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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, Michael McCall, and John W. Rumble ; with the assistance of Michael Gray and Jay Orr

Published
New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Description
xi, 626 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Additional Creators
Kingsbury, Paul, McCall, Michael, Rumble, John Woodruff, Gray, Michael, 1946-, Orr, Jay, and Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum (Nashville, Tenn.)

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: The Entries, A---Z -- Essay Articles -- 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 -- "The Fightin' Side of Me": The Politics of Country Music / Chris Willman -- Twenty Years of Change: Music's Digital Transformation / David M. Ross -- THE SOUND SEEN: COUNTRY ALBUM COVER ART -- Color section follows page -- APPENDICES -- Country Music's All-Time Best-Selling Albums -- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (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 United States -- 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 Members -- Grammy Awards Related to Country Music -- Country Music Association (CMA) Awards -- Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards -- International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards.
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ISBN
9780195395631
0195395638
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