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Popular Music and Lyrics Resources: Web Resources

A guide to Library and Web resources on popular music and lyrics.

Timelines

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Timelines

Los Angeles Music Scene
Los Angeles Music Scene
San Francisco Music Scene
San Francisco Music Scene
Seattle Music Scene
Seattle Music Scene
Memphis Music Scene
Memphis Music Scene
Detroit Music Scene
Detroit Music Scene

Lists of Artists

Billboard List of Artists
Billboard Magazine List of Top 100 Artists
Rolling Stone - Top Artists, Bands, Musicians
Rolling Stone - Top Artists, Bands, Musicians

Lyrics

Selected Links

Sheet Music

American Music History

Archives of African American Music and Culture

Grateful Dead Archives

Honky Tonks, Hymns & Blues: American Music from Back Roads to Big City

Music Online: American Music

National Recording Registry (Library of Congress)

Performances and Lists

A.V. Club - Music

DJ Sessions - Here and Now (NPR)

Free Music Archive - Note Creative Commons license restrictions for some content

List of Online Music Databases includes music sites and Internet radio sources

Live Music Archive - Internet Archive

SoundCloud - Artists can upload their music and music lovers can listen to a variety of genres for free

Tiny Desk Concerts

WhoSampled - Search, hear, and compare samples and remixes of songs from thousands of artists