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Lura Sanborn April 5th, 2011

The Disney Song Encyclopedia by Thomas S. Hischak and Mark A. Robinso, Scarecrow, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 780.92 D63S

An alphabetical list of Disney songs, from 1930 to the present day.  Each song is briefly described and placed in it’s Disney context.  Examples include:

• Amigas Cheetahs
• Cherry Tree Lane
• Gummi Bears Theme
• The Mickey Mouse Club March
• Madagascar
• 1-2-Cha-Cha-Cha
• Woody’s Roundup

Helpful for:  Fine Arts, Music,  Humanities, Popular Culture

Tags: American History, Disney, Fine Arts, Humanities, Music, New Reference Book, popular culture, reference, Research

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Lura Sanborn November 2nd, 2010

Musicians & Composers of the 20th Century, edited by Alfred W. Cramer,  Salem, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 780.92 C84M

A five volume set, being a biographical catalog of international (yet mostly Western) musicians.  Most entries are between three and five pages in length.

Examples include: Mary J. Blige, John Dever, Luciano Pavarotti, Salt and Pepa, Tammy Wynette

Helpful for: Music, Humanities, Humanities V Paper, Pop Culture

Tags: biography, Fine Arts, Humanities, Humanities V, Music, New Reference Book, Pop Culture, reference, Research

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Lura Sanborn November 5th, 2009

Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian

On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio by John Dunning, Oxford U. Press, 1998.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 791.44 D920

Over 1,500 entries focus on radio programs and personalities from American radio during the 1920’s – 1960’s.
Examples include: A&P Gypsies, The Bing Crosby Show, Earplay and This is Your Life.

Click HERE to listen to some new-time radio on the SPS radio station: WSPS, 90.5 FM.

Helpful for: Humanities IV, Music, Radio Enthusiasts, WSPS

Photo credit:

French, Herbert E. Atwater Kent, Standing By Radio, and Seven Other People
Listening to the Radio. Between 1920 and 1930. Prints and Photographs Div.,
Lib. of Congress, Washington, D.C. America’s Library. Web. 11 Aug. 2009.
<http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/jazz/jb_jazz_radio_3_e.html>.

Tags: History, Humanities, Humanities IV, Music, New Reference Book, Radio, reference, Research, WSPS

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