Bookmarks

This is a list of sources that can be very handy.

• Composers
• Discographies
  • General
  • Per artist
• Musicals and soundtracks
• Other cover related sites
• Market Places
• Varia

Composers

These sites are useful when searching for credits.

• Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI)
• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
• Harry Fox Agency (HFA)
• Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA)
• Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)
• Society of European Stage Authors & Composers (SESAC)
• Electrical and Musical Industries (EMI)
• McCartney Productions (MPL)
• Warner Chappell (WC)
• Carlin America (CA)
• Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA)
• Société Civile des Producteurs Phonographiques (SCPP)
• Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG)
• Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM)
• Les auteurs et compositeurs de la chanson française
• Associação Brasileira de Música e Artes (ABRAMUS)
• Dutch music copyright catalogue (BUMA/STEMRA)

Discographies

General

• Both Sides Now Publications
• 78rpm Discographical Project
• AMG - Watch out with older mediums: the information is often based on rereleases and tracklistings are therefore more extensive than the original ones. The year of release and the credits are also inaccurate. Information on more recent music is more accurate though.
• Discogs
• Country Music
• Rockin' Country Style
• Jazz Discography Project
• JazzDiscography - with many vocalists including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald
• Encyclopedia Metallum - Metal
• Roots Archives - Reggae
• Bibliothèque et archives nationales Québeq
• Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
• Encyclopédisque
• PopMusicInfo - Database of records from the 60s with track listings, catalogue numbers, release dates and sometimes authors.
• IrishMusicDB - "The Ultimate Irish Music Webpage".
• The Balladeers - A site about 60's Irish folk music.
• Wang Dang Dula! - An useful source for 50's and 60's Rock'n'Roll and Rhythm and Blues.
• Muziekarchief
• Red Hot Jazz Archive - "A History of Jazz Before 1930"
• Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana - Work in progress
• Het Nederlands Muziekarchief

Artists

• Armstrong, Louis
• Beatles, the
• Brown, James
• Como, Perry
• Deep Purple
• Eagles, the
• Holiday, Billie
• Paxton, Tom
• Pink Floyd
• REM
• Rolling Stones
• Smith, Jimmy

Musicals and soundtracks

• Class Act
• Internet Broadway Database
• Cole Porter reference guide
• IMDb Soundtracks
• Soundtrack Collector

Covers

• Coverinfo.de
• The Originals
• The Breaks - Samples only, frequent mistakes
• Covers Project - The only reason this site is mentioned is to stress that it is a very bad source. Never trust this site, it's full of mistakes.
• Copy, Right? - Great blog about cover songs

Market Places

• Discoshop-online - Specialised in Italian releases.

Varia

• MegaSearch - Search engine for CD covers
• UPC Database
• Check Digit Calculation - Generates EAN check digit