Welcome to dbopm :: the database of popular music.
From the Great American Songbook to English music hall, French chanson, songs from the shows, film themes, operatic arias, folk, blues, pop charts - it's all likely to be represented here.
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dbopm :: the database of popular music.
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The Database of Popular Music is very helpful. We especially appreciate all the cross references and easy access to those references."
-- Marcia Jansen, Sheet Music Specialist, The Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative.
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Those who died during the last six months:
- Cissy Houston
- Martin Lee
- Kris Kristofferson
- Ken Howard
- J.D. Souther
- Frankie Beverly
- Caterina Valente
- Zoot Money
- Will Jennings
- Sérgio Mendes
- Herbie Flowers
- James Darren
- Phil Swern
- Fatman Scoop
- Maurice Williams
- John Mayall
- Evelyn Thomas
- Jerry Fuller
- Tomcraft
- Joe Egan
- Kinky Friedman
- Martin Mull
- Seth Binzer
- Françoise Hardy
- Françoise Hardy
- Mark James
- Rose-Marie
- Richard Sherman
- Doug Ingle
- Frank Ifield
- David Sanborn
- Duane Eddy
- Chan Romero
- Dickey Betts
Number of records per major database table
Table | Records |
---|---|
Songs | 154,465 |
Artists | 24,936 |
Song/Artist connections | 219,009 |
Songwriters | 12,588 |
Song/Songwriter connections | 139,109 |
Films | 4,930 |
StageShows | 3,546 |
Stage Productions | 4,643 |
Actors | 13,159 |
Film/Actor connections | 24,893 |
StageProduction/Actor connections | 18,005 |
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Martin Hall
- Born In Willenhall, Staffordshire, England in 1945.
- Uneducated at Willenhall Comprehensive School.
To be fair, Jim Dalton and Joyce Hissey made their mark. - Writer of "Do the Dance Now, Davey" recorded by Colin Scot and performed by him in folk clubs up and down the country.
- Author of "The Stan Cullis Blues" (Charisma Books, 1974).
- Lyricist for "Excuse Me" recorded by Peter Gabriel.
- Lyricist for "Starbright Park" recorded by Quantum Jump.
- Lyricist for "Redman" recorded by Capability Brown and Rare Bird.
- Lyricist for "The Man You Were" recorded by Shirley Horn, Ann Hampton Calloway and others.
- Lyricist for John Perry's "Seabird" album, which I still believe should have been titled "The Uncle Seabird Album."
- Writer or co-writer of many other songs recorded by a wide variety of artists.
- Librettist for "Letters to Lindbergh", a cantata composed by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett.
Recorded by NYCoS National Girls Choir on Signum Records SIGCD325. - Founder and sole developer of the database of popular music at www.dbopm.com.