Music and Sounds

Popular Music and Charts

All Music
Search this vast music resource by artist, album, song, style or label. Definitions, key artists and their songs given for each style: rock, country, jazz, world, reggae, gospel, new age......
http://www.allmusic.com

Bigmouth
A-Z list of web sites for UK artists and details of UK tours and festivals.
http://www.bigmouth.co.uk

LaunchMusic
Weekly updates of the single and album charts and news and reviews.
http://uk.launch.yahoo.com

Music Web Encyclopaedia of Popular Music
A web version of Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Entries for performers, songwriters, producers and record labels and for types of music such as minstrelsy, ragtime, jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, country music and rock'n'roll
http://www.musicweb.uk.net/ encyclopaedia/ index.htm

Songfile
Find songs by artist, album or title.
http://www.songfile.com/

The Official UK Charts Company
The official top 40 and top 100 charts, statistics and facts and also, provided by a fan, chart history from 1956
http://www.theofficialcharts.com/

The Rise and Fall of Popular Music
Online version of a book 'The rise and fall of popular music' by Donald Clarke, on the MusicWeb International site
http://www.musicweb.uk.net/ RiseandFall/ index.htm

The Ultimate Band List
A vast site covering bands, record labels, new releases, on-line events and links to other sites.
http://ubl.artistdirect.com/

This Day in Music
What happened when, in the world of popular music: music awards, best of lists, chart facts and an A-Z list of artists. Nostalgia...
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com

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Page last updated: 2 December 2008