The Book Of Hit Singles

Author : Martin Roach
Publisher : Random House
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Popular music
ISBN : 9780753515372

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The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles by Martin Roach Pdf

From Arctic Monkeys and ABBA to the Zutons and Ziggy Stardust, from 'Anarchy in the UK' to 'Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah' - and over 30,000 hit singles in between - this collector's must-have contains everything you could possibly want to know about every single to reach the charts since 1952. Packed full of charts, lists, facts and timelines as well as up-to-date information, extensive cross references and analysis from Martin Roach this is the perfect book for music buffs, downloaders glued to iPods and budding Mark Ronsons. This new edition, previously published by Guinness World Records, is the first to be published under the Virgin brand with a whole new look. With new feature material covering a huge range of areas, bands and history from industry-insider Martin Roach, it's an essential part of any serious music fan's collection.

Author : Occ,Dave McAleer,Andy Gregory,Matthew White
Publisher : Random House
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Popular music
ISBN : 9780753522455

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The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles by Occ,Dave McAleer,Andy Gregory,Matthew White Pdf

The second in this new series, The Virgin Book of Hit Singles is the most-up-to-date and comprehensive record of the music charts available today and a perfect, collectable complement to The Virgin Book of Hit Albums and The Virgin Book of Top 40 Charts. Now improved and fine-tuned, and drawn from the Official Charts Company Data since 1956, The Virgin Book of Hit Singles features the most comprehensive, easy to read, and accessible music chart data and information. It's all here--expanded artist biographies, side notes of interest, label and catalogue numbers, peak positions, number of weeks on chart, and weeks at number one. The Virgin Book of Hit Singles is essential reading, and reference, for any music lover.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Popular music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121600410

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British Hit Singles & Albums by Anonim Pdf

Author : C.J. Watson,C. J. Watson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781440522659

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The Everything Songwriting Book by C.J. Watson,C. J. Watson Pdf

Simple techniques for creating catchy lyrics and memorable melodies! Nearly everyone can hum the melody or remember the words to a hit song. Clever word play, catchy melodies, and thoughtful imagery can create an impression that lasts long after a song has ended. The Everything Songwriting Book provides amateurs and seasoned professionals alike all they need to create, perform, and sell hit songs. Learn how to develop an idea, formulate a rhyme scheme, incorporate unique phrasing, and follow through to the final note. Professional songwriter and consultant C.J. Watson packs this book with clever tips and tricks for overcoming writer's block, creating a "hook," and recording and selling a song to a recording company or performer. This user-friendly guide also shows how to: Tap into the common elements of hit songs Incorporate instruments into songwriting Understand music theory Spot songwriting trends and write for a specific market Produce a song Know essential copyright law and other legal basics Get compositions into the right hands Complete with expert advice and practical pointers, The Everything Songwriting Book is sure to guide and inspire burgeoning songwriters at any level.

Author : Molly-Ann Leikin
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476854410

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How to Write a Hit Song by Molly-Ann Leikin Pdf

(Book). Covering all the essentials of craft and marketing for launching and sustaining a long, successful writing career, this cutting-edge revision contains an exclusive interview with Oscar-winning songwriter Melissa Etheridge "I Need to Wake Up" and shows you, step by step, how to write a hit song.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Music
ISBN : 0879308087

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Hit Singles by Anonim Pdf

(Book). This entertaining book presents the U.S. and U.K. Top 20 charts side by side, month by month showing how rock and pop developed on each side of the Atlantic. Fully updated, it lists the hits from 1954 through 2003. Alongside every song listing, readers will find important facts such as the artist's name and nationality, current and previous month's chart position, record label, weeks on the chart, and simultaneous position on the other side of the pond. Includes an alphabetical listing of song titles with artists, and an alphabetical listing of artists with song titles and chart-entry dates, enabling easy cross-referencing to help you track down any Top 20 record since 1954.

Author : Don Tyler
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 555 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780786429462

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Hit Songs, 1900-1955 by Don Tyler Pdf

This is a chronology of the most famous songs from the years before rock 'n' roll. The top hits for each year are described, including vital information such as song origin, artist(s), and chart information. For many songs, the author includes any web or library holdings of sheet music covers, musical scores, and free audio files. An extensive collection of biographical sketches follows, providing performing credits, relevant professional awards, and brief biographies for hundreds of the era's most popular performers, lyricists, and composers. Includes an alphabetical song index and bibliography.

Author : John Seabrook
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780393241938

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The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory by John Seabrook Pdf

"An utterly satisfying examination of the business of popular music." —Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic There’s a reason today’s ubiquitous pop hits are so hard to ignore—they’re designed that way. The Song Machine goes behind the scenes to offer an insider’s look at the global hit factories manufacturing the songs that have everyone hooked. Full of vivid, unexpected characters—alongside industry heavy-hitters like Katy Perry, Rihanna, Max Martin, and Ester Dean—this fascinating journey into the strange world of pop music reveals how a new approach to crafting smash hits is transforming marketing, technology, and even listeners’ brains. You’ll never think about music the same way again. A Wall Street Journal Best Business Book

Author : Wayne Jancik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Musicians
ISBN : UCSD:31822026300699

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The Billboard Book of One-hit Wonders by Wayne Jancik Pdf

Every artist of the rock & roll era who had only one single in the Top 40, covering songs from the 50s to the 80s.

Author : Paul Gambaccini
Publisher : Billboard Books
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Music
ISBN : 0823075729

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British Hit Singles by Paul Gambaccini Pdf

Author : Karl Whitney
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781474607421

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Hit Factories by Karl Whitney Pdf

After discovering a derelict record plant on the edge of a northern English city, and hearing that it was once visited by David Bowie, Karl Whitney embarks upon a journey to explore the industrial cities of British pop music. Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, Hull, Glasgow, Belfast, Birmingham, Coventry, Bristol: at various points in the past these cities have all had distinctive and highly identifiable sounds. But how did this happen? What circumstances enabled those sounds to emerge? How did each particular city - its history, its physical form, its accent - influence its music? How were these cities and their music different from each other? And what did they have in common? Hit Factories tells the story of British pop through the cities that shaped it, tracking down the places where music was performed, recorded and sold, and the people - the performers, entrepreneurs, songwriters, producers and fans - who made it all happen. From the venues and recording studios that occupied disused cinemas, churches and abandoned factories to the terraced houses and back rooms of pubs where bands first rehearsed, the terrain of British pop can be retraced with a map in hand and a head filled with music and its many myths.

Author : Tommy Boyce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015009605398

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How to Write a Hit Song and Sell it by Tommy Boyce Pdf

Author : Larissa Pham
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781646221257

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Pop Song by Larissa Pham Pdf

"A warm and expansive portrait of a woman’s mind that feels at once singular and universal," this collection of essays interweaves commentary on modern life, feminism, art, and sex with the author's own experiences of obsession, heartbreak, and vulnerability (BuzzFeed). Like a song that feels written just for you, Larissa Pham's debut work of nonfiction captures the imagination and refuses to let go. Pop Song is a book about love and about falling in love—with a place, or a painting, or a person—and the joy and terror inherent in the experience of that love. Plumbing the well of culture for clues and patterns about love and loss—from Agnes Martin's abstract paintings to James Turrell's transcendent light works, and Anne Carson's Eros the Bittersweet to Frank Ocean's Blonde—Pham writes of her youthful attempts to find meaning in travel, sex, drugs, and art, before sensing that she might need to turn her gaze upon herself. Pop Song is also a book about distances, near and far. As she travels from Taos, New Mexico, to Shanghai, China and beyond, Pham meditates on the miles we are willing to cover to get away from ourselves, or those who hurt us, and the impossible gaps that can exist between two people sharing a bed. Pop Song is a book about all the routes by which we might escape our own needs before finally finding a way home. There is heartache in these pages, but Pham's electric ways of seeing create a perfectly fractured portrait of modern intimacy that is triumphant in both its vulnerability and restlessness.

Author : Peter Reich
Publisher : Peter Reich
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781458179289

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A Book of Dreams by Peter Reich Pdf

Author : Sammy Sadler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781950906062

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A Hit With A Bullet by Sammy Sadler Pdf

The True Story of Murder on Music Row through the eyes of the sole survivor, Sammy Sadler. “A story of survival. A story of revival. A story that had to be told. An incredible read that will keep you on the edge of your seat!” - Country Music Star Deborah Allen In 1989, country newcomer Sammy Sadler had already charted several critically-acclaimed singles and was ready to release his first album when he was shot during the assassination of then Cash Box chart-manager, Kevin Hughes, an incident known around the world as the “Murder on Music Row.” The police had no suspects, and even though Sammy suffered a nearly fatal bullet wound, the officers kept him under suspicion during the 13-year investigation. Eventually, the investigation would reveal an elaborate web of corruption, chart-rigging and payola, a clear motive and suspect for the murder. An ending that rocked the music industry for many years to come. In this first-hand account, Sadler recounts his personal and sensational journey from wide-eyed, promising, Top-40 newcomer to “person of interest” and survivor of one of the most infamous killings in the music business. From his struggle to recover from his nearly-fatal injuries to the turmoil endured during the 13-year career-throttling investigation, this autobiographical account is a demonstration of his faith and his resilient passion for music that would allow him to move forward and continue to pursue his dreams. As featured on CMN, FOX 17 WZTV Nashville, FIRST COAST ABC News, Nashville.com, This Week America, WSM 650AM and Good Morning Texas.