Download or read book The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music written by Donald Clarke and published by London ; Markham, Ont. : Viking. This book was released on 1989 with total page 1416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive one-volume guide with nearly 3,000 entries that span the entire field of non-classical music of the 20th century, covering an array of artists from the early blues and ragtime to the golden age of Broadway musicals, the great swing bands of the 1930s, jazz, American country, English folk, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, soul, funk, punk, cabaret and African and Latin American music. Includes entries on performers, songwriters, musicians, producers and record labels, fully cross-referenced, with lists of albums and recommended further reading.