Research Catalog

Title

The Encyclopedia of country music : the ultimate guide to the music / compiled by the staff of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum ; edited by Paul Kingsbury with the assistance of Laura Garrard, Daniel Cooper, and John Rumble.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Kingsbury, Paul.
• Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum (Nashville, Tenn.)

Description

xi, 634 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Summary

Nearly 1,300 complete and up-to-the-minute alphabetical entries put eight decades of country music at readers' fingertips, from the earliest '20s recordings of the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers to the '90s chart-topping albums of LeAnn Rimes and Garth Brooks. A field of 137 contributors provides a readable and reliable guide to the singers, songwriters, record companies, and industry movers and shakers who have made country music the increasingly popular - and profitable - juggernaut it is today.

Subject

• Country music > Encyclopedias

Bibliography (note)

• Discography: p. [609]-614.

Contents

• Foreword / Emmylou Harris -- The Entries, A-Z -- The Look of Country: The Colorful History of Country Music Costuming / Holly George-Warren -- The Folk and Popular Roots of Country Music / Norm Cohen -- The Gospel Truth: Christianity and Country Music / Bill C. Malone -- Extra! Read All About It!: The Literature of Country Music / Nolan Porterfield -- Country Music as Music / Bill Evans -- The Center of Music City: Nashville's Music Row / John Lomax III -- The Talking Machine: How Records Shaped Country Music / Colin Escott -- It All Begins with a Song: A Brief History of Country Songwriting / Walter Carter -- The South and Country Music / Bill C. Malone -- From Schoolhouses to Arenas: A History of Country Music Touring / Ronnie Pugh -- Country Music's All-Time Best-Selling Albums -- The ASCAP Most Performed Country Song of the Year Awards -- Country's Share of the U.S. Recorded Music Market -- Full-time Country Radio Stations in the U.S.A. --
• BMI's Most Performed Country Song of the Year Awards -- Grand Ole Opry Members and the Dates They Joined the Show's Cast -- Country Music Hall of Fame Members and Their Years of Election -- Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame -- Grammy Awards Related to Country Music -- Country Music Association (CMA) Awards -- Academy of Country Music Awards -- Music City News/TNN Awards.

ISBN

0195116712

LCCN

97051362

OCLC

ocm38106066

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries