Download or read book The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits 9th Edition written by Joel Whitburn and published by Billboard Books. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Reference Guide to America’s Most Popular Songs and Artists Spanning More than Fifty Years of Music Beginning with Bill Haley & His Comets’ seminal “Rock Around the Clock” all the way up to Lady Gaga and her glammed-out “Poker face,” this updated and unparalleled resource contains the most complete chart information on every artist and song to hit Billboard’s Top 40 pop singles chart all the way back to 1955. Inside, you’ll find all of the biggest-selling, most-played hits for the past six decades. Each alphabetized artist entry includes biographical info, the date their single reached the Top 40, the song’s highest position, and the number of weeks on the charts, as well as the original record label and catalog number. Other sections—such as “Record Holders,” “Top Artists by Decade,” and “#1 Singles 1955-2009”—make The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits the handiest and most indispensable music reference for record collectors, trivia enthusiasts, industry professionals and pop music fans alike. Did you know? • Beyoncé’s 2003 hit “Crazy in Love” spent 24 weeks in the Top 40 and eight of them in the #1 spot. • Billy Idol has had a total of nine Top 40 hits over his career, the last being “Cradle of Love” in 1990. • Of Madonna’s twelve #1 hits, her 1994 single “Take a Bow” held the spot the longest, for seven weeks—one week longer than her 1984 smash “Like a Virgin.” • Marvin Gaye’s song “Sexual Healing” spent 15 weeks at #3 in 1982, while the same song was #1 on the R&B chart for 10 weeks. • Male vocal group Boyz II Men had three of the biggest chart hits of all time during the 1990s. • The Grateful Dead finally enjoyed a Top 10 single in 1987 after 20 years of touring. • Janet Jackson has scored an impressive 39 Top 40 hits—one more than her megastar brother Michael!
Download or read book Piano Theory Workbook Book 1 Music Instruction written by Fred Kern and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Educational Piano Library). Spike, Party Cat and friends guide the student through fun and creative assignments that introduce the language of music and its symbols for sound, silence, and rhythm. Ear training and basic theory exercises help students learn to write and play the music they are learning as well as the music they create themselves. Correlates to Piano Lessons Book 1.
Download or read book The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits written by Joel Whitburn and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the information since the earliest Billboard charts were originally compiled in 1942 is gathered into this one essential reference on country music that has been updated and expanded to capture today's top recording artists and their biggest songs. Original.
Download or read book Billboard Top 1000 Hits of the Rock Era 1955 2005 written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). A colorful pictorial look at the top 1,000 hits of the past 50 years! Each and every hit of the rock era is shown in this beautiful book, in full color with complete Billboard chart data. Each entry includes the original 45 RPM picture sleeve, cassette single box, CD single insert, sheet music, and/or full-page Billboard ad along with: overall Top 1,000 rank, peak position, weeks at peak position, and the year it charted. The book also includes: an Artist Section listing all Top 1,000 titles by the artist's name; an A-to-Z Title Section listing all Top 1000 titles in alphabetical order; a Yearly Section listing the Top 40 hits, year by year from 1955-2005. Over 100 pages of color images pictorially represent every top hit of the rock era. An intriguing, one-of-a-kind book!
Download or read book Mr Hoffman s Popular Hits for Piano written by Joseph Hoffman and published by Hal Leonard. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Easy Piano Songbook). 17 easy arrangements of pop hits with instruction tips for each by popular YouTube instructor Mr. Hoffman. Each song also has a demo track and backing tracks online to help students hear how they should sound and then play along and sound like a pro! Ideal for beginning piano students who want to use their new-found skills to play popular music. Songs include: Can't Stop the Feeling * Fight Song * How Far I'll Go * The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) * Lean on Me * Let It Go * Linus and Lucy * Shake It Off * Star Wars (Main Theme) * We Will Rock You * and more.
Download or read book The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits 9th Edition written by Joel Whitburn and published by Billboard Books. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Reference Guide to America’s Most Popular Songs and Artists Spanning More than Fifty Years of Music Beginning with Bill Haley & His Comets’ seminal “Rock Around the Clock” all the way up to Lady Gaga and her glammed-out “Poker face,” this updated and unparalleled resource contains the most complete chart information on every artist and song to hit Billboard’s Top 40 pop singles chart all the way back to 1955. Inside, you’ll find all of the biggest-selling, most-played hits for the past six decades. Each alphabetized artist entry includes biographical info, the date their single reached the Top 40, the song’s highest position, and the number of weeks on the charts, as well as the original record label and catalog number. Other sections—such as “Record Holders,” “Top Artists by Decade,” and “#1 Singles 1955-2009”—make The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits the handiest and most indispensable music reference for record collectors, trivia enthusiasts, industry professionals and pop music fans alike. Did you know? • Beyoncé’s 2003 hit “Crazy in Love” spent 24 weeks in the Top 40 and eight of them in the #1 spot. • Billy Idol has had a total of nine Top 40 hits over his career, the last being “Cradle of Love” in 1990. • Of Madonna’s twelve #1 hits, her 1994 single “Take a Bow” held the spot the longest, for seven weeks—one week longer than her 1984 smash “Like a Virgin.” • Marvin Gaye’s song “Sexual Healing” spent 15 weeks at #3 in 1982, while the same song was #1 on the R&B chart for 10 weeks. • Male vocal group Boyz II Men had three of the biggest chart hits of all time during the 1990s. • The Grateful Dead finally enjoyed a Top 10 single in 1987 after 20 years of touring. • Janet Jackson has scored an impressive 39 Top 40 hits—one more than her megastar brother Michael!
Download or read book 33 1 3 Greatest Hits Volume 1 written by David Barker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-09-12 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writings in this book are extracted from volumes 1 through 20 of our 33 1/3 series - short books about individual albums. In here you'll find a wide variety of authors, albums, and approaches to writing about those albums. So sit back, put on your headphones, cue up your favourite songs, and let our writers transport you to a time when: Dusty Springfield headed south to Memphis to record a pop/soul classic; The Kinks almost fell to pieces, and managed to make their best album while doing so; Joy Division and their mad, brilliant producer created a debut record that still sounds painfully hip today; James Brown mesmerized a sell-out crowd at the Apollo, in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis; The Rolling Stones shacked up in the South of France and emerged with one of the best double-albums ever; The Ramones distilled punk rock into its purest, most enduring essence... 33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1: it's like a compilation album, without the filler.
Download or read book Switched on Pop written by Nate Sloan and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pop music surrounds us - in our cars, over supermarket speakers, even when we are laid out at the dentist - but how often do we really hear what's playing? Switched on Pop is the book based on the eponymous podcast that has been hailed by NPR, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and Entertainment Weekly for its witty and accessible analysis of Top 40 hits. Through close studies of sixteen modern classics, musicologist Nate Sloan and songwriter Charlie Harding shift pop from the background to the foreground, illuminating the essential musical concepts behind two decades of chart-topping songs. In 1939, Aaron Copland published What to Listen for in Music, the bestseller that made classical music approachable for generations of listeners. Eighty years later, Nate and Charlie update Copland's idea for a new audience and repertoire: 21st century pop, from Britney to Beyoncé, Outkast to Kendrick Lamar. Despite the importance of pop music in contemporary culture, most discourse only revolves around lyrics and celebrity. Switched on Pop gives readers the tools they need to interpret our modern soundtrack. Each chapter investigates a different song and artist, revealing musical insights such as how a single melodic motif follows Taylor Swift through every genre that she samples, André 3000 uses metric manipulation to get listeners to "shake it like a Polaroid picture," or Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee create harmonic ambiguity in "Despacito" that mirrors the patterns of global migration. Replete with engaging discussions and eye-catching illustrations, Switched on Pop brings to life the musical qualities that catapult songs into the pop pantheon. Readers will find themselves listening to familiar tracks in new waysand not just those from the Top 40. The timeless concepts that Nate and Charlie define can be applied to any musical style. From fanatics to skeptics, teenagers to octogenarians, non-musicians to professional composers, every music lover will discover something ear-opening in Switched on Pop.
Download or read book The Bible s Greatest Hits written by Henry G. Brinton and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-07-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creation story of Genesis to the new heaven and new earth of Revelation, The Bible’s Greatest Hits contains the top sixty-six passages in Holy Scripture. Presbyterian pastor and novelist Henry G. Brinton invites readers into discussion and debate as he reveals the significance of these passages and connects them to contemporary life. Some readers will disagree with Brinton’s selections, just as music fans dispute the choices on a greatest-hits album, but all will gain a new appreciation for the richness of scriptural insights found in the full range of biblical books, from the well-known to the obscure. Written for both private devotion and group discussion, The Bible’s Greatest Hits includes the best in biblical scholarship as well as practical connections to daily life, along with questions for reflection at the end of each chapter. The book gives Christian youths and adults an introduction to the major characters and stories of Holy Scripture, as it links their daily lives to the Bible’s most important moral and theological insights. Readers will gain the satisfaction of increased biblical literacy while being shaped by the most transformative passages from Genesis to Revelation in the course of their ongoing faith development.
Download or read book Hit Makers written by Derek Thompson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An Atlantic senior editor presents an investigation into the lucrative quality of popularity in the 21st century to share economic insights into what makes ideas, productions and products successful, "--NoveList.
Download or read book Really Easy Piano Pop Hits written by Wise Publications and published by Wise Publications. This book was released on 2004-08-29 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Really Easy Piano: Pop Hits contains twenty-two of the greatest songs by some of the biggest and brightest stars! These simplified arrangements are accompanied by background notes on the songs as well as handy playing hints and tips. Suitable for beginners of all ages, including grades 1-3, this book will make learning the hits as stress-free as possible, ensuring that you master every song with ease. Song List: - All This Time [Michelle] - Big Sur [The Thrills] - Changes [Kelly and Ozzy Osbourne] - Clocks [Coldplay] - Cry [Alex Parks] - Cry Me A River [Justin Timberlake] - Guilty [Blue] - Heaven [DJ Sammy] - Hey Whatever [Westlife] - Hurt [Johnny Cash] - If You're Not The One [Daniel Bedingfield] - Life For Rent [Dido] - Mad World [Gary Jules] - Maybe Tomorrow [Stereophonics] - Mysterious Girl [Peter Andre] - She Believes (In Me) [Ronan Keating] - Something Beautiful [Robbie Williams] - Somewhere Only We Know [Keane] - The Closest Thing To Crazy [Katie Melua] - The Long And Winding Road [Will Young and Gareth Gates] - The Voice Within [Christina Aguilera] - With A Little Help From My Friends [Sam & Mark]
Download or read book The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits 1955 to Present written by Joel Whitburn and published by Billboard Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A descriptive list of top 40 hits with information on the performers, the names of their hits, number of weeks on the charts, and accompanying record labels.
Download or read book The Good War s Greatest Hits written by Philip D. Beidler and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The glow of 1945 persists as a kind of beacon for American society, symbolic of an era when good and evil were easily defined. This image is at the center of Philip D. Beidler's entertaining look at the way World War II reshaped American popular culture. The legend of the "Good War" was fostered by wartime propaganda and reinforced in the aftermath of victory through books, the news media, movies, songs, and television. Beidler captures the aura of the times as he chronicles the production histories of more than a dozen projects with wartime themes, examining how books and plays evolved into films, how stars were considered and selected, technical problems and personality conflicts during production, and the public's reactions. From the upbeat tempo of the musical South Pacific to the weary disillusionment of The Best Years of Our Lives, from the patriotic nostalgia of Life's Picture History of World War II to the moral ambiguity of From Here to Eternity, a powerful mythology of the war developed. As a consequence, the line between fact and fiction has blurred for the war generation and its inheritors, and Hollywood's version of the Good War has become enshrined as historical fact in the nation's collective memory.
Download or read book Twentieth Century s Greatest Hits written by Paul Williams and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rates the best of the twentieth century's art and pop culture, while accompanying essays provide commentary on the way art and performance influences the public and modern world.
Download or read book Mickey Mantle s Greatest Hits written by David S. Nuttall and published by SP Books. This book was released on 1998-03 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes you back to majestic Yankee Stadium and other classic ball parks of the fifties and sixties. Coming to the plate, amid rising anticipation in the hearts of thousands of fans, is the handsome "kid from Oklahoma".
Download or read book Alfred s Basic Piano Course Top Hits Duet Book 1B written by E. L. Lancaster and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The motivation this music provides is outstanding! Playing duets is important to the musical growth of young pianists. And with Alfred's Top Hits Duet Books, students get twice as many benefits. In addition to learning how to develop steady rhythm, listen for proper balance, and play with appropriate dynamics, students will also receive the enjoyment of playing specially arranged duets of pop music. These duet collections are correlated page-by-page with lesson Books 1B, 2, 3 and 4 of Alfred's Basic Piano Library one of the best-selling piano methods in the world (it's translated into 13 languages). All four duet books feature the best-known popular songs from films, Broadway musicals and best-selling CDs. The arrangers selected for this series include Alfred's best-known composers including Dennis Alexander, Tom Gerou, Margaret Goldston, Martha Mier, Catherine Rollin and George Peter Tingley.
Download or read book Alfred s Basic Piano Course Top Hits Duet Book 4 written by E. L. Lancaster and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The motivation this music provides is outstanding! Playing duets is important to the musical growth of young pianists. And with Alfred's Top Hits Duet Books, students get twice as many benefits. In addition to learning how to develop steady rhythm, listen for proper balance, and play with appropriate dynamics, students will also receive the enjoyment of playing specially arranged duets of pop music. These new duet collections are correlated page-by-page with lesson Books 1B, 2, 3 and 4 of Alfred's Basic Piano Library one of the best-selling piano methods in the world (it's translated into 13 languages). All four duet books feature the best-known popular songs from films, Broadway musicals and best-selling CDs. The arrangers selected for this series include Alfred's best-known composers including Dennis Alexander, Tom Gerou, Margaret Goldston, Martha Mier, Catherine Rollin and George Peter Tingley.
