonies #5 & #6 'Pathetique'; Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto For Double Orchestra, L'Estro Armonico; and Wagner: Overtures & Preludes

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contralto Marian Anderson [1897-1993]

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P.D.Q. Bach [pseudonym of composer Peter Schickele]
browse music

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composer John Cage [1912-92]
"Cage was to the second half of the century what Schoenberg was to the first half." — Alex Ross

2010 bio by Kenneth Silverman

Kay Larson's authoritative new biography, "Where The Heart Beats", is the first work on Cage
to examine the influence of Zen Buddhism on him as an artist and as a man.

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Aaron Copland [1900-90]  
browse music • Essential CD • Library of Congress

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composer Gordon Getty: audio CDs

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composer Philip Glass
browse music • official website

Godfrey Reggio's 'Qatsi' Trilogy Page
all 3 'Qatsi' soundtrack CDs

"Glass: A Portrait of Philip In Twelve Parts" [indep April 2008] Co-produced & directed by Scott Hicks; on-camera appearances by Woody Allen, Chuck Close, Errol Morris, Godfrey Reggio, Martin Scorsese & Ravi Shankar video/DVD not yet available; full credits from IMDb • official movie site

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composer Ferde Grofé [1892-1972]: browse music

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Victor Herbert

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Los Angeles Philharmonic
"The L.A. Philharmonic is the most creative, and therefore the best, orchestra in America."
— Alex Ross, New Yorker Magazine critic, in 2012
official website • entry at Wikipedia

"Gustavo Dudamel and The Los Angeles Philharmonic: The Inaugural Concert" [2009] 90-minute color DVD of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Opening Night Concert performed on 8 October 2009 at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles, California, led by newly-appointed Music Director Gustavo Dudamel from Venezuela Broadcast on PBS-TV; directed by Brian Large; co-hosted by Jack Black, Andy Garcia, Tom Hanks & Quincy Jones • full credits at IMDb Deutsche Grammophon color DVD [12/2009] for $15.69

"Celebración: Opening Night Concert & Gala" [2010] Performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles, California, led by Gustavo Dudamel; the first half is bel canto pieces sung by Flórez, the second half features music with a Latin American theme. Broadcast on PBS-TV; directed by Brian Large; featuring tenor Juan Diego Flórez, hosted by actress Eva Mendes • credits at IMDb Deutsche Grammophon color DVD [12/2010] for $24.99

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composer Gustav Mahler [1860-1911]
browse music • JG's fansite • 1975 Ken Russell movie  on VHS | on DVD

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Cole Porter [1891-1964]
browse music • 2000 bio by WM • JXB's fansite • 2004 bio movie: credits + DVD + VHS

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Arnold Schoenberg [1874-1951]
browse music • Schönberg Center in Austria

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Wm. Grant Still [1895-1978]
browse music • biography [3/2000] • entry at Wikipedia • papers at Duke Univ

considered a member of the Harlem Renaissance [c1919-c1936]

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Morton Subotnik: browse music

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