file= WGPMS POPULAR Selected Sources for Miscellaneous Popular Music Compiled by Virginia S. Gifford and Marty Rosen Bender, Wolfgang. Sweet Mother. Chicago : University of Chicago, 1991. ML3502.5.B46 1991. This study of sub-Saharan music is perhaps less useful than it might be, owing to its lack of an index. Bergman, Billy. Goodtime Kings. Gretna, La. : Pelican, 1985. ML3502.5.B47 1985. A popular, but nevertheless useful, treatment of the region south of the Sahara (including important figures in "highlife," "afro-beat," "juju," and other styles). Indexed. Bergman, Billy. Hot Sauces : Latin and Caribbean pop. New York : Quill, 1985. ML3475.B47 1985. Latin and Caribbean pop. History, some biographies. Index. Birosik, Patti Jean. The New Age Music Guide : profiles and recordings of 500 top New Age musicians. New York : Collier Books, 1989. ML156.4.N48B57 1989. Biographies, unfortunately without dates, and lists of recordings. Black Music in Britain : essays on the Afro-Asian contribution to popular music. Milton Keynes [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1990. ML3492.B58 1990. Includes African, Afro-Caribbean, and South Asian (including Afro-Asian) music and performers. Index. Broven, John. South to Louisiana : the music of the Cajun bayous. Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub. Co., 1983. ML3477.B76 1983. Excellent coverage of artists and groups in all genres, all of whom have some (not always well-known) link to Louisiana. Names of artists and groups are thoroughly indexed and references link "noms du disque," assumed names, and real names. Clark, Evans. Brief Notes on Music in Eight Countries of Latin America. New York : S.n., 1941. ML199.C55. This is an important snapshot of the musical scene in eight nations (Brazil, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and El Salvador) compiled in 1941. Although it might be useful in very specialized collections (or very broad ones), the lack of an index could render it an inefficient tool. Collins, John. African Pop Roots : the inside rhythms of Africa. London ; New York : W. Foulsham, 1985. ML3502.5.C64 1985. Includes history, description of styles, and some biographies. Small index. Collins, John. Musicmakers of West Africa. Washington, D.C. : John Collins, 1985. ML3503.A358C6 1985. Artists, performers, and producers associated with huhu, highlife, and other styles from West Africa are presented. Corenthal, Michael G. The Illustrated History of Wisconsin Music 1840-1990 : 150 years of melodies and memories. Milwaukee, WI : Yesterdays Memories, 1991. Regional studies such as this are increasingly available and extremely useful. This one, however, is difficult to use efficiently, since it is not indexed. Dennison, Sam. Scandalize My Name. New York : Garland, 1982. ML3477.D46 1982. The focus in on "the black theme in American popular music" as reflected in song lyrics by writers of all hues from the colonial period through the 1960s. This work, then, would be particularly good for identifying lyricists--and would be even more useful were more biographical information furnished. The indexing, while not incompetent, hardly concedes anything to the complexities associated with the area. Eberly, Philip K. Music in the Air : America's changing tastes in popular music. New York : Hastings House, 1982. ML68.E23 1982. Although the orientation is broadcasting, there is useful information concerning favorite popular music. Indexes. Ewen, David. All the Years of American Popular Music. Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, 1977. ML3561.P6E95. An attempt to discuss the totality of American popular music in a single volume. Although the scope is broad, coverage is deep as well, and access through a thorough index is good. Ewen, David. Popular American Composers From Revolutionary Times to the Present. New York : H.W. Wilson, 1962. ML390.E845. A surprising number of those for whom brief biographical sketches are presented have managed to evade inclusion in, for instance, Baker's and the Amerigrove. 1st supplement. New York : H.W. Wilson, 1972. Ewens, Graeme. Africa O-ye! : a celebration of African music. New York, N.Y., USA : Da Capo Press, 1992. ML3502.5.E95 1992. History of african popular music, biographies, index. Lots of pictures. Geijerstam, Claes af, 1943- Popular Music in Mexico. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico, 1976. ML3570.G44. An investigation of the practitioners and creators of traditional, folk, and popular music in Mexico from the eighteenth century through the 1970s. The coverage extends through a wide range, encompassing both ranchera singers, marimba bands, and film composers. Indexed. Helander, Brock. Rock Who's Who : a biographical dictionary and critical discography including rhythm-and-blues, soul, rockabilly, folk, country, easy listening, punk, and new wave. New York : Schirmer Books ; London : Collier Macmillan, 1982. ML102.R6H5 1982. Dates, longer biographies, detailed information on albums and titles. Jancik, Wayne. The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders. New York : Billboard Books, 1990. Good for lesser-known performers who didn't really make it big. Biographies, dates, indexes. Not as thorough as some of the others, but useful for people not covered by anything else. Jasper, Tony. The International Encyclopedia of Hard Rock & Heavy Metal. New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, 1985. ML102.R6J37 1985. Biographies but no dates, includes singles and album titles. Kivnick, Helen Q. Where is the Way? : song and struggle in South Africa. New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1990. ML350.5.K6 1990. South African popular music. Consists of essays with some biographical and style information. Index. Levy, Lester S. Grace Notes in American History : popular sheet music from 1820 to 1900. Norman, Okla. : University of Oklahoma, 1967. ML2811.L5. A fine complement to Tawa's "Sweet songs" listed below. Very good coverage of a very problematic era. The index is enhanced by brief descriptions of the individual's significance. Manuel, Peter Lamarche. Popular Musics of the Non-Western World. New York : Oxford University, 1988. ML3470.M33 1988. Substantial coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Europe (including Portugal, Greece, Spain, and Yugoslavia), the non-Arab Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific Rim countries. Indexed. McGowan, Chris, and Ricardo Pessanha. The Brazilian Sound : samba, bossa nova, and the popular music of Brazil. New York : Billboard Books, 1991. ML3487.B7M4 1991. Good, up-to- date coverage of these important styles accompanied by a useful discography and index. Melhuish, Martin. Heart of Gold : 30 years of Canadian pop music. Toronto : CBC Enterprises, 1983. ML3484.M44 1983. Canadian music is moving south at an ever-increasing rate; many of the performing artists responsible for this are discussed here. Mellers, Wilfrid. Angels of the Night : popular female singers of our time. New York : B. Blackwell, 1986. ML400.M44 1986. Biographies of women of popular music. Nite, Norm N. Rock On : the illustrated encyclopedia of rock n' roll. New York : Harper & Row, 1982-1985. ML105.N49 1982. Dates, short biographies, no cross references. All volumes are necessary, since it's possible to find people in earlier volumes and not in later. Pearsall, Ronald. Victorian Popular Music. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, 1973. ML286.4.P4. In addition to the obvious manifestations of victoriana, this work also addresses Victorian ballet and opera, including composers, performers, and producers. Indexed. Pe~a, Manuel H., 1942- The Texas-Mexican Conjunto : history of a working-class music. Austin, TX : University of Texas, 1985. ML3481.P46 1985. A history of a popular accordion genre that emerged around 1930. Groups and persons are indexed. The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music / edited by Donald Clarke. London ; New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1990. ML102.P66P5 1990. Biographies of individuals and groups, with dates and places, title of singles and albums. Musical styles are defined, including types of popular, rock, country, jazz, rhythm and blues, and folk music. Perrone, Charles A. Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song. Austin, TX : University of Texas, 1989. ML3487.B7P5 1989. Traces the development of the very influential "musica popular brasileira." A glossary lists stylistic terms; performers and composers are indexed. Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll. New York, N.Y. : Rolling Stone Press/Summit Books, 1983. ML102.R6R64 1983. Longer biographies with dates and definitions of terms. Roxon, Lillian. Rock Encyclopedia. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1971. ML102.P66R7 1971. Biographies with dates, titles of singles and albums, and cross references. 1969? Shaw, Arnold. Black Popular Music in America : from the spirituals, minstrels, and ragtime to soul, disco, and hip- hop. New York : Schirmer Books, 1986. ML3556.S5 1986. Although the coverage is broad and ambitious, offering assistance in many difficult areas, one regrets the failure to cross-reference real names and assumed names in the index. Even so, a useful book. Slobin, Mark. Tenement Songs : the popular music of the Jewish immigrants. Chicago : University of Illinois, 1982. ML3776.S6 1982. Coverage of Jewish (and Yiddish) popular song and musical theater roughly covering the period between the 1870s and the second world war. Important performers, lyricists, and songwriters are mentioned and indexed. Smith, Gerald Stanton. Songs to Seven Strings : Russian guitar poetry and soviet "mass song." Bloomington, IN : Indiana University, 1984. PG3064.P76S6 1984. Although the "guitar poets" are the focus, the scope includes "the literary song as a whole in present-day Russia." Spaeth, Sigmund. A History of Popular Music in America. New York : Random House, 1948. ML2811.S7. A hefty volume tracing the history of popular style from the revolutionary period to the 1940s. Both famous and obscure figures are included, and a lengthy alphabetical list of songs arranged by year and title is impressive--but although the text itself is indexed, the list of songs is not. Stambler, Irwin. Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock & Soul. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1989. ML102.P66S8. Rev. ed. Biographies with dates, titles of singles and albums, and cross references from individuals to groups and vice versa. Tawa, Nicholas E. Sweet Songs for Gentle Americans : the parlor song in America, 1790-1860. Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green University, 1980. ML3477.T4. A rare scholarly treatment of the songs often found in our sheet music collections--an area of increasing interest that is difficult to bring under control. Thoroughly indexed. Tawa, Nicholas E. The Way to Tin Pan Alley. New York : Schirmer Books, 1990. ML3477.T42 1990. The focus is on popular music from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Tin Pan Alley period (1865-1890). Like Tawa's study of parlor music, this one furnishes access to an important, problematic repertoire. Although a substantial bibliography of songs is useful, it is regrettable that the index does not cover the bibliography. White, Mark, 1916- You Must Remember This-- : popular songwriters 1900-1980. New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1985. ML390.W378 1985. Biographies, limited to people whose works other people also performed. Indexes. Woods, Brenda, and Bill Woods. Louisville's Own : an illustrated encyclopedia of Louisville area recorded pop music from 1953 to 1983. ML107.L7W7 1983. Louisville, KY : B. Woods, 1983. An alphabetical list of performers with links to Louisville.