Provides lists of hit songs by date with information on the artist, songwriter, producer, label, and offering interviews with popular artists.

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

"Morbid and illuminating" (Entertainment Weekly)—a young mortician goes behind the scenes of her curious profession. Armed with a degree in medieval history a

Before the notion of "political correctness" encroached on the ways people spoke, wrote, and conducted themselves in public and private, some of America's best

John Coltrane was a key figure in jazz, a pioneer in world music, and an intensely emotional force. This biography presents interviews with Coltrane, photos, ge