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1. A Century of American Popular Music

   By David A. Jasen

   A Century of American Popular Music is an annotated index to over 2,000 of the most popular, best remembered, historically important and otherwise influential and interesting popular music, from the landmark publication of Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" to the latest rap hit. It provides...

   To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. A Century of American Popular Music

   By David A. Jasen

   First published in 2002...

   To Be Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
3. Spreadin' Rhythm Around

   Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930

   By David A Jasen, Gene Jones

   Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930 is a classic work on a little-studied subject in American music history: the contribution of African-American songwriters to the world of popular song. Hailed by Publishers Weekly as "thoroughly researched and entertainingly written,"...

   Published September 29th 2005 by Routledge
4. Tin Pan Alley

   An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song

   By David A. Jasen

   For nearly a century, New York's famous "Tin Pan Alley" was the center of popular music publishing in this country. It was where songwriting became a profession, and songs were made-to-order for the biggest stars. Selling popular music to a mass audience from coast-to-coast involved the greatest...

   Published June 24th 2003 by Routledge
5. Black Bottom Stomp

   Eight Masters of Ragtime and Early Jazz

   By David A. Jasen, Gene Jones

   Black Bottom Stomp tells the compelling stories of the lives and times of nine seminal figures in American music history, including Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, and Jelly Roll Morton....

   Published September 20th 2001 by Routledge