This Book provides a very useful collection of information for those interested or researching the field of county, western and gospel music. It has two main sections: 1) A history of country and gospel music provided by a series of high quality articles from various magazines and other publications, covering the period from roughly 1904 to 1960. It also provides information on the major country music related radio shows starting from 1924. Part 2) of the book provides an Encyclopedic list of county music artists, composers, their music and songs plus biographical information.
A History & Encyclopedia Of Country, Western, & Gospel Music, Contents index. Note: deduct 100 from the numbers shown to get the original page number from the book.