Metallica: Back to the Front
by Matt Taylor | 
The Jazz Standards
by Ted Gioia | 
The Gold Bug Variations
by Richard Powers | 
The Loser
by Thomas Bernhard | 
On Playing the Flute
by Johann Joachim Quantz | 
Puccini Without Excuses
by William Berger | 
Young People's Concerts
by Leonard Bernstein | 
The Joy of Music
by Leonard Bernstein | 
Verdi With a Vengeance
by William Berger | 
Notations
by John Cage | 
Musicking
by Christopher Small | 
Meeting Jimmie Rodgers
by Barry Mazor | 
Audio Engineering 101
by Tim Dittmar | 
Hardcore California
by Peter Belsito | 
Rocking the Classics
by Edward Macan | 
The Mastery of Music
by Barry Green | 
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory
by Michael Miller | 
Miles Beyond
by Paul Tingen | 
Hearing and Writing Music
by Ron Gorow | 
Unwelcomed Songs
by Henry Rollins |
Before MTV and VH1 . . . before books with "Stories Behind the Songs" of popular recording artists, there were Fred Bronson's stories behind the top chart hits. Now in its 5th edition, The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits once again provides the inside scoop behind every song since 1955 known to reach the pinnacle of the legendary and most respected record chart in the world--Billboard's Hot 100.