The Oxford companion to music
Percy A. Scholes
Includes over 3,000 alphabetically arranged definitions of music terms, examples of music, and biographical sketches of famous composers and musicians.
Read Time: ~9.8 hr
American singing groups
by Jay Warner (2006)
About this book
American Singing Groups is the definitive history of pop vocal groups, encompassing the doo-wop of Dion & the Belmonts; the Motowns hits of the Supremes; the surf sound of the Beach Boys; country-rock of Crosby, Stills & Nash; and the slick pop sounds of N'SYNC.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreAmerican singing groups Lead Character
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