Product Description

Spotlighting the stars who have changed the course of pop music, this book details all artist's single and album chart positions in the UK and US, major music awards, notable concerts, tours and birth and death dates.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #605835 in Books
• Published on: 1999-11-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 952 pages

Customer Reviews

Generally excellent - rather bizarre choices though
Dense, factual and readable -- generally refrains from critical comment. A great companion to "Rock Family Trees", "The Great Rock Discography" and "The Rough Guide To Rock". Couple of minor mistakes don't devalue the book, but the choice of artists is a bit eclectic -- slightly too much recent chart fluff with no staying power in there for me, but then again there's PLENTY of space for it.

Fantastic Research Resource
I'm a TV Music Researcher for a Welsh magazine show and purchased this book as a research resource for a variety of items I'm working on at the moment. Not only did it help me with these items, but proved interesting, and informative. A good read for any music fan.

Wide ranging, certainly.
Any book of this type will get this criticism, but there are a number of artists who I can't understand why they were included, and just as any I'm amazed were omitted. Leave it to be controversial to the enthusiast, as otherwise it is excellent.