S51 Shapiro, Nat. Gale Research Co., c1974- . Each volume contains a section on how to use, an essay on popular music for the period in question, indexes of songs, albums, and performers, and a list of publishers. The first series covers 1920-69 in 6 volumes. Comprehensive and accurate.
Essays are interesting and informative.
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