Full name: The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made

Author: Dave Marsh Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780306809019 030680901X

In The Heart of Rock & Soul, veteran rock critic Dave Marsh offers a polemical guide to the 1,001 greatest rock and soul singles ever made, encompassing rock, metal, R&B, disco, folk, funk, punk, reggae, rap, soul, country, and any other music that has made a difference over the past fifty years. The illuminating essays—complete with music history, social commentary, and personal appraisals—double as a mini-history of popular music. Here you will find singles by artists as wide-ranging as Aretha Franklin, George Jones, Roy Orbison, the Sex Pistols, Madonna, Run-D.M.C., and Van Halen. Featuring a new preface that covers the hits—and misses—of the '90s, The Heart of Rock & Soul remains as provocative, passionate, and timeless as the music it praises. Similar books: Schubert's Winter Journey by Ian Bostridge Music Quickens Time by Daniel Barenboim The Dark Stuff by Nick Kent Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures by Chris Ott The Joy of Music by Leonard Bernstein Stranded by Greil Marcus The Death of Rhythm and Blues by Nelson George This is Uncool by Garry Mulholland Where Did Our Love Go? by Nelson George Hearing and Writing Music by Ron Gorow Music and Imagination by Aaron Copland 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die by Matthew Rye Give My Regards to Eighth Street by Morton Feldman Where Dead Voices Gather by Nick Tosches The Billboard Book of Number One Hits by Fred Bronson