JAMES E. PERONE is Associate Professor of Music at Mount Union College. His previous bio-bibliographies include Howard Hanson (Greenwood, 1992) and Elvis Costello (Greenwood, 1998). He is also the author of a number of bibliographies including Musical Anthologies for Analytical Study (Greenwood, 1992), Orchestration Theory (Greenwood, 1996), Harmony Theory (Greenwood, 1997), and Form and Analysis Theory (Greenwood, 1998).

Series Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Background
2 Must-Hear Music
ABBA
Adele
"Ain't That a Shame": Bringing R&B to Pop
Louis Armstrong in the 1960s
"At Last": A Ballad for All Time
Back to Black
The Backstreet Boys
The Beatles
Beyoncé
Justin Bieber
"Blueberry Hill": From Glenn Miller to Fats Domino
Blue-Eyed Soul: The Righteous Brothers and Hall & Oates
Bubblegum Pop
Glen Campbell and Country Pop
Mariah Carey
The Carpenters
Petula Clark
"Crazy"
Céline Dion
The Fame
"Gangnam Style"
"Georgia (on My Mind)"
The "Girl Groups" of the 1950s and 1960s and Their Legacy
"Hallelujah"
"Happy Together"
"I Will Always Love You"
Instrumental Hits
Michael Jackson
Like a Virgin
"Love Me Tender" and Other Pop Hits of Elvis Presley
The Lovin' Spoonful: "Do You Believe in Magic" and Other Hits
"MacArthur Park"
"Mack the Knife"
Barry Manilow: "I Write the Songs" and Songs He Actually Did Write
Motown
"On Broadway": Brill Building Songs That Keep Coming Back
Overexposed Earworms: "Macarena," "Who Let the Dogs Out," and "I'm Too Sexy"
The Piano Men: Elton John and Billy Joel
Purple RainSaturday Night Fever
Britney Spears
Taylor Swift
Tapestry
James Taylor
Television and Pop Music
"Theme from New York, New York"
"There's a Kind of Hush" and Other British Invasion Ballads
"Up, Up and Away" and Other Hits of the 5th Dimension
"We Are the World"
Stevie Wonder
3 Impact on Popular Culture
4 Legacy
New Versions of Old Hits
Jukebox Musicals
Sampling Existing Pop Recordings
Persistent Music
"Madison Avenue" and Pop Music
Hollywood and the Use of Pop Songs
Continuing Celebrity Status
Bibliography
Index