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The influential rock musician Elvis Costello is recognized for the impressive breadth and scope of his music. His collaborations with such musicians as Tony Bennett and the Count Basie orchestra, however, attest to the many contradictions that define Elvis Costello, the punk rocker. This important guide to his music and career contains over 800 bibliographic citations and a complete discography of Costello's commercially released recordings. The discography, divided into two sections, separately details Costello's career as performer and composer. A brief biography traces his critically...

Exploring musical theater on film for fans of the genre, Listen to Movie Musicals! focuses on 50 must-hear movie musicals featured in the United States.

In this book, 50 movies featured for critical analysis include many of the best-known film musicals of the past and present, from The King and I to La La Land. The list also includes several important movie musicals that were popular successes that are not necessarily on the "best-of" lists in other books. This volume also includes a greater focus on the actual music of movie musicals than do most...

"Judgment Day" extrapolates today's politics into a fictional near future world.where Americans suffer the legacy of today's ill-conceived policies, including a lingering, expanded Middle Eastern war.

Washington power brokers believe that Glenn Markley-a wealthy but politically naive young businessman-can lead the country in a new direction. But the incumbent President draws on powerful allies to block this move.

Markley finds himself politically excised when he becomes the prime suspect in the...

"Judgment Day" extrapolates today's politics into a fictional near future world.where Americans suffer the legacy of today's ill-conceived policies, including a lingering, expanded Middle Eastern war.

Washington power brokers believe that Glenn Markley-a wealthy but politically naive young businessman-can lead the country in a new direction. But the incumbent President draws on powerful allies to block this move.

Markley finds himself politically excised when he becomes the prime suspect in the...

Musical floodgates were opened after the Beatles' first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on February 9, 1964. Suddenly, the U.S. record charts, radio, and television were overrun with British rock and pop musicians. Although this British Invasion was the first exposure many Americans had to popular music from the United Kingdom, British pop -- and more specifically British rock and roll -- had been developing since the middle of the 1950s. Author James Perone here chronicles the development of British rock, from the 1950s imitators of Elvis Presley and other American rockabilly...