A Century of American Popular MusicFirst Published in 2002. A Century of American Popular Music is an annotated index to over 2,000 of the most popular, best remembered, historically important and otherwise influential and interesting popular music, from the landmark publication of Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag to the latest rap hit. It provides information all in one place that is available no where else: song title, composer, lyricist, publisher, date of copyright and genre. The annotations include, where possible, a discussion of the history of the song, how it was written, who popularized it, notable recordings with their original issue numbers, as well as covers and other versions that helped keep the song in public attention. Also included are indices by composer, publisher and year of publication. |
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20th Century Fox Academy Award Academy Award winner Al Jolson Bernstein-New York Best Song Billy Murray Bing Crosby biopic BLUES Broadway Brunswick charted for eleven charted for fifteen charted for fourteen charted for thirteen charted for twelve dance DeSylva eleven weeks favorite fifteen weeks fourteen weeks Fred George Gershwin Gus Kahn Harry hit Columbia hit recording Columbia hit recording Victor hit that charted hit Victor Introduced in vaudeville Irving Berlin Irving Berlin-New York Isham Jones Jack jazz bands Jerome H Jerome Kern Johnny Jolson Leo Feist-New York LOVE number 1 hit number 12 Okeh Orchestra Brunswick Orchestra Victor Paramount Paul Whiteman piano roll reached number Remick-New York revived sang seventeen weeks sheet music Sons-New York T. B. Harms-New York theme song thirteen weeks twelve weeks vaudeville Vocalion Warner Bros weeks and sold weeks charted weeks Columbia weeks Decca weeks Victor winner for Best Witmark and Sons-New