Music Miscellany Links

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Welcome to Music Miscellany Links
This page will link you with some interesting and unusual music sites, as well as music facts and shopping sites.

Browse the lists below, or click on
the jump links on the left.

**Record Charts**
UK Official Singles Chart	Fresh every Monday morning.
Printable Singles Chart	Printable Version of Above
UK Official Albums Chart	Fresh every Monday morning.
Hit 40 UK (Commercial Radio Chart)	Chart News, Interviews, Downloads etc.
Billboard US Charts	American music industry official charts.

**Music Shopping**
Amazon Music	UK branch of the internet bookshop - now selling CDs at low prices as well.
Audio Street	Wide range of music at competitive prices.
CD Now	Based in USA, the most famous internet music store. Huge music database.
CD Paradise	Owned by W H Smith, offers usual wide selection and good prices.
CD Wow!	UK company with some of the lowest prices around, and no delivery charge!
HMV	Online branch of the famous Oxford Street (and elsewhere) store. Huge selection.
Jazz FM	Jazz radio station with a good selection of jazz and related music.
Magpie Direct	Massive stock of music of all mainsteam genres, back to the 1930s and earlier!
Timewarp Records	Specialising in Jazz, Funk and Soul.

**Music Magazines & News On-line**
Addicted to Noise	Rock 'n' Roll Magazine with music news and articles to click and read.
DotMusic	News, interviews, CD reviews, etc from the official charts people.
New Musical Express	Legendary music mag on-line with news and articles. Database search facility.
Q Magazine	On-line version of the well-known music mag with searchable album reviews database.
Rolling Stone Magazine	On-line version of the world-famous music mag with news, reviews etc. Good for US news.

**Music Halls of Fame**
Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame	Info about the Hall and biographies of the inductees.
Country Music Hall of Fame	General info and lists of inductees.
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame	Information about country music and rock 'n' roll song writers.
Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame	All you need to know, and more about Rock-A-Billy stars, which cross over with Country and Rock 'n' Roll.
Georgia Music Hall of Fame	Celebrating the musical stars born or raised in Georgia, which includes legends like Little Richard, James Brown and Ray Charles.
Alabama Music Hall of Fame	Celebrating the musical stars born or raised in Alabama, such as Lionel Richie, Tammy Wynette and Sam Phillips (Sun Records).

**History**
Abbey Road Studios	History and info about the Beatles' etc recording studios.
British Beat Boom 1963-66	Biographies and discographies of all British mid-60s beat groups, with charts and other information.
Classic UK 45s	Interesting site celebrating 45s of the 50s and 60s, with biographies of selected stars.
Rock Obituary	Tributes to the rock 'n' roll stars who have left us for the great gig in the sky!
Sixties British Pop Culture	Fabulous site with tons of info about sixties music, tv, films and celebs.

**Lists & Listings**
Beatles' Covers	Comprehensive listing of all Beatles' songs and who has recorded them.
Number One British Hit Singles	Half A Century of UK Number One Hits (1950-the present day), with links to web sites featuring the artists, composers, producers mentioned in the listings (where found).
Song Title Collections	4 lists of titles - Weekdays, Months, Triplicates, Female Names and Nonsense. Great fun!

**Reference & Look-up**
Origins of Band Names	Want to know where those band names come from? Plenty here to read through.
Rock Mine Cyclopedia	Listing of artists & bands with biographies, photographs, links etc.
Ron Smith's Oldies Calendar	This week's anniversaries in Rock 'n' Roll History and more.
Songfile	A massive searchable database of songs, artists and albums.
Who Sang What Hit?	Find out who sang that song that's in your mind.

**Songs**
Charlie Harvey's "Unchained Melody"	The history of the song, lyrics, and lists of every known recording.

**Rock Festivals, Past & Present**
Virtual Festivals	News, information and ticket sales for all major rock festivals.
Glastonbury Festival	News and information about the legendary festival.
Woodstock 69	Fantastic nostalgia site about this grandfather of rock festivals.
Live Aid Concert Celebration	A chance to relive the excitement of the 1985 spectacular.

**Eurovision Song Contest**
The Eurovision Song Contest Database	Totally comprehensive site with everything there is to know about the legendary Contest.
BBC Eurovision Site	Plenty of news and "Ask Terry" list of questions and answers.
Euronet	Another fully comprehensive site with news and updates about the contest.

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"Music Miscellany Links" first compiled 1st July 1997.
Latest updates: April 2003
Please send any comments to:
Mike J Smith