1. Facts Behind the Songs : A Handbook of American Popular Music from the Nineties to the 90's
by Marvin E. Paymer 
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2. Facts Behind the Songs : A Handbook of American Popular Music from the Nineties to the 90's
by Marvin E. Paymer 
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3. Facts Behind the Songs : A Handbook of American Popular Music from the Nineties to the 90's
by Marvin E. Paymer 
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4. Facts Behind the Songs : A Handbook of American Popular Music from the Nineties to the 90's
by Paymer, Marvin E. (editor) 
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Description: ISBN10: 0824052404, ISBN13: 9780824052409, [publisher: Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London] Hardcover First Edition New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1993. Fine condition. Bright, clean, tight, and unmarked. Fresh and crisp. Sharp corners. Very large, heavy book - extra shipping at cost, may be required. Original two-tone cloth (brown spine / red sides). 8.5" wide by 11" tall. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 35 photos of composers, singers, and reproductions of old sheet music covers. Part I of this HANDBOOK consists of 324 articles by various expert contributors. The essays are arranged into eight sections: 1) origin (Broadway, classical, film music, Harlem, etc.); 2) foreign influence (Africa, Canada, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Germany, etc.); 3) domestic influence (bebop, bluegrass, blues, country/western, folksong, Motown, ragtime, rockabilly, zydeco, etc.); 4) dissemination (Academy awards, ASCAP, Big Bands, cabaret, crossover, player piano, Top Forty, Your Hit Parade); 5) historical survey (depression years, gay nineties, golden age, roaring twenties, WWI, WWII, etc); 6) genre (bolero, boogie-woogie, bossa nova, calypso, doo-wop, funk, heavy metal, march, merengue, novelty song, protest song, Reggae, rock, samba, shoe tune, tango, etc), 7) song subject (age, beauty, humor, love, money, etc.), 8) style of music and lyrics (rhythm, harmony, improvisation, pickup, scat singing, slang, syncopation, vamp, waltz, etc). Part II gives info on 4,400 songs mentioned elsewhere in the volume, with details as to year of publication, composer, lyricist, type of song, etc. There are 15 tables, including ACADEMY AWARDS FOR BEST SONG; BMI AWARDS; CITIES IN SONG; GRAMMY AWARDS; SONGS INTRODUCED IN MUSICAL COMEDIES [and PLAYS; and OPERETTAS]; SONGS INTRODUCED IN REVUES; MAINSTREAM SINGERS AND THEIR SIGNATURE SONGS; etc. Extensive cross-references. Bibliographies. Finally there is a comprehensive Index of performers, composers, lyricists, songs, and entries. From the Preface: "FACTS BEHIND THE SONGS: A HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC FROM THE NINETIES TO THE 90'S is intended as an encyclopedic overview of a fascinating, if often neglected, body of work, twentieth-century popular song." Note on copyright page: "Printed on acid-free, 250-year-life paper." . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Publisher's cloth/No dust jacket. xxiii, 565pp. [Henderson, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]  

5. Facts Behind the Songs : A Handbook of American Popular Music from the Nineties to the 90's
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7. Facts Behind the Songs : A Handbook of American Popular Music from the Nineties to the 90's
by Paymer Marvin E. editor 
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Description: New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., Date: 1993. Fine condition. Bright, clean, tight, and unmarked. Fresh and crisp. Sharp corners. Very large, heavy book - extra shipping at cost, may be required. Original two-tone cloth (brown spine / red sides). 8.5" wide by 11" tall. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 35 photos of composers, singers, and reproductions of old sheet music covers. Part I of this HANDBOOK consists of 324 articles by various expert contributors. The essays are arranged into eight sections: 1) origin (Broadway, classical, film music, Harlem, etc.); 2) foreign influence (Africa, Canada, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Germany, etc.); 3) domestic influence (bebop, bluegrass, blues, country/western, folksong, Motown, ragtime, rockabilly, zydeco, etc.); 4) dissemination (Academy awards, ASCAP, Big Bands, cabaret, crossover, player piano, Top Forty, Your Hit Parade); 5) historical survey (depression years, gay nineties, golden age, roaring twenties, WWI, WWII, etc); 6) genre (bolero, boogie-woogie, bossa nova, calypso, doo-wop, funk, heavy metal, march, merengue, novelty song, protest song, Reggae, rock, samba, shoe tune, tango, etc), 7) song subject (age, beauty, humor, love, money, etc.), 8) style of music and lyrics (rhythm, harmony, improvisation, pickup, scat singing, slang, syncopation, vamp, waltz, etc). Part II gives info on 4,400 songs mentioned elsewhere in the volume, with details as to year of publication, composer, lyricist, type of song, etc. There are 15 tables, including ACADEMY AWARDS FOR BEST SONG; BMI AWARDS; CITIES IN SONG; GRAMMY AWARDS; SONGS INTRODUCED IN MUSICAL COMEDIES [and PLAYS; and OPERETTAS]; SONGS INTRODUCED IN REVUES; MAINSTREAM SINGERS AND THEIR SIGNATURE SONGS; etc. Extensive cross-references. Bibliographies. Finally there is a comprehensive Index of performers, composers, lyricists, songs, and entries. From the Preface: "FACTS BEHIND THE SONGS: A HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC FROM THE NINETIES TO THE 90'S is intended as an encyclopedic overview of a fascinating, if often neglected, body of work, twentieth-century popular song." Note on copyright page: "Printed on acid-free, 250-year-life paper." . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Publisher's cloth/No dust jacket. xxiii, 565pp. 1993. Garland Publishing, Inc. ISBN 0824052404 9780824052409 [US] 

8. Facts Behind the Songs
by Paymer 
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9. Facts Behind the Songs: A Handbook of American Popular Music from the Nineties to the '90s (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
by Marvin E. Paymer 
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10. Facts Behind the Songs: A Handbook of American Popular Music from the Nineties to the '90s (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
by Marvin E. Paymer 
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11. Facts Behind the Songs: A Handbook of American Popular Music from the Nineties to the '90s (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
by Marvin E. Paymer 
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12. Facts Behind the Songs: A Handbook of American Popular Music from the Nineties to the '90s (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
by Marvin E. Paymer 
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13. Facts Behind the Songs: A Handbook of American Popular Music from the Nineties to the '90s (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
by Marvin E. Paymer 
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by Marvin E. Paymer 
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by Marvin E. Paymer 
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16. Facts Behind the Songs: a Handbook of American Popular Music From the Nineties to the '90s (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
by Paymer, Marvin E (Editor) 
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by Marvin E. Paymer 
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18. Facts Behind the Songs
by Paymer 
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19. Facts Behind the Songs
by Paymer 
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