The Dictionary Of Rock Pop Names

Author : Mark Beech
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Name / swd
ISBN : OCLC:437314633

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A Dictionary of Rock and Pop Names by Mark Beech Pdf

ROCK & POP. Mark Beech's 1998 predecessor, The A-Z of Names in Rock generated over 50 radio interviews, 15 articles, 7 features in nationals and two serialisations. This extended and updated version covers more genres than just rock (e.g. pop, punk, indie, reggae, soul, country, blues, folk, jazz, heavy metal, grunge and rap artists and bands) and will appeal to music fans internationally, as well as being the must-buy book for pub quiz fans. With almost 3,000 entries, it's a chance to discover why artists chose their names - and which ones shouldn't have. An informative and often humorous read, "the world's leading expert on music names" (BBC), Mark Beech, is guaranteed another best-seller

Author : Mark Beech
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781844689095

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The Dictionary of Rock & Pop Names by Mark Beech Pdf

Mark Beechs 1998 predecessor, The A-Z of Names in Rock generated over 50 radio interviews, 15 articles, 7 features in nationals and two serializations. This extended and updated version covers more genres than just rock (e.g. pop, punk, indie, reggae, soul, country, blues, folk, jazz, heavy metal, grunge and rap artists and bands) and will appeal to music fans internationally, as well as being the must-buy book for pub quiz fans. With almost 3,000 entries, its a chance to discover why artists chose their names and which ones shouldnt have. An informative and often humorous read, the worlds leading expert on music names (BBC), Mark Beech, is guaranteed another best-seller.

Author : Mark Beech
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Names
ISBN : 1844158071

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A Dictionary of Rock and Pop Names by Mark Beech Pdf

Mark Beech's 1998 predecessor, The A-Z of Names in Rock generated over 50 radio interviews, 15 articles, 7 features in nationals and two serializations. This extended and updated version covers more genres than just rock (e.g. pop, punk, indie, reggae, soul, country, blues, folk, jazz, heavy metal, grunge and rap artists and bands) and will appeal to music fans internationally, as well as being the must-buy book for pub quiz fans. With almost 3,000 entries, it's a chance to discover why artists chose their names - and which ones shouldn't have. An informative and often humorous read, "the world's leading expert on music names" (BBC), Mark Beech, is guaranteed another best-seller.

Author : Margaret Eby
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781101561539

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Rock and Roll Baby Names by Margaret Eby Pdf

Everything an expectant music-lover needs to know about the lyrics, band trivia, and other rock-and-roll factoids linked to thousands of popular baby names. What do we know about Caroline? Neil Diamond says she's sweet and The Beach Boys say she prefers short hair when she's older. And what about guys named Victor? Prince and Blondie say Victor is possibly a saint, but also flees from the law. Offering the rock-and-roll definitions of these and dozens more popular names, the wildly popular Rock 'n' Roll Baby Name Dictionary post on Flavorwire drew over fifty thousand hits days after it was launched. Now its creator, pop-culture writer Margaret Eby, rolls out the complete encyclopedia, from Alison to Ziggy and everyone in between. Rock and Roll Baby Names lets every music-savvy parent discover a name's role in rock history. Each entry explains a classical definition and a definition of the name from song lyrics, along with fun "liner notes" about the featured song or band. Sidebars include Best Punk Rock Names for Boys and Weirdest Rock Star Children's Names, with quizzes such as Which Rebel Name Should You Give Your Girl? Every modern baby-from the Girl Next Door to the Rebels and Renegades-will find a legendary legacy in these pages.

Author : Adrian Room
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786457632

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Dictionary of Pseudonyms by Adrian Room Pdf

Substantially revised and enlarged, this new edition of the Dictionary of Pseudonyms includes more than 2,000 new entries, bringing the volume's total to approximately 13,000 assumed names, nicknames, stage names, and aliases. The introduction has been entirely rewritten, and many previous entries feature new accompanying details or quoted material. This volume also features a significantly greater number of cross-references than was included in previous editions. Arranged by pseudonym, the entries give the true name, vital dates, country of origin or settlement, and profession. Many entries also include the story behind the person's name change.

Author : Greg Metzer
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780786455317

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Rock Band Name Origins by Greg Metzer Pdf

This book details the origins of the names of 240 musical acts, focusing on the most popular groups (and a few individual performers) from the 1960s through today. Even casual music fans will recognize almost all of the acts discussed. A few one-hit wonders are included simply because their name is so unusual (Mungo Jerry, for example) that they warrant a place in the study. Each entry focuses on the meaning and/or origin of the act's name, what it had been called previously, and any other names that were considered and rejected during the naming process. Also included are facts and figures about the act's history and place in the rock music pantheon, the year the act was formed, the names of original members and later members of note and the act's best known hit. The book lists bands alphabetically to give the casual reader the opportunity to open it to any page and read at leisure, the historian the ability to easily pinpoint the subject of his or her research, or the die-hard rock fan the chance to learn from A to Z the name origins of the biggest acts in rock and pop music history.

Author : Mark Beech
Publisher : Robson Books Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Names
ISBN : 1861050593

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The A-Z of Names in Rock by Mark Beech Pdf

From A to Z, Abba and Adam Ant to the Zantees and ZZ Top, Mark Beech has interviewed thousands of stars from the music world to find the answer to one of the great questions in music: "Why are they called that?" Why did the Quarrymen become the Beatles? Were Oasis named after a cab company, a nightclub, a curry house or a song? Why did Nirvana move away from Skid Row? Which world-famous groups were originally called the Screaming Abdabs? The Miraculously Majestic Masters of the Universe? The High Numbers? It's all here, the bands who stumbled upon their names by chance, those who found their names through random stabs in a dictionary or mishearings, along with tales of the groups named after dinosaurs, dogs, dolls, and drugs... Sometimes controversial and often hilarious, The A-Z of Names in Rock provides a fascinating look behind some of the biggest names in the music industry, as well as revealing many of the names that were discarded by stars along the way.

Author : Simon Warner
Publisher : Blandford Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Music
ISBN : 0713724730

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Rockspeak! by Simon Warner Pdf

Lists rock influences and group names, offers indexes of names referred to in songs, stage names, and real names, and includes a dictionary of musical styles and terms

Author : Thomas Wright (M.A., F.S.A.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 998 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:B000444642

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The Royal Dictionary-cyclopaedia, for Universal Reference; Being a Complete Literary, Classical, Historical, Biographical, Geographical, Scientific, and Technological Expositor of the English Language ... by Thomas Wright (M.A., F.S.A.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Mittal Publications
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Comprehensive Dictionary of the World by Anonim Pdf

Author : A. P. Cowie
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 1017 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-04
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780191558078

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The Oxford History of English Lexicography by A. P. Cowie Pdf

These substantial volumes present the fullest account yet published of the lexicography of English from its origins in medieval glosses, through its rapid development in the eighteenth century, to a fully-established high-tech industry that is as reliant as ever on learning and scholarship. The history covers dictionaries of English and its national varieties, including American English, with numerous references to developments in Europe and elsewhere which have influenced the course of English lexicography. Part one of Volume I explores the early development of glosses and bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and examines their influence on lexicographical methods and ideas. Part two presents a systematic history of monolingual dictionaries of English and includes extensive chapters on Johnson, Webster and his successors in the USA, and the OED. It also contains descriptions of the development of dictionaries of national and regional varieties, and of Old and Middle English, and concludes with an account of the computerization of the OED. The specialized dictionaries described in Volume II include dictionaries of science, dialects, synonyms, etymology, pronunciation, slang and cant, quotations, phraseology, and personal and place names. This volume also includes an account of the inception and development of dictionaries developed for particular users, especially foreign learners of English. The Oxford History of English Lexicography unites scholarship with readability. It provides a unique and accessible reference for scholars and professional lexicographers and offers a series of fascinating encounters with the men and women involved over the centuries in the making of works of profound national and linguistic importance.

Author : P. Austin Nuttall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11642660

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Nuttall's Standard Dictionary of the English Language by P. Austin Nuttall Pdf

Author : Dean M. Boland
Publisher : Dowling Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Rock groups
ISBN : 0964645297

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Rock 'n Roll Call by Dean M. Boland Pdf

This definitive encyclopedia explores rock bands and how they got their names. Comprehensively covering everything from AC/DC to ZZ Top, the volume spans four decades of the rock 'n' roll name game. Illustrations.

Author : Dave Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Rock groups
ISBN : 9780974848358

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Rock Formations by Dave Wilson Pdf

ROCK FORMATIONS is a non-fiction title covering the origins of music group and artist stage names. The entries (of which there are more than 1,000) are grouped into categories with similar themes, for example, those names which were inspired by movies, those inspired by places, etc. There is a comprehensive index, and hypertext links to all entries within the e-book.

Author : Samuel Maunder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Animals
ISBN : OXFORD:590666181

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The Treasury of Natural History: Or, A Popular Dictionary of Animated Nature by Samuel Maunder Pdf