Contemporary musicians. Volume 2 [electronic resource] : profiles of the people in music / Michael L. LaBlanc, editor
- Published
- Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, [1990]
- Copyright Date
- ©1990
- Additional Creators
- LaBlanc, Michael L. and Gale Group
Access Online
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu , Available for CIC Penn State University via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access
- Series
- Contents
- Roy Acuff -- Bryan Adams -- Paul Anka -- Count Basie -- The Beatles -- Tony Bennett -- Bunny Berigan -- Leonard Bernstein -- Ruben Blades -- Laura Branigan -- James Brown -- Glen Campbell -- Rosanne Cash -- Toni Childs -- Dick Clark -- Phil Collins -- Ry Cooder -- Aaron Copland -- Elvis Costello -- Fats Domino -- Sheena Easton -- Duke Ellington -- Gloria Estefan -- The Everly Brothers -- John Fogerty -- Aretha Franklin -- Peter Gabriel -- Guns n' Roses -- Woody Guthrie -- Merle Haggard -- George Harrison -- Jimi Hendrix -- Julio Iglesias -- INXS -- Rick James -- Jean-Michel Jarre -- Billy Joel -- Quincy Jones -- The Judds -- Albert King -- Julian Lennon -- Jerry Lee Lewis -- David Lindley -- Los Lobos -- Loretta Lynn -- Yo-Yo Ma -- Barry Manilow -- Johnny Mathis -- John "Cougar" Mellencamp -- Pat Metheny -- Steve Miller -- Ronnie Milsap -- Joni Mitchell -- Rick Nelson -- Wayne Newton -- Stevie Nicks -- Ted Nugent -- Roy Orbison -- David Ott -- Buck Owens -- Robert Palmer -- Dolly Parton -- Les Paul -- Itzhak Perlman -- Pink Floyd -- Robert Plant -- Vernon Reid -- Lionel Richie -- Robbie Robertson -- Duke Robillard -- Linda Ronstadt -- Sade -- Rod Stewart -- Sting -- Liz Story -- Barbra Streisand -- Stryper -- James Taylor -- Kiri Te Kanawa -- U2 -- Luther Vandross -- Sarah Vaughan -- Dionne Warwick -- Doc Watson -- Andy Williams -- Steve Winwood -- Stevie Wonder -- Tammy Wynette -- Neil Young -- ZZ Top.
- Summary
- Provides comprehensive information on musicians and groups from around the world. Entries include a detailed biographical essay, selected discographies, contact information, and a list of sources.
- Subject(s)
- Acuff, Roy
- Adams, Bryan, 1959-
- Anka, Paul
- Basie, Count, 1904-1984
- Bennett, Tony, 1926-2023
- Berigan, Bunny, 1908-1942
- Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
- Blades, Rubén
- Branigan, Laura
- Brown, James, 1933-2006
- Campbell, Glen, 1936-2017
- Cash, Rosanne
- Childs, Toni
- Clark, Dick, 1929-2012
- Collins, Phil
- Cooder, Ry.
- Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990
- Costello, Elvis
- Domino, Fats, 1928-2017
- Easton, Sheena
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Estefan, Gloria
- Fogerty, John, 1945-
- Franklin, Aretha
- Gabriel, Peter, 1950-
- Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967
- Haggard, Merle
- Harrison, George, 1943-2001
- Hendrix, Jimi
- Iglesias, Julio, 1943-
- James, Rick, 1948-2004
- Jarre, Jean-Michel
- Joel, Billy
- Jones, Quincy, 1933-
- King, Albert, 1923-1992
- Lennon, Julian, 1963-
- Lewis, Jerry Lee
- Lindley, David, 1944-2023
- Lynn, Loretta
- Ma, Yo-Yo, 1955-
- Manilow, Barry
- Mathis, Johnny
- Mellencamp, John, 1951-
- Metheny, Pat
- Miller, Steve, 1943 October 5-
- Milsap, Ronnie
- Mitchell, Joni
- Nelson, Rick, 1940-1985
- Newton, Wayne
- Nicks, Stevie
- Nugent, Ted
- Orbison, Roy
- Ott, David
- Owens, Buck, 1929-2006
- Palmer, Robert, 1949-2003
- Parton, Dolly
- Paul, Les
- Perlman, Itzhak, 1945-
- Plant, Robert
- Reid, Vernon
- Richie, Lionel
- Robertson, Robbie
- Robillard, Duke
- Ronstadt, Linda
- Sade
- Stewart, Rod
- Sting (Musician)
- Story, Liz
- Streisand, Barbra
- Taylor, James, 1948-
- Te Kanawa, Kiri
- Vandross, Luther
- Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990
- Warwick, Dionne
- Watson, Doc
- Williams, Andy, 1927-2012
- Winwood, Steve, 1948-
- Wonder, Stevie
- Wynette, Tammy
- Young, Neil, 1945-
- Beatles
- Everly Brothers
- Guns n' Roses (Musical group)
- INXS (Musical group)
- Judds (Musical group)
- Lobos (Musical group)
- Pink Floyd (Musical group)
- Stryper (Musical group)
- U2 (Musical group)
- ZZ Top (Musical group)
- Musicians—Biography
- ISBN
- 9781414412856 (electronic book)
1414412851 (electronic book)
9780810322127
0810322129 - Note
- "ISSN 1044-2197."
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS. - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references, discographies and index.
- Reproduction Note
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi : Gale. Available via World Wide Web.
- Original Version
- Original: xi, 276 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Technical Details
- Mode of access: Internet.
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