The Green Book of Songs by Subject: The Thematic Guide to Popular Music

The Green Book of Songs by Subject: The Thematic Guide to Popular Music by Green, Jeff. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780939735105.

This reference categorizes some 35,000 popular songs spanning 100 years of music into 1,800 themes, such as advice, men, women, love, countries, animals, love, God, and the police. All genres of music are covered, including popular standards, contemporary hits, oldies, rock, country, R&B, rap, hip hop, jazz, reggae, new age, and even television themes, childrens songs, and advertising jingles. Each entry includes a brief discography. The book can be useful for radio and TV stations, ad agencies, film music supervisors, musicians, music librarians, researchers, and record collectors. This edition offers an improved index of subject keywords, concepts, and synonyms. Green is executive editor for the trade publication Radio & Records . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)