Biographical Information (Music & Dance Resources)

Popular Musicians

  • Contemporary musicians: profiles of the people in music. 1989- Ref. ML197 C75 1989 Multi-volume set gives biographical articles, selected discographies and bibliographies for each artist or group.
  • Kinkle, The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz 1900-1950 1974. Ref. ML102 P66 K55. Volumes 2 and 3 are biographical dictionaries.
  • Lissauer's encyclopedia of popular music in America : 1888 to the present. Ref. ML128 P63 L57 1996
  • The Oxford Companion to Popular Music. 1991. Ref. ML102 P66 G35 1991
  • The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock, and Soul. 1989. Ref. ML102 P66 S72 1989
  • The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. 1983. Ref. ML102 R6 R64 2001
  • Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World 2003. Ref. ML102 P66 C66 2003
  • Encyclopedia of Popular Music 1998. Ref. ML102 P66 G84 1998
  • A Guide to Popular Music Reference Books 1995. Ref. ML128 P63 H34 1995
  • Popular Music Studies: a Select International Bibliography 1997. Ref. ML128 P63 P67 1997
  • Popular singers of the twentieth century : a bibliography of biographical materials, by Robert H. Cowden. 1999. Ref. ML128.S295 C72
  • Encyclopedia of popular music
  • Faber companion to 20th-century popular music

See also:

Musician Biographies

Musical Biographical Resources on the Web (Yale University)