Volumes 3 and 4 of the The Encyclopedia of More Great Popular Song Recordings provides the stories behind approximately 1,700 more of the greatest song recordings in the history of the music industry, from 1890 to today. In this masterful survey, all genres of popular music are …
Despite the subtitle, the "dirty lyrics" are not included here, but Marsh does examine the song and its origins and variations from its beginnings as a Jamaican sea chanty to its effect on J. Edgar Hoover.
Dave Marsh is also the author of 'Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s' and 'Before I get Old: The Story of the Who'.
