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St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture (Online)
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
"Examines the history and contributions of hip hop to American and global culture"--
Women Icons of Popular Music : The Rebels, Rockers, and Renegades by Havranek, Carrie
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9781573567831
Publication Date: 2009

Print Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture
Call Number: UND Music Library HFAC 170 Music Reference ; ML102.R6 C64 2006
Publication Date: 2006
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History by Lisa Scrivani-Tidd; Richard Skanse; Chris R. Smith; John Borgmeyer; Bob Gulla; MaryAnn Janosik; Rhonda Markowitz; Rob Patterson
Call Number: UND Music Library HFAC 170 Music Books and Scores (ML3534.G754 2006)
Publication Date: 2006
Social Dancing in America: A History and Reference by Ralph G. Giordano
Call Number: CFL Floor 4 Book Stacks ; GV1623 .G56 2007
Publication Date: 2007
American Bandstand, rock 'n' roll, disco all found in Vol. 2

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Beatles vs. Stones by John. McMillian
Call Number: CFL Floor 3 Book Stacks ; ML3534 .M306 2013
Publication Date: 2013-10-29
Explores the multifaceted relationship between the two greatest bands of our time--the lovable Beatles and the bad-boy Rolling Stones.
Climbing the Charts by Gabriel Rossman
Call Number: CFL Floor 3 Book Stacks (ML3918.P67 R67 2012)
Publication Date: 2012-07-22
Examines how songs rise, or fail to rise, up the radio airplay charts and explores its massive inequalities, debunks many popular misconceptions about radio stations' abilities to dictate hits, and shows how a song diffuses throughout the nation to become a massive success.
England's Dreaming, Revised Edition by Jon Savage (Introduction by)
Call Number: CFL Floor 3 Book Stacks (ML421.S47 S3 2002)
Publication Date: 2002-01-18
Fargo Rock City by Chuck Klosterman
Call Number: CFL Floor 3 Book Stacks (ML82 .C37 2004)
Publication Date: 2001-05-22
Girls Rock! by Mina Carson; Tisa Lewis; Susan M. Shaw
Call Number: CFL Floor 3 Book Stacks (ML82 .C37 2004)
Publication Date: 2004-07-23
The Great Rock Discography by Martin C. Strong
Call Number: CFL Floor 3 Oversize Books (ML156.4.R6 S8 1998)
Publication Date: 1998-10-20
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil; Gillian McCain
Call Number: CFL Floor 3 Book Stacks ; ML3534.M442 P55 2006
Publication Date: 2006-04-13
Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life by Steve Almond
Call Number: CFL Floor 3 Book Stacks ; ML3534.3 .A46 201
Publication Date: 2010-04-13
Rockin in Time by David P. Szatmary
Call Number: CFL Floor 3 Book Stacks (ML3534 .S94 2010)
Publication Date: 2009-06-24
Shake It up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis to Jay Z by Jonathan Lethem (Editor); Kevin Dettmar (Editor)
Call Number: CFL Floor 2 Popular Reading Collection (ML3534 .S458 2017 )
Publication Date: 2017-05-23
Turn, Turn, Turn by Richie Unterberge
Call Number: UND Music Library HFAC 170 Music Books and Scores ; ML3534 .U57 2002
Publication Date: 2002-07-01
Voice Over by William Barlow
Call Number: CFL Floor 3 Book Stacks (PN1991.8.A35 B37 1999)
Publication Date: 1998-12-18

DVDs

The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Call Number: CFL Floor 3-Room 320 - Videos: DVD, Blu-ray ; ML3534 .H57 2004 DVD
ISBN: 9780790794587
Publication Date: 2004
This ten episode documentary covers rock 'n' roll history from its humble beginnings in the '50s to Lollapalooza in the '90s.
Rock Prophecies
Call Number: CFL Floor 3-Room 320 - Videos: DVD, Blu-ray ; ML406 .R63 2010 DVD
Publication Date: 2010
Explores Robert Knight's amazing career and follows him on his quest to help the bands of today become the rock legends of tomorrow
Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music
Call Number: CFL Floor 3-Room 320 - Videos: DVD, Blu-ray ; ML38.B48 W66 2009 DVD
A Hard Day's Night
Call Number: CFL Floor 3-Room 320 - Videos: DVD, Blu-ray ; ML421.B4 H37 2014 DVD

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