Defining Moments in Music: The Greatest Artists, Albums, Songs, Performances and Events that Rocked the Music World

by Sean Egan (Editor)

From breakthroughs in recording technology to a song’s political repercussions, this electrifying collection will have music fans debating for years.  Edited by Sean Egan, a writer for such major magazines as Billboard and Goldmine , this decade-by-decade review covers events, people, performances, and every imaginable classical, opera, country, folk, rock, spirituals, blues, jazz, and stage musicals.  A superb selection of critics weighs in on key albums, singles, and songs, along with biographies and commentary on the impact of major artists. Celebrate the riots that greeted the first performance of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, the spectacular explosion of punk, the creation of the moog synthesizer, the untimely death of icons, and the first breakdance.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

800 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2007

About the author

A freelance journalist, author and editor who writes about arts and entertainment (music, film, TV, comics and literature), social history (20th and 21st centuries) and sport (soccer and tennis history).

Reviews

[Susan B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a (small) coffee table book, but before you write it off let me say that it is packed with interesting information about key songs, events, inventions, performances, albums etc that pertain to the development of pop music in the 20th century. I started casually flipping through it for ideas for my women, gender and rock course and soon found that I couldn't put it down, despite the fact that it's more encyclopedic than narrative in form. It would make a great gift for any music lovers that you may have on your holiday list.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun read, filled with trivia! Did you know that the song "Nothing Would Be Finer Than to Be in Carolina in the Morning" wasn't written about the STATE?!