Finalists for the 1999 ARSC Awards for Excellence

These are the finalists for the 1999 ARSC Awards for Excellence. The blue-ribbon Awards Committee selected by the membership poured through scores of books, articles, and liner notes published in 1998. ARSC is pleased to recognize the outstanding research and discographic work done by the nominees.

Recorded General Popular Music -

• The Boswell Sisters and Connee Boswell, by Eric Woodward and Arthur Hobson (self-published, 1998)
• "Lotte Lenya: A Centenary Tribute," by Richard Weize, Rainer E. Lotz, et al., notes to Bear Family CDs (1998)
• More Than Words Can Say: The Ink Spots and Their Music, by Marv Goldberg (Scarecrow Press, 1998)
• The Music of Billy May: A Discography, compiled by Jack Mirtle (Greenwood Press, 1998)
• "Songs of the Depression: Boom, Bust and the New Deal", by Michael Brooks, notes to Bear Family CDs (1998)

Recorded Classical Music -

• "Budapest String Quartet", discography by Phil Hart in the ARSC Journal: Part 1 1924-1940, in vol. 28/2 (1997), Part 2 1941-1954, in vol.29/1 (1998), Part 3 1955-1966, in vol. 29/2 (1998)
• Discography by William R. Moran in My Golden Age of Singing, by Frieda Hempel (Amadeus Press, 1998)
• Discography by Eric Wen in Fritz Kreisler: Love's Sorrow, Love's Joy, by Amy Biancolli (Amadeus Press, 1998)

Recorded Rock, Rhythm & Blues, or Soul -

• California Soul: Music of African Americans in the West, edited by Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje & Eddie S. Meadows (University of California Press, 1998)
• The Deadhead's Taping Compendium, Vol. 1: 1959-1974, by Michael M. Getz and John R. Dwork (Henry Holt and Company, 1998)
• Elvis Costello: A Bio-Bibliography, by James E. Perone (Greenwood Press, 1998)
• Elvis Presley: A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions, by Ernst Jorgensen (St. Martin's Press, 1998)
• Glam! Bowie, Bolan and the Glitter Rock Revolution, by Barney Hoskyns (Faber and Faber, 1998)
• Jazz-Rock: A History, by Stuart Nicholson (Schirmer Books, 1998)
• Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness, and Race Relations, by Brian Ward (University of California Press, 1998)

Recorded Jazz, Blues, or Gospel -

• The Dial Recordings of Charlie Parker: A Discography, compiled by Edward Komara (Greenwood Press, 1998)
• Dixonia: A Bio-Discography of Bill Dixon, compiled by Ben Young (Greenwood Press, 1998)
• John Coltrane: His Life and Music, by Lewis Porter (University of Michigan Press, 1998)
• Serge Chaloff: A Musical Biography and Discography, by Vladimir Simosko (Scarecrow Press, 1998)

Recorded Country Music -

• The Complete Hank Williams: The Stories, by Daniel Cooper Colin Escott (The Country Music Foundation Press, 1998)
• The Encyclopedia of Country Music, edited by Paul Kingsbury (Oxford University Press, 1998)
• Reading Country Music, edited by Cecelia Tichi (Duke University Press, 1998)
• "Sons of the Pioneers, Songs of the Prairie, and Roy Rogers by Laurence Zwisohn", notes to Bear Family CDs (1998)
• The View From Nashville, by Ralph Emery (William Morrow, 1998)
• "Willie Nelson: Nashville Was the Roughest," by Rich Kienzle, notes to Bear Family CDs (1998)

Recorded Folk or Ethnic Music -

• Music of Hindu Trinidad, by Helen Myers (University of Chicago Press, 1998)

General History of Recordings -

• Gramophone: The First 75 Years, by Anthony Pollard (Gramophone, 1998)
• An International History of the Recording Industry, by Pekka Gronow & Ilpo Saunio (Cassell, 1998)

Spoken Word Recordings -

• Baseball on Record, by Michael Corenthal (Yesterday's Memories, 1998)
• Raised on Radio: In Quest of the Lone Ranger, Jack Benny, Amos 'n' Andy, The Shadow, Mary Noble, the Great Gildersleeve, Fibber McGee and Molly, Bill Stern, Our Miss Brooks, Henry Aldrich, the Quiz Kids, Mr. First Nighter, Fred Allen, Vic and Sade, Jack Armstrong, Arthur Godfrey, Bob and Ray, the Barbour Family, Henry Morgan, Our Gal Sunday, Joe Friday and Other Lost Heroes From Radio's Heyday, by Gerald Nachman (Pantheon Books, 1998)

Record labels or Manufacturers -

• "The Lin & Kliff Story", by Kevin Coffey, notes to Bear Family CDs (1998)
• Making People's Music: Moe Asch and Folkways Records, by Peter D. Goldsmith (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998)
• The Story of Chess Records, by John Collis (Bloomsbury Pub. Plc., 1998)
• Sun Records: An Oral History, ed. by John Floyd, Dave Marsh, and John Marsh (Avon Books, 1998)

The winners were announced during the closing dinner of the Annual ARSC Conference, 22 May 1999, in Madison, Wisconsin. They appear at the beginning of the web page listing all ARSC award-winners.