Waiting for a train : Jimmie Rodgers's America /

Music, American made : essays in honor of John Graziano /

Table of Contents: “…Root ; Before and After the ball : approaching Tin Pan Alley / Paul Charosh ; Eleanor Stark : from Moszkowski to classic ragtime / Edward A. …”

35 song hits by great Black songwriters /

Homeward bound : the life of Paul Simon / by Carlin, Peter Ames

Music in Canada : capturing landscape and diversity / by Keillor, Elaine, 1939-

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The Oxford handbook of the American musical /

Table of Contents: “…Minstrelsy and theatrical miscegenation / Thomas L. Riis ; Tin Pan Alley songs on stage and screen before World War II / Raymond Knapp and Mitchell Morris ; Integration / Geoffrey Block ; After the "golden age" / Jessica Sternfeld and Elizabeth L. …”

Blackface, white noise : Jewish immigrants in the Hollywood melting pot / by Rogin, Michael Paul

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American popular music from minstrelsy to MP3 / by Starr, Larry, Waterman, Christopher Alan, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Themes and streams of American popular music -- "After the ball" : popular music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- "Catching as the small-pox" : social dance and jazz, 1917-1935 -- "I got rhythm" : the golden age of Tin Pan Alley song -- "St. Louis blues" : race records and hillbilly music -- "In the mood" : the swing era, 1935-1945 -- "Choo choo ch'boogie" : the postwar era, 1946-1954 -- "Rock around the clock" : rock 'n' roll, 1954-1959 -- "Good vibrations" : American pop and the British invasion, 1960s -- "Blowin' in the wind" : country, soul, urban folk, and the rise of rock, 1960s -- The 1970s : rock music, disco, and the popular mainstream -- Outsiders' music : progressive country, reggae, punk, funk, and rap, 1970s -- The 1980s : digital technology, MTV, and the popular mainstream -- "Smells like teen spirit" : hip-hop, "alternative" music, and the entertainment business -- Conclusion.…”

The illustrated treasury of Disney songs : piano, vocal, guitar.

Table of Contents: “…Song of the South, 1946 : Zip-a-dee-doo-dah -- Melody Time, 1948 : The Lord is good to me -- So Dear to My Heart, 1949 : Lavender blue (dilly dilly) -- [4.] Songs from Tin Pan Alley. Cinderella, 1950 : A dream is a wish your heart makes ; Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo (The magic song) -- Alice in Wonderland, 1951 : I'm late -- Peter Pan, 1953 : The second star to the right ; You can fly! …”

Let's do it : the birth of pop music : a history / by Stanley, Bob, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…1900: Pop in the beginning -- Elite syncopations: Scott Joplin and ragtime -- Songs for sale: Tin Pan Alley -- Doing what comes naturally: Irving Berlin -- A culture of consolation: Music hall and musical theatre -- On the other side of a big black cloud: World War I -- A conversation of instruments: The birth of jazz -- The greatest love of all: Louis Armstrong -- The blab of the pave: Jerome Kern and Broadway -- Let me entertain you: Al Jolson -- I'm gonna do it if I like it: The jazz age -- In a silent way: Race records -- Invisible airwaves crackle with life: Radio -- Trying hard to recreate what had yet to be created: Hillbilly -- Black and tan fantasy: Duke Ellington and the Cotton Club -- Learn to croon: Rudy Vallee and the dawn of the electric era -- All Hollywood and all heaven: Talking pictures -- Ten cents a dance: The Great Depression -- Nothing but blue skies: Bing Crosby -- Industrial light and music: The movie musical -- Pardon my pups: The Boswell Sisters -- Make those people sway: British dance bands -- Fascinating rhythm: Fred Astaire and the dance-hall boom -- Eighty-eight key smile: Fats Waller and friends -- Tight like that: The age of swing -- Serenade in blue: The great American songbook -- The winds grow colder: Judy Garland and Billie Holiday -- Be like the kettle and sing: Britain at war -- Why don't you do right: America at war -- Hot licks with vanilla: Glenn Miller -- Someone to watch over me: Vocal refrains -- We had to break up the band: Post-war jazz -- Call me irresponsible: Frank Sinatra -- Saturday night fish fry: Rhythm and blues -- California suite: The long-player -- It's Mitch Miller's world and we just live in it: The 45 -- Breaks a new heart every day: Peggy Lee -- Almost like praying: Post-war Broadway -- Squeeze me: Vocal jazz -- Experiments with mice: British big bands -- Revival: Trad jazz and folk -- In a restless world: Nat King Cole -- Ports of pleasure: Exotica -- Sharks in jets clothing: Rock 'n' Roll -- The summit: Frank, Dino and Sammy -- TV is the thing: The rise of television -- I could go on singing: The next generation -- The strength of strings: Film soundtracks -- What kind of fool am I: Lionel Bart and Anthony Newly -- Whipped cream and other delights: Adventures in Beatleland -- The last waltz: Tom Jones and the new balladeers -- Some kind rapprochementent: The 1970s.…”

Musical theatre song : a comprehensive course in selection, preparation, and presentation for the modern performer / by Purdy, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; MUSIC CREDITS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; SECTION ONE Song Selection; CHAPTER ONE Introduction to Song Selection and Historical Context: What You Should Know (and Why You Should Care); Introduction; The minstrel show, the saloon revue, and the first "musical"; The variety show and vaudeville in America; Tin Pan Alley and Irving Berlin; George Gershwin, the revue, and cultural crossovers; The musical comedy in the 1920s and 1930s; The "fully integrated" musical; Musical theatre in the 1950s.…”
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Essential jazz : the first 100 years / by Martin, Henry, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…The shift from ragtime to jazz -- New Orleans : Charles "Buddy" Bolden ; Sidney Bechet -- The evolution of the jazz band : early jazz performance terms -- The exodus from New Orleans -- The migration north -- The advent of jazz recording : The Roaring Twenties ; The ODJB and the first jazz recordings -- King Oliver and the Creole Jazz Band -- Jelly Roll Morton : Jelly's last jam ; Creoles of color -- Louis Armstrong : Armstrong's classic style ; Armstrong in Chicago and his later career ; Trombone technique -- The Chicagoans and Bix Beiderbecke -- Jazz in New York : Tin Pan Alley ; The Harlem Renaissance -- Harlem stride piano : Eubie Blake ; James P. …”

Best loved songs of the American people /

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The pop, rock, and soul reader : histories and debates / by Brackett, David

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1: Before 1950. Irving Berlin in Tin Pan Alley. Irving Berlin and the Crucible of God / Charles Hamm -- Technology, the dawn of modern popular music, and the "king of Jazz." …”

The pop, rock, and soul reader : histories and debates / by Brackett, David

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1: Before 1950 -- 1. Irving Berlin in Tin Pan Alley -- "Irving Berlin and the Crucible of God" / Charles Hamm -- 2. …”
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Music in the USA : a documentary companion /

Table of Contents: “…Harris on writing hits for Tin Pan Alley -- 68. Scott Joplin, ragtime visionary / (Scott Joplin, Lottie Joplin) -- 69. …”

Music in the USA : a documentary companion /

Table of Contents: “…Harris on writing hits for Tin Pan Alley -- 68. Scott Joplin, ragtime visionary / (Scott Joplin, Lottie Joplin) -- 69. …”
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What's that sound? : an introduction to rock and its history / by Covach, John Rudolph

Table of Contents: “…Building a national audience for music and entertainment : National versus regional ; Rise of the radio networks in the 1920s ; Migration of big corporate money away from radio to television ; Backstage pass: the invention of Bing Crosby / Gary Giddins -- Tin Pan Alley : Sheet music publishers and professional songwriters -- Singer steps forward : Singers and the big bands ; Frank Sinatra ; Sound of pop in the early 1950s -- Regional styles : "Country" music in the Southeast in the 1930s ; "Western" music in theSouthwest and California in the 1930s ; Jimmie Rodgers, the first star of country music -- Recordings and radio further a national sound for Country and Western music : Superstation radio broadcasts in prime time ; Country music during World War II ; Nashville becomes Country and Western Headquarters -- Hank Williams, country music singer-songwriter in the big business of Country and Western : Short career that cast a long shadow -- Bluegrass, the new, old-time country music : Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys -- Rural (Delta) and urban blues : Migration patterns from the rural South to the urban North ; Regional radio and the black experience in the 1950s America ; Independent labels target regional audiences -- Rhythm and blues as a marketing category that includes a broad range of musical styles : Influence of gospel music (Rural Southern church traditions) ; Chess Records and Chicago Electric Blues ; Atlantic and black pop ; Doo-wop (urban vocal music) -- Rhythm and blues as a "dangerous influence" on American (white) youth : Stagger Lee and the black male swagger ; Hokum blues and fun with double meanings.…”