Oh What a Feeling: The Next Generation - Hardcover

Melhuish, Martin

9781894997317: Oh What a Feeling: The Next Generation

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 189499731X ISBN 13: 9781894997317

Publisher: Fox Music Books, 2014

Canadian popular music has taken the world by storm during the past two generations with Justin Bieber, Avril Lavigne, Michael Buble, Diana Krall, Nickelback, and Drake following the trails blazed by such artist as Bryan Adams, Ceine Dion, Shania Twain and Alanis Morissette. This pedigree extends beyond Anne Murray, Gordon Lighfoot, Neil Young, Rush, The Band, and Joni Mitchell to such stars as Paul Anka, Hank Snow, Guy Lombardo, Sons of the Pioneers - back to the original King of Pop himself, Henry Burr, and so on to Alex Muir's composition of the Maple Leaf Forever, Canada's unofficial national anthem.

Oh What a Feeling is a lively chronicle of the Canadian popular music scene since 1684, featuring more than 5,000 fact-filled entries, 400 archival images, and scores of recording industry artifacts, as well as:

* Profiles of Canadian Music Hall of Fame Members

* Complete List of JUNO Award Winners

* Introductions to 10 of the hottest emerging artists

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About the Author:

Martin Melhuish is a Gemini award nominated book author and script writer. His previous books include biographies of Bachman Turnrer Overdrive and Supertramp, as well as Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey and Heart of Gold. His film credits include biopics of The Mamas and the Papas, the BeeGees, and Celtic Tides: Traditional Music in a New Age, broadcast of the Bravo, PBS, and television networks.

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